8 posts and columns on Charles Schumer

Don’t Ask, Don’t Poke: What’s Next for House Proposal to Keep Employers From Demanding Your Facebook Password

in News on April 30 at 1:57 pm PT

Your future employers could face steep fines if they ask for your Facebook password.
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Google’s Schmidt at Senate Antitrust Hearing: Eric “Gets It!”

in News on September 21, 2011 at 11:03 am PT

Google faces the antitrust music in Washington, D.C.
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Sorry, Infosys is a "Body Shop"

in News on August 13, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

A week after U.S. legislator Charles Schumer called Infosys a “chop shop,” setting off a wave of outrage in India, he has answered the question India Real Time was the first to ask after he made the statement on the Senate floor last Friday.

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U.S. Senator: Infosys is a "Chop Shop"

in News on August 6, 2010 at 12:43 pm PT

While discussing an immigration bill on the U.S. Senate floor Thursday, New York Democrat Charles Schumer likened Indian tech giant Infosys Technologies to a “chop shop.”

Facebook’s New Privacy Settings an Improvement Over the Old–Which Isn’t Saying Much

in Social on May 26, 2010 at 4:20 pm PT

Announcing Facebook’s newest set of privacy controls this morning, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said, “We are really going to try to not have another backlash.” If backlash is the metric for evaluating the company’s approach to member privacy, it seems to have done okay, at least at this early juncture. Within hours of Facebook’s announcement of new privacy controls, four of its most outspoken critics weighed in on them. And all had positive things to say.

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Facebook: The Privacy Questions Continue

in News on April 27, 2010 at 11:24 am PT

The argument over privacy on Facebook continued Tuesday as four senators sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg asking the company to roll back some of the features it announced last week.

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Shield-Law Amendment Excludes Unpaid Bloggers

in News on September 23, 2009 at 4:19 pm PT

A recent amendment to the federal shield bill being considered in the Senate will exclude non-“salaried” journalists and bloggers from the proposed law’s protections. The law, called the Free Flow of Information Act, is intended to prevent journalists from being forced to divulge confidential sources, except in cases such as witnessing crimes or acts of terrorism.

Two Years and 30,000 Complaints Later, FTC Finally Busts Car Warranty Robocallers [UPDATED]

in News on May 18, 2009 at 8:46 am PT

After more than one billion unsolicited calls and some 30,000 complaints–one from Senator Charles E. Schumer–the Federal Trade Commission is finally going after companies responsible for those supremely annoying car warranty robocalls. You know the ones I’m talking about, I’m sure. They’ve been occurring since 2007 and go something like this: “This is the second notice that the factory warranty on your vehicle is about to expire.” Hang up and the machine calls you again later. Transfer to a “warranty specialist” and ask to be taken off the call list and you’re either hung up on or, in my case, given an 800 number to call that turns out to be a phone sex line.
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