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Google ‘Private Browsing’ Mode not Really Private, Texas Lawsuit Says

WASHINGTON, —The Google search engine collects data on users who think they can be anonymous if they use a “private browsing” mode, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claimed on Thursday, filing an amended privacy lawsuit against the Alphabet IncGOOGL.O unit. …

Judge Dismisses Harassment Lawsuit Against Wynn Resorts

LAS VEGAS — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by nine women who alleged they were sexually harassed by former casino mogul Steve Wynn. The women, manicurists and makeup artists in a salon at the Wynn Las Vegas, …

Pandemic Data-Sharing Puts New Pressure on Privacy Protections

Data sharing by technology companies is helping government officials fight the dizzying spread of the coronavirus by monitoring compliance with social distancing and stay-at-home orders. It’s also putting privacy experts on edge. Companies including Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc. …

Hacker Who Targeted Texas DPS Pleads Guilty

A hacker who targeted the Texas Department of Public Safety and other law enforcement computers then bragged about it has pleaded guilty. No sentencing date was immediately set for 30-year-old Higinio O. Ochoa III of Galveston, who faces up to …

Hackers Post Names of California Transit Site Subscribers

Bay Area Rapid Transit district officials said they were attempting Sunday to shut down a hacker’s group website that lists the names of thousands of San Francisco Bay area residents who are email subscribers of a legitimate BART website. The …