Updated: Privacy Judge Says The Law’s The Law, Regardless Of Twitter
A High Court judge has published his reasoning in the case of a married UK footballer who is fighting to retain his privacy despite Twitter… Read more »
Wall Street Journal Reporter Takes Heat Over Tone Of Privacy Series
In many ways, the series of articles about online privacy that the Wall Street Journal began publishing last year has set the tone for the p… Read more »
Twitter And Its Users Sued For ‘Naming’ Footballer Granted Privacy
A UK soccer player is apparently taking the radical step of suing Twitter and its users for tweets which broke a court ruling which guarante… Read more »
On Privacy, What Consumers Say Isn’t What They Do
In polls consumers express serious concern about their online privacy, but their actual behavior online often doesn’t track with that. So wh… Read more »
EU Committee Suggests Tough Rules On Locational Privacy; May Influence U.S.
A key European Union governmental privacy group has published a key document [PDF] with recommendations about locational privacy, and it’s l… Read more »
@ pcMobile 2011: Location Services Are Trying To Find The Right Place
There’s been a good deal of worry over geo-location services embedded in iPhone and Android phones, after it was revealed that Apple (NSDQ:… Read more »
Bill Would Require Court Order For Cops To Read Emails
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There are some issues that advocacy groups and big companies have come to agree on, and one is the main federal wiretapping law is in seriou… Read more »
Privacy Plaintiffs Lose An Early Round In Case Over Facebook User IDs
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Today, just about every privacy-related headline seems to lead to a few privacy lawsuits-sometimes more than a few. But it’s not at all clea… Read more »
After Sony Data Breach, Lawsuits Flood The Courts
In the past year especially, there seem to be a spate of lawsuits following every privacy or security snafu that makes a few headlines. Cons… Read more »
UK Injunctions Get Specific About Twitter And Facebook
A high court judge has issued an injunction which for the first time explicitly bans publication of information on Twitter and Facebook. Read more »
Playdom Settles FTC Charges It Mishandled Childrens’ Private Info
Even though no comprehensive online privacy law has yet been passed by Congress, the Federal Trade Commission has gotten busy in the last ye… Read more »
Who Bungled Attempt To Plant An Anti-Google Privacy Story? It’s Facebook
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The identity of the company that hired the Burson-Marsteller PR firm to plant stories and op-eds in national publications about privacy prob… Read more »
PR Firm’s Attempt To Plant Anti-Google Privacy Story Backfires
Almost every technology company these days is starting to take some heat over privacy issues, and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is certainly no except… Read more »
Apple, Google Privacy Hearing Marked By Confusion, Distractions
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In a hearing marked by odd points and side-tracks, representatives from Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) told a Senate committee t… Read more »
Twitter User Reveals Alleged Details Of Secret Injunctions
Pressure to reveal the identities of celebrities protected by British legal injunctions has intensified after Twitter accounts began circula… Read more »
Apple Releases Software Fix for iOS-Location Snafu
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) appears to have closed the loophole that kicked off the iOS location-tracking affair, releasing a promised software updat… Read more »
What Next? Sony Admits Even Bigger Security Breach: 25 Million Accounts
Those clouds over Sony (NYSE: SNE) are getting darker. The company has admitted yet another compromise of people’s private information, with… Read more »
Privacy Turning Heads On The Hill: Pols Want To Talk To Google, Apple, Sony
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The newest batch of privacy gaffes by tech companies aren’t just resulting in lawsuits-although it’s become clear, if it wasn’t already, tha… Read more »
Supreme Court Looks Skeptically At Prescription Privacy Law
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A variety of bills are being debated in Washington now that would create some new rules for how to handle data and privacy in the digital ag… Read more »
Apple Sued Over iPhone Tracking File–But Will It Help?
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Any company getting attention over privacy issues these days can quickly expect the lawsuits to follow. Just two days after the iPhone’s tra… Read more »
Less Than 1 Percent of Firefox Users Using ‘Do Not Track’ Option
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Is it because it’s tucked away in an “advanced” menu that users don’t know about? Or is it because most users simply aren’t that bothered by… Read more »
iPhone Tracking Is News To Us, But Not To Cops
photo: Alasdair Allan and Pete Warden
The iPhone tracking scandal has been a revelation to most, and has made national news. But the fact that iPhones can be used to collect huge… Read more »
Mobile Lowdown 04-21-11: Nielsen Privacy Stats; Amazon/Samsung Tablet; Veer
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Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: as news of Apple’s tracking data emerges, Nielsen reveals some privacy stats; details t… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 04-15-11
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» Less than three months after Comcast Corp. (NSDQ: CMCSA) took control of NBC Universal, NBCU’s new CEO, Steve Burke, is angling… Read more »
ISPs Monitoring For Illegal Downloads Breaches Privacy, EU Official Says
A European Court of Justice official is finding against a verdict which said a Belgian ISP should filter out copyright-infringing content fr… Read more »
Apple Adds ‘Do Not Track’ Privacy Feature To New Safari Browser
In some ways, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has been fairly unresponsive when it comes to the online privacy debate. Of the four major browser companie… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 04-13-11
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» Kerry-McCain Privacy Bill — Opt-Outs Are In, Do Not Track Is Out (paidContent)
» Why Even $1 Million Ads in Oprah… Read more »
Kerry-McCain Privacy Bill: Opt-Outs Are In, Do Not Track Is Out
Several privacy bills have been or will be introduced in Congress this year, but observers are already saying the one proposed by Sens. John… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 04-08-11
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» Sony (NYSE: SNE) slashes PlayStation Portable prices by 24 percent in Europe to boost adoption. (Bloomberg)
» Ganne… Read more »
DOJ To Congress: We Shouldn’t Need A Warrant To Snoop Through Gmail
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For years, privacy advocacy groups have been trying to make sure digital data has the same kinds of search and seizure protections that phys… Read more »
Google Loses Swiss Street View Case, May Have To Manually Blur Faces
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A variety of European regulators have expressed privacy concerns about Google’s Street View product, but a decision made public today looks… Read more »
Feds May Be Looking Into Smartphone Info Sharing; Pandora Hit With Subpoena
An investigation is underway into how information collected from smartphone users is being shared by app makers on Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) and Go… Read more »
Google Promises ‘Better Ads’ In Gmail Embeds
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is updating the ads that are embedded in users’ Gmail messages, promising a more “relevant” experience. The move comes a… Read more »
Privacy Groups Battle Over Cash From Google Buzz Settlement
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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) really wants to put the mistakes it made with Google Buzz behind it, but that’s turning out to be hard to do. The FTC ha… Read more »
AP Is First News Organization To Use ‘Do Not Track’ On Large Scale
Both Mozilla and Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) are putting Do Not Track “headers” in their new web browsers; of course, those headers are just sign… Read more »
In Unprecedented Move, FTC Will Make Google Get Users’ OK To Share Data
When Google (NSDQ: GOOG) launched Buzz last year, users were given two options: “Sweet! Check out Buzz” or “Nah, go to my Inbox.” The proble… Read more »
France Slaps Google With First Fine Over Street View
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The fine that French privacy authorities levied today against Google (NSDQ: GOOG) won’t amount to more than lunch money for the search giant… Read more »
Europe Is Debating A ‘Right To Forget’ Law – So What Does That Mean?
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Earlier this week, when EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding laid out the privacy rules she expects social-networking sites and other onli… Read more »
Is Netflix’s Practice Of Retaining Information About Ex-Customers Legit?
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If you quit Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and come back again, you’ll find it’s like coming back to an old friend-an old friend who knows a whole lot… Read more »
EU To Let Consumers Erase Embarrassing Photos From Social Networking Sites
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The European Union is to enshrine a “right to be forgotten online” to ensure that, among other things, prospective employers cannot find old… Read more »
