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The Patriot Act's new name

By Tim Fitzsimons

June 01, 2015

The relationship between the NSA and the telecommunications industry goes back decades, says Tim Shorrock, author of "Spies for Hire." — Harrison/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images

Who will keep the data now that the government cannot? Look to your telephone companies.

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The long arms of the right to be forgotten

By Sabri Ben-Achour

May 28, 2015

US Internet giant Google Chief Legal Officer David Drummond (C) is flanked by panel members at the start of a meeting of the Advisory Council to Google on the Right to be Forgotten in Paris on September 25, 2014. — ERIC PIERMONT/AFP/Getty Images

Technological and political borders conflict.

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Exclusive survey: Parents weigh in on the digital classroom

By Adriene Hill

May 15, 2015

LRW

Our results reveal parental attitudes toward education technology nationwide.

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Parents find promise and peril in education technology

By Adriene Hill

May 15, 2015

A national Marketplace survey revealed 98 percent of parents say their children use technology for school work. — LRW

Infographic: Parents say tech improves education, but worry about privacy and screen time.

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Proposed legislation would protect student data

May 01, 2015

For a more in-depth look at student data privacy, our infographic shows a day in the life of the most measured and monitored students in the history of education.

A new bill aims to restrict how companies use personal info in education technology.

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At RSA, desperate for data to help understand threats

April 22, 2015

Staff members sit at their work stations at the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center in Arlington, Virginia. — SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

At the RSA Conference, security pros are looking for answers to stop breaches.

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Yik Yak, privacy settings and the anonymous economy

March 18, 2015

Yik Yak, an app that lets users post anonymously, is increasingly popular on college campuses. — MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images

Data protection is popular at SXSW, but opting out might be a false promise.

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Building a private email server

By Ben Johnson and Aparna Alluri

March 05, 2015

Controversy has arisen over revelations that former secretary of state Hillary Clinton conducted all of her government emails on a private server. — Isaac Brekken/Getty Images

...and why it is such a difficult process.

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Cybersecurity: Mr. Obama goes to Silicon Valley

February 13, 2015

President Barack Obama speaks during the White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection Friday in Stanford, California. — Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

The president confronts tech companies on the tension between security and privacy

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