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InternetNews October 29, 2010 |
Google Gets a Pass From FTC in Street View Case Authorities at the Federal Trade Commission opt not to take action against Google for inadvertently collecting Internet transmissions with its Street View cars.  |
InternetNews December 30, 2010 |
Looking Back on Web Privacy: 2010 Internet privacy was a favorite topic among regulators, lawmakers and advocacy groups, but for all the debate, how far did the government get toward reining in online data collection?  |
InternetNews June 14, 2010 |
FBI, FCC Raise Security, Privacy Concerns A pair of high-profile security and privacy breaches involving two of the world's most important technology companies has the FCC and FBI calling for action.  |
The Motley Fool October 23, 2010 Sophia Meng |
Google Admits Street View Cars Grabbed Personal Info The search leader is deleting the info and beefing up security measures.  |
InternetNews May 17, 2010 |
Google Admits Accidental Wi-Fi Data Collection Google apologizes for its collection of content from open Wi-Fi access points.  |
InternetNews May 27, 2010 |
Lawmakers Want Answers in Google Wi-Fi Snag Google finds itself facing more scrutiny over the inadvertent collection of Internet transmissions through its Street View project, with lawmakers asking for answers from the company.  |
InternetNews November 3, 2010 |
UK Admonishes Google for Privacy Violations Regulators say the company's Street View vehicles violated national data protection laws.  |
InternetNews May 21, 2010 |
Google Faces More Scrutiny Over Wi-Fi Data U.S. lawmakers ask Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google's errant collection of Internet traffic, echoing the calls of numerous outraged European officials.  |
InternetNews August 23, 2010 |
Facebook Touts Places Privacy Controls Responding to early criticism about the privacy settings of its new location-based service Places, Facebook takes pains to point out the various ways that people can control their information.  |
InternetNews May 24, 2010 |
Facebook CEO Apologizes for Privacy Missteps CEO Mark Zuckerberg makes his first public comments in response to Facebook's latest privacy controversy, promising to reveal a set of updates to the site in short order.  |
InternetNews May 26, 2010 |
Facebook Rolling Out Simpler Privacy Controls Responding to intense criticism from a variety of groups, Facebook will offer simpler controls to allow users to shut off the flow of information from their profiles.  |
PC Magazine September 13, 2011 Chloe Albanesius |
Don't Want Google Collecting Your Wi-Fi Data? Opt Out is Coming In the wake of last year's data collection controversy, Google said Tuesday that it will allow users to opt out of having their Wi-Fi location data tracked.  |
InternetNews December 9, 2009 |
Facebook Launches Privacy Overhaul Social networking giant to require all 350 million-plus users to edit and confirm privacy controls.  |
InternetNews July 1, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Facebook Aims to Simplify Privacy Settings With the policy sharks circling, Facebook plans to offer new tools to give users clearer control over their privacy settings.  |
InternetNews December 3, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Privacy Advocates Press for Net Legislation A new effort by the Center for Democracy and Technology coincides with signs of movement in Congress on Internet privacy.  |
InternetNews May 13, 2010 |
Facebook Confirms All-Hands Privacy Meeting Under increasing pressure from users, privacy advocates and government officials, Facebook is planning to take up the issue at a company-wide meeting.  |
InternetNews April 20, 2010 |
Google Rebuked by Privacy Regulators Google is taken to task over lax privacy in the rollout of its Buzz social networking service as well as other services.  |
InternetNews December 2, 2009 |
Facebook Tweaks Privacy Controls, Hits 350M Users Facebook passes a milestone and distances itself from its original network-based approach to privacy.  |
InternetNews March 29, 2010 |
Facebook Privacy Update Eyes Location Services Facebook turns a new page in its privacy policy with a fresh batch of updates that indicate it's getting serious about location-based services.  |
InternetNews July 1, 2010 |
Facebook Simplifies Privacy Policy for Apps In an effort to help users understand how much information they're sharing with third parties - and to satisfy its agreement with the Canadian government - Facebook is tweaking its privacy rules for apps.  |
The Motley Fool May 18, 2010 Wade Roush |
Google's "Passive Sniffing" Technique May Have Paved the Way for Wi-Fi Privacy Flap Google says the Street View teams who crisscross the world taking pictures and collecting Wi-Fi network location data have inadvertently been recording fragments of payload data traveling on those networks.  |
Search Engine Watch June 19, 2010 Johnny Widerlund |
Social Media: The Privacy and Security Repercussions How risky is our online behavior? A closer look at social media's privacy and security vulnerabilities.  |
Fast Company July 2001 Erika Germer |
Chief Privacy Officer Job Titles of the Future: It's no secret that consumer privacy is a weighty concern -- especially for a company with 90 million customers. That's why AT&T named Michael Lamb its first chief privacy officer. Lamb wants to make privacy a priority that's out in the open...  |
InternetNews January 28, 2011 David Needle |
Data Privacy Survey Has Some Surprising Results A survey timed to be released on Data Privacy Day indicates that Americans are more concerned about online privacy violations than losing their jobs.  |
Insurance & Technology April 20, 2005 Anthony O'Donnell |
Gray Shares Perspective Kimberly Gray, chief privacy officer of Highmark, brings a special perspective of the health insurance industry to the International Association of Privacy Professionals.  |
InternetNews October 2, 2007 Nicholas Carlson |
Germans Suspicious of 'GoogleClick' German official raises privacy concerns over Google-DoubleClick merger.  |
InternetNews August 27, 2009 |
Facebook Tweaks Privacy Policy in Face of Inquiry Bowing to pressure from Canadian regulators, Facebook said it plans to give users more control over how data is shared on the site.  |
Information Today May 3, 2012 Paula J. Hane |
Online Consumer Privacy in the Spotlight Choose Privacy Week is being held May 1-7, 2012. The theme is "Freedom from Surveillance." The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom established Choose Privacy Week to deepen public awareness about this issue. The event is timely with many privacy issues like CISPA in the news.  |
InternetNews December 17, 2010 |
Commerce Report Outlines Web Privacy Overhaul Long-anticipated report from Department of Commerce envisions a privacy bill of rights, calls for overhauls of data breach, electronic communications laws.  |
InternetNews December 17, 2009 |
Privacy Groups Call Facebook's Changes Illegal Facebook's site-wide privacy changes draw ire from privacy watchdogs who are calling for a federal investigation.  |
InternetNews December 31, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Where is Net Privacy Headed in 2010? What does the federal government have in mind when it comes to issues of Internet privacy?  |
InternetNews June 17, 2010 |
Can the Feds Keep Data Private on the Cloud? The White House IT team has made its marching orders to the agencies clear: the cloud is the way to go. But with so much data in play, will privacy fall by the wayside?  |
InternetNews December 10, 2009 |
Facebook Users Still Upset at Security Changes New controls may expose even more personal data to the Web at large, charge critics.  |
CIO July 29, 2015 Heidi Shey |
Data privacy is now a competitive differentiator How you handle confidential data may spell the difference between consumer loyalty and business disaster.  |
InternetNews December 10, 2009 |
Critics Blast Facebook's Latest Privacy Overhaul Advocates warn that new privacy controls will lead to inadvertent sharing of information.  |
InternetNews March 18, 2008 |
Facebook Adds Privacy Controls, Plans Chat Feature Facebook said it is introducing new privacy controls that give users of the fast-growing social-network site the ability to preserve social distinctions between friends, family and co-workers online.  |
InternetNews March 30, 2011 |
Google Apologies for Buzz, Settles with FCC Google reaches settlement with the FCC over Buzz and its privacy practices.  |
PC World March 2004 Andrew Brandt |
E@4#N or E@4#W? How to Remember Strong Passwords Tips for creating and keeping track of a passel of passwords.  |
InternetNews August 12, 2010 |
Mozilla Looks Toward Firefox Security, Privacy As browsers take on more of the heavy lifting from increasingly robust Web applications, Mozilla is beginning to rethink its approach toward privacy and security.  |
InternetNews June 30, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Gartner: Firms Still Playing Catch-Up With Privacy Budget shortfalls, tangled international laws stymie enterprise privacy operations.  |
InternetNews December 7, 2009 |
Yahoo Offers Ad-Targeting Privacy Controls As government regulators and privacy advocates circle, another Internet leader offers more clarity and control over user data collection for advertising.  |
The Motley Fool January 23, 2006 Alyce Lomax |
Google vs. the Government "Don't be evil" comes into play as the government wants a piece of Google's data. If the Department of Justice gets what it wants, it will be a blow against privacy on the Internet -- and of serious concern for Google investors.  |
Job Journal March 5, 2006 Bob Rosner |
Working Wounded: A Respectful Privacy Policy Follow these tips and you shouldn't be blindsided by any nasty surprises from your privacy policy.  |
InternetNews April 26, 2010 |
Web 2.0 Security a Focus of INET Conference As Web 2.0 and social networks grow in popularity, including in the enterprise, user's personal information and privacy is at risk.  |
Information Today December 20, 2010 |
Commerce Department Calls for 'Privacy Bill of Rights' The report outlines a dynamic framework to increase protection of consumers' commercial data and support innovation and evolving technology. The Department is seeking additional public comment on the plan.  |
InternetNews January 28, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
International Data Privacy Day Spreads Focusing on data privacy in an age of cybercrime.  |
Information Today November 12, 2015 |
FCC Allows Internet Companies to Keep Tracking User Activities According to The Washington Post, the Federal Communications Commission will not impose a requirement on Google, Facebook, and other internet companies that could make it more difficult to track user activities.  |
Salon.com August 21, 2000 Katharine Mieszkowski |
Leggo my data! Web surfers want privacy online, but a new study shows they can't tell a cookie from a Cocoa Puff.  |
The Motley Fool June 9, 2010 Claire Stephanic |
Google: Evil, Good -- or Both? Google's CEO admits the company "screwed up" following its latest privacy flap.  |
InternetNews February 25, 2010 |
CTIA Calls for Location-Based Privacy Rules As the privacy debate turns to location-based services, wireless association seeks clarification from Congress on the rules for sharing data with law enforcement authorities.  |