privacy

Friday, February 19th, 2016

Have you noticed after searching something or shopping online, especially after putting something into a "cart," you start to see ads for that product on your Facebook news feed? You are not wrong in assuming that the social media site is tracking your online behavior to cater ads to your interest. Do you want to know how to make it stop?

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Former intelligence worker Edward Snowden has received a prize from the Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression, accepting via a live video link from Russia.

Should police be equipped with body cameras that record their behavior and interaction when responding to an incident? Should the cameras be on all the time or should they have to be activated by the officer?

In a move that could give football fans unprecedented access — and nightmares of watching 300-pound men get undressed — the NFL will require all of its teams to install cameras in home locker rooms for the 2013 season.

Marcy, NY (WIBX) - Twitter executives recently changed their tune and say they will now cooperate with an investigation about a threatening message recently tweeted about Mike Tyson's upcoming Broadway show.

Albany, NY (WIBX) - New York Senator Charles Schumer is calling on Google and Apple to use discretion it their 3D community maps.

Washington, DC (WIBX) - New York Senator Charles Schumer, along with Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal, is asking the U.S. Department of Justice and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate the practice of employers asking job applicants to hand over information previously assumed to be private, namely passwords to social networking sites.

These days, just about everybody is on some form of social media. However, that doesn’t mean they want to share their information with everybody. According to a Pew Research Center survey of 2,267 adults, 58 percent of social media users set their profile to private.