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Who Owns Your Personal Data?
Revelations of NSA spying jolted Internet users. Now the White House is proposing to regulate use of the same technology by retailers and financial companies.
By Warren Olney • • 51m ListenRevelations of NSA spying threw a scare into Internet users. Now the White House is proposing to regulate use of the same technology by retailers, employment agencies and financial companies. We hear from privacy advocates and from Silicon Valley, which warns against limiting the fastest growing sector of the economy. Also, President Obama lays out climate risks for the US, and kidnappers in Nigeria say more than 200 girls will be sold into slavery as eight more were seized from a village today. The United Nations has warned Boko Harum about crimes against humanity.
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3 storiesObama Lays Out Climate Risks for US
"Climate change is already here." That's the conclusion of the third National Climate Assessment, unveiled today at the White House, finding evidence in every corner of the United States. President Obama is scheduled to meet with TV weather forecasters in the Rose Garden. Darren Goode is senior energy and environment reporter at Politico .
Read the story7 minProfits, Privacy and Your Personal Data
Edward Snowden's revelations about Internet spying by the National Security Agency put pressure on the Obama White House. Last week, it issued two reports — not on privacy threats from the NSA, but from corporations that use the same techniques for collecting what's called "meta data" from America's millions of Internet users.
Read the story35 minInsurgent Leader in Nigeria Says He Will Sell Girls as Slaves
In the Nigerian village of Warabe, eight girls, aged 12 to 15, were kidnapped today by the Boko Haram. The Islamist militant group is said to have ties with al Qaeda. On a video released yesterday, its leader, Abubakar Shekau, claims responsibility for kidnapping at least 223 school girls several weeks ago, plus the girls that were seized today.
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