No safety net for personal privacy on the Net.

GO to a network named Ucloo, type in your name and click "search". You will probably find some personal information about yourself appearing on the screen.

And you only need to provide your e-mail address to get more detailed information. In this way, you may find similar information of about 90 million people, according to a claim by Ucloo.

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DeleteNow.com will give you some cyber-privacy.

Privacy is a precious commodity these days. But don't take my word for it. Just go online and type your name and the state in which you live into a search engine like Google and see what comes up. Chances are your name, address and phone number will pop up for starters. You'll also find helpful online maps that will display a bird's-eye view of your home along with driving directions on how to get there. Or click on another selection for a detailed satellite photo of your rooftop. Is that a satellite dish I'm seeing on your roof?

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Check online anonymity.

Many associate the internet with creativity, freedom and diversity. However, these positive aspects are often weighed down by calls to regulate the internet. The pervasiveness of anonymity and secrecy in cyberspace is causing so many problems that steps need to be taken to ensure more accountability.

One need not go any further than visit the bulletin boards of internet sites to find evidence of bad language, accusations, slander and defamation committed in the name of the freedom of expression. Minimal respect for human dignity and privacy disappears when reckless "cyber terrorism" rages.

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Letterman subject of restraining order.

Personal Comment: This is why a lot of people have problems going to the law, because of the few cracks out there. Like rape victims, for example. One person fakes a rape charge just to get revenge or, whatever reason, the rest of the actual victims are going to have a hell of a time having the police believe him/her.

SANTA FE, New Mexico (AP) -- Lawyers for David Letterman want a judge to quash a restraining order granted to a Santa Fe woman who contends the CBS late-night host used code words to show he wanted to marry her and train her as his co-host.

A state judge granted a temporary restraining order to Colleen Nestler, who alleged in a request filed last Thursday that Letterman has forced her to go bankrupt and caused her "mental cruelty" and "sleep deprivation" since May 1994.

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They're tracking you.

It looks fairly innocuous, a metal-and-plastic square with wires coiled up like an angular snail, a lot like the anti-theft tag you’d find if you pried apart a book you’d just bought at a chain store. But it’s a Radio Frequency Identification tag, RFID for short, and each one has a tiny antenna that can broadcast information about the product, or person, to which it is attached.

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Nancy Grace Stalker Case.

Forget Scott Peterson and Michael Jackson, there's a defendant Nancy Grace dislikes even more. His name is Joseph Raymond Loegering and the cable TV star has just sued the Missouri man, claiming he has been stalking and harassing her at CNN's New York office.

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Man sentenced for ‘cyber-stalking’.

A Gladstone man was sentenced Tuesday to four months’ home detention and three years’ probation for infecting his ex-wife’s computer with spyware that allowed him to watch her online activity.

Jason Russell, 28, pleaded guilty in August, admitting that he purchased a membership in a now-defunct Internet service called Lover-Spy. The service provided spyware designed to remotely monitor a computer and track such things as instant messaging and e-mail.

The so-called cyber-stalking case was the first of its kind prosecuted in federal court in western Missouri.

“The rules of privacy still apply in cyberspace — it is illegal to use this kind of spyware to wiretap another person’s computer,” U.S. Attorney Todd Graves said in a written statement.

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A Little Sleuthing Unmasks Writer of Wikipedia Prank.

It started as a joke and ended up as a shot heard round the Internet, with the joker losing his job and Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, suffering a blow to its credibility.

A man in Nashville has admitted that, in trying to shock a colleague with a joke, he put false information into a Wikipedia entry about John Seigenthaler Sr., a former editor of The Tennessean in Nashville.

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New chips called a danger to privacy.

State lawmakers have crafted a bill that, if passed, would make New Hampshire the first state in the nation to regulate so-called "spy chips" in an effort to protect consumer privacy.

The full House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on the measure, House Bill 203, in January.

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Good Question: Where Does Privacy End?

(WCCO) Actress Jennifer Aniston is suing a photographer over topless pictures snapped with a telephoto lens, claiming a violation of her privacy. That raises a good question: Where does your privacy end?

There's no easy answer, because the word "privacy" is not in the Constitution.

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The Privacy Tune-Up.

I have the oil in my car changed every six months. Though I don’t drive many miles, it seems to me that preventive maintenance is a good idea and pays for itself by avoiding trouble. You may want to consider the same approach for your privacy policy. Every once in awhile, that policy will need a tune-up.

There are many reasons for doing a review annually. Here are some.

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Accused Stalker Now Charged With Rape.

Police seized a computer from John Cruickshank's Lansingburgh home and a cell phone from his mother's car...tools they believe he used to terrorize at least 8 women, including a 15 year-old he's now accused of raping.

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Internet gossip and the illusion of anonymity.

Everyone who gets e-mail discovers it can be a peculiarly nasty medium.

For all its popularity and convenience, it's a minefield for personal relationships. Even normally easygoing people can find themselves firing off snarky e-mail remarks they'd never dream of saying face to face.

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