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Mercury News interview: Nicole Ozer, tech policy director for ACLU of Northern California
San Jose Mercury NewsIf you think you're hearing about privacy all the time, you're probably right. Nicole Ozer, technology and civil liberties policy director for the ACLU of Northern California, says that more than 20 privacy-related bills are pending in the state...Tags: Google Inc., Justice and Rights, University of California, Berkeley, American Civil Liberties Union, Crime, Law and Justice
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Silicon Valley uses growing clout to kill a digital privacy bill
Silicon Valley has wielded its growing political clout at the state Capitol to kill a digital privacy bill that would have given consumers access to information about them being collected online. Had the Right to Know Act become law, California would...
Tags: Online Advertising, Insurance, U.S. Senate, Computer Networking and Internet, National Government
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California state Senate OKs social network, drug bills
SACRAMENTO — Social network sites such as Facebook would be required to remove personal information about minors when asked to do so by their parents under a measure approved by state senators Thursday. Separately, the lawmakers voted to allow...
Tags: Culture, Crimes, Joel Anderson, Trials, Ellen M Corbett
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San Jose Mercury News Troy Wolverton column
San Jose Mercury NewsYour privacy is being debated by lawmakers in Sacramento and Washington D.C., and there's a good chance you're going to lose out. In Congress, a poorly written bill could erode your privacy, while in the California Legislature, a good bill that would...Tags: Religion and Belief, Politics, Netflix Inc., Google Inc., U.S. Senate
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OPINION: Will Harris be a watchdog of Internet giants?
The Sacramento BeeAttorney General Kamala Harris has a Google issue. It's not that her reputation is being besmirched online. If anything, she is trending up. If you Google her, you'll see that Time magazine last week named her on its list of the world's most influential...Tags: U.S. Senate, Interior Policy, Microsoft Corporation, Consumers, Media Industry
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Seth MacFarlane criticized by female California lawmakers
SACRAMENTO -- Top female lawmakers in the California Legislature said Wednesday that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences “struck a new low in its treatment of women” by choosing controversial comedian Seth MacFarlane to host the...
Tags: Science and Technology, Entertainment Events, Academy Awards, Michelle Obama, Seth MacFarlane
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Lawmakers vow to close legal loophole in rape cases
PolitiCalState lawmakers are vowing to close a legal loophole cited by a state appeals court this week in a controversial ruling that overturned the rape conviction of a California man.... -
State lawmakers in D.C. for meetings on bullet train, other issues
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Central Valley congressional race draws another candidate
PolitiCalChamber of commerce executive John Hernandez, a Democrat, is running for an open congressional district seat in the Central Valley. Rep. Janice Hahn (D-San Pedro) collects more endorsements from other elected officials in her contest with Rep. Laura... -
New lottery ad glamorizes violence, California legislators complain
PolitiCalThe leaders of the California Legislative Women's Caucus called for removal of a state lottery television ad that shows a woman slapping a man across the face, saying it sanctions violence....
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