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privacy

Consumers don’t want wallet phones, but tickets are okay

February 22, 2010

People are not interested in keeping personal financial information on their cell phones, according to a professor at Kansas State University.

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Smart cards reveal London commuting patterns

February 3, 2010

Researchers at the Institut des Systemes Complexes in Paris (France) have examined trip data for 11.2 million transit trips in London (UK) during a week in 2008.

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Commuters use fake names for myki cards

January 20, 2010

Apparently concerned about their privacy, some Australian commuters are registering their myki smart cards under false names.

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Victoria recalls 30,000 myki cards

January 14, 2010

The Victoria Transport Ticketing Authority, in Australia, has recalled 30,000 myki contactless cards.

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Victoria to share smartcard data with police

January 12, 2010

Victoria’s Transport Ticketing Authority (Australia) will share myki smartcard data with police during criminal investigations, according to the Sunday Herald Sun.

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MTA wants bus-lane enforcement cameras

January 11, 2010

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (NY) chairman Jay Walder wants to allow cameras in bus lanes to control traffic.

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North Carolina issues social media guidelines

December 28, 2009

North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue issued a social media policy and online tutorial for state agencies.

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Who’s tracking your ORCA card?

December 21, 2009

While the ORCA smart card offers convenient to passengers in the Seattle (WA) area, customers may not realize that their employers can check their travel patterns.

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Twitter unveils geotagging

November 23, 2009

Twitter officially released its Geotagging API last week.

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Swiss object to Google Street View

November 16, 2009

Swiss officials filed a complaint against Google in an effort to require its Street View application to improve privacy safeguards.

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