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Google refuses French order to apply ‘right to be forgotten’ globally

July 31, 2015 admin 30th-corrects, data-protection, european, exposing-itself, french, from-the-french, julia-fioretti, million-removal, request-search, ruling, search, search-engine, zurich

(This version of the July 30th corrects story to read “partly” of a political nature, not “mostly” in paragraph 10) By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Google Inc is refusing to bow to an order from the French privacy watchdog to scrub search results worldwide when users invoke their “right to be forgotten” online, it said on Thursday, exposing itself to possible fines. The French data protection authority, the CNIL, in June ordered the search engine group to de-list on request search results appearing under a person's name from all its websites, including Google.com. Google complied with the ruling and has since received more than a quarter of a million removal requests, according to its transparency report

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LinkedIn’s revenue beat fails to connect with investors

July 30, 2015 creative 30th-corrects, business, double-its, julia-fioretti, million-removal, mountain, request-search, said-it-now, search-engine, shares-were, widening-losses

LinkedIn's shares were down 3.9 percent in after-hours trading, however, as investors focused on the company's widening losses and an underwhelming full-year revenue forecast. LinkedIn has been spending heavily to acquire businesses and build up its sales and development teams in an effort to leverage off its 380 million members.

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Researcher says can hack GM’s OnStar app, open vehicle, start engine

July 30, 2015 creative app-inside, encinitas, general-motors, mobile-phone, mountain, request-search, said-it-now, saying-hackers, unlock-cars

By Jim Finkle and Bernie Woodall BOSTON/DETROIT (Reuters) – A researcher is advising drivers not to use a mobile app for General Motors Co's OnStar vehicle communications system, saying hackers can exploit a security flaw in the product to unlock cars and start engines remotely. “White-hat” hacker Samy Kamkar posted a video on Thursday saying he had figured out a way to “locate, unlock and remote-start” vehicles by intercepting communications between the OnStar RemoteLink mobile app and the OnStar service.