Invasion of Privacy Charges in Rutgers Case
Maud Zimmerman Invasion of Privacy Charges in Rutgers Case These articles discuss the charges that have been brought against Dharun Ravi for using a web cam to spy on his…
Privacy Group Sues to Stop Googles Privacy Changes
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a lawsuit on Wednesday to compel the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enjoin Google's planned changes to its privacy settings. On March 1, 2012,…
DHS monitoring of social media concerns civil liberties advocates
Andrew Chiusano DHS monitoring of social media concerns civil liberties advocates Advertisers and corporations are not the only ones mining data from social media sites. The Department of Homeland Security…
Google = Web-Nielsen?
Joe Hall here. Google appears to be trying to better measure household and end-user internet traffic, similar to how Nielsen measures cable and television watching habits ("Google Screenwise: New Program…
Your IP address is just like a zip code! Thanks, Google!
Google has a new ad campaign in the NY subways! "You live in Peoria. Do you really need a plumber from New York? We didn’t think so. Imagine the…
Google consent decree
This is what the Google-FTC consent decree says about changing it sharing practices: II. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondent, prior to any new or additional sharing by respondent of…
Proposed Amendment to Privacy Act
J.D. Bean Proposed Amendment to the Privacy Act: The Privacy Act Modernization for the Information Age Act of 2011 - Introduced October 18th, 2011 by Senator Daniel K. Akaka chairman of the…
Digital Data on Patients Raises Risk of Breaches
Vladimir Andric http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/technology/as-patient-records-are-digitized-data-breaches-are-on-the-rise.html?_r=1&ref=identitytheft Digital Data on Patients Raises Risk of Breaches Another article confirming the "stick with it like glue" as the major security principle when it…
What Google knows about You!
Eleni Gessiou Lately, Google advertises its logo about the new privacy policy "One policy, one Google experience"! So, I spent some time reading the overview and searching (in Google…
Proposed EU Data-Privacy Rules Require Breach Disclosure within 24 Hours
Josh Perles Proposed EU Data-Privacy Rules Require Breach Disclosure within 24 Hours Part of a comprehensive suite of data-privacy reforms, the proposed rules would require any firm with…