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Google Inc. on Thursday unveiled a new Web page that allows users to better see which of their data are being stored by the Internet search giant. Its Dashboard service is Google's attempt to respond to questions about how it uses consumer data and whether users have enough access to and control of information they have on programs such as Gmail, YouTube and Google Docs, the company's word-processing and spreadsheet software. "We think of this as a great step toward giving people transparency and control over their data, and we hope this helps shape the way the industry thinks about these issues," Alma Whitten, a Google engineer who works on privacy and security, said in a statement.

During 45 years of military rule, Myanmar's generals drilled fear and suspicion so deeply into the minds of their people that when their opponents tried to harness the rage seething on the streets last fall, no one knew whom to trust. The generals quickly took advantage, crushing the pro-democracy demonstrations, killing at least 15 people and jailing thousands. It was a brutally simple strategy that had worked before. But this time may be different.

Most thefts of sensitive information from corporations occur when the victimized companies don't know what data they have, where they have it or who has access to it, according to a study released Wednesday by Verizon Communications Inc. In about two-thirds of the 500 data thefts investigated by Verizon's security unit over the last several years, the targets didn't know what information they were storing or where exactly they were storing it.

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Google Inc.'s purchase of DoubleClick Inc. would create the world's single largest repository of details about people's behavior online, an unnerving prospect for some privacy experts. The $3.1-billion acquisition would combine two companies with massive troves of information about most people who use the Internet. "This is something that is concerning," said Kurt Opsahl, an attorney with the nonprofit Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Since the end of the Vietnam war, the military's public affairs officials have tried to rebuild the Defense Department's credibility by putting distance between themselves and Pentagon efforts that use deception, propaganda and other methods to influence foreign populations. A 2004 memo by Gen. Richard B.

The Transportation Security Administration has lost a computer hard drive containing Social Security numbers, bank data and payroll information for about 100,000 current and former employees. Authorities realized Thursday the hard drive was missing from a controlled area at TSA headquarters. TSA chief Kip Hawley sent a letter to employees Friday apologizing for the lost data and promising to pay for one year of credit monitoring services.

A data storage device with Social Security numbers and other information on all 64,000 state employees was stolen from a state intern's car last weekend, Gov. Ted Strickland said in Columbus. He said special equipment is needed to access the information on the device, so he didn't believe the workers' privacy was in jeopardy.

The state has hired a computer security expert to determine the likelihood of someone getting access to data on a backup storage device that has been stolen, Gov. Ted Strickland said Sunday. Matthew Curtin of Interhack Corp. was to start his investigation today. The theft was revealed Friday.