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U.S. court hands win to NSA over metadata collection challenge
August 28, 2015 TECH (MSM)

U.S. court hands win to NSA over metadata collection challenge

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out a judge’s ruling that would have blocked the National Security Agency from collecting phone metadata under a controversial program that has raised privacy concerns. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said there were not sufficient grounds for the preliminary injunction imposed by the lower court. The three-judge panel concluded that the

Facebook must obey German law even if free speech curtailed: minister
August 28, 2015 TECH (MSM)

Facebook must obey German law even if free speech curtailed: minister

By Erik Kirschbaum BERLIN (Reuters) – Facebook will have to abide by German laws banning racist sentiment even if it might be allowed in the United States under freedom of speech, Justice Minister Heiko Maas said in an interview with Reuters. Maas, who has accused Facebook of doing too little to thwart racist and hate posts on its social media platform, said that Germany has zero tolerance for such expression

U.S. court rules for government over NSA metadata collection program
August 28, 2015 TECH (MSM)

U.S. court rules for government over NSA metadata collection program

By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out a judge’s ruling that would have blocked the National Security Agency from collecting phone metadata under a controversial program that has since been amended by Congress. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said there were not sufficient grounds for the preliminary injunction imposed by the lower court. The law in question

Ashley Madison parent company CEO quits after infidelity data hack
August 28, 2015 TECH (MSM)

Ashley Madison parent company CEO quits after infidelity data hack

By Alastair Sharp TORONTO (Reuters) – Noel Biderman, the chief executive of infidelity website Ashley Madison’s parent company Avid Life, has left the company, weeks after hackers launched a cyber assault that leaked sensitive data about millions of clients. The Canadian company was rocked by the release of Ashley Madison customer data on Aug. 18 by hackers who claimed to be unhappy with its business practices. The data dump contained

To regulate or not to regulate? EU to launch study on Uber
August 28, 2015 TECH (MSM)

To regulate or not to regulate? EU to launch study on Uber

By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Brussels will launch a study in September of the taxi-hailing app Uber, in an effort to settle the legal disputes that have pitched the U.S. start-up against conventional taxis across Europe, three people familiar with the matter said. Since opening in Paris in 2011, San Francisco-based Uber has run into vehement opposition from taxi drivers, who complain it competes unfairly by bypassing local laws

Investors still in the dark as cyber threat grows
August 28, 2015 TECH (MSM)

Investors still in the dark as cyber threat grows

By Simon Jessop and Ross Kerber LONDON/BOSTON (Reuters) – Investors are being poorly served by a haphazard approach from fund managers to the growing threat of cyber crime damaging the companies in which they invest, with a lack of clarity from the businesses themselves compounding the problem. Banks have led the way in developing cyber defenses and some top fund managers have ramped up pressure on companies to do more,