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Facebook adopts new privacy policy
News The social-networking site hopes that policy revision will make the policy more accessible and easier to understand.
Tags: Privacy, Facebook, Social Networking, Revision, network, Video, general counsel, blog, Privacy
Patient privacy in peril?
News New U.S. legislation urging doctors and hospitals to keep electronic, rather than paper, health records may not go far enough in shielding sensitive information.
Tags: Privacy, Insurance Company, Privacy, Record, medical record, public health, electronic health record, insurance, Washington, health insurance
Microsoft criticizes privacy in Chrome 3.0
News Latest version of the browser logs every search keystroke and sends it back to Google, Microsoft executive points out.
Tags: Privacy, Web browsers, Google Inc., Security, Microsoft Corp., software, Web Browser, Privacy, software company, Google Chrome
Privacy group targets Google Street View UK
News The driver's-eye view of British roadways and sidewalks causes "clear embarrassment and damage" to residents, Privacy International tells the U.K. government.
Tags: Privacy, Google Inc., Privacy, Britain, CEO, Privacy International, British Broadcasting Corp., Eric Schmidt, U.K., Microsoft Office
Privacy activist asks US regulators to halt Google apps
News Electronic Privacy Information Center wants Federal Trade Commission to pull the plug on Google cloud-computing services until government-mandated "safeguards are verifiably established."
Tags: Privacy, Google Inc., Cloud Computing, FTC, Privacy Activist, Regulator, Privacy Advocacy Group, Marc Rotenberg, EPIC, Google Apps
Google finds no privacy on private roads
News Residents in Northern California complain that drivers hired to collect Google's Street View images are disregarding private property signs and driving up private roads.
Tags: Legal, Privacy, Google Inc., Privacy, Vint Cerf, photograph, Internet, blog, California, spokesman
Device identification in online banking is privacy threat?
News Civil liberties attorney says antifraud technology that tags or queries devices used for online banking is a privacy invasion.
Tags: Privacy, Network security, Wells Fargo & Co., online banking, computer, RSA Security Inc., analytics, bank, U.S., information technology
Google trying not to cross 'the creepy line'
News When it comes to the tricky balance between providing comprehensive information and freaking people out, Google says it tries to stay on the good side of the "creepy line".
Tags: Privacy, Google Inc., Dashboard, U.S. Government, Microsoft Corp., CEO, Internet search, Eric Schmidt, Privacy, satellite
Facebook cleans up its privacy controls
News Social networking site will transition users to new settings through use of opt-in tool, as it works to make more profile content public and do away with regional networks.
Tags: Web sites, Privacy, Twitter, IP Address, Advertisement, social networking, New York, product manager, Facebook, network
Microsoft planning IE privacy mode
News Worried about leaving tracks as you browse the Web? A privacy mode is on the agenda for Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
Tags: Web browsers, Privacy, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Open Source, Privacy, Advertisement, Use Case, Mozilla Firefox
US cybersecurity review stepping up on privacy
News Melissa Hathaway, who is conducting a government-wide, 60-day cybersecurity review for U.S. President Barack Obama, is meeting with privacy and civil liberties groups.
Tags: Security implementation/standards, Privacy, Cybersecurity, Privacy, Rep., cybersecurity strategy, U.S. Senate, White House, Microsoft Office, strategy
RFID tagging tech gets EU privacy code
News The European Commission has issued guidelines for the use of RFID technology to reassure the public that privacy and personal data will be safeguarded.
Tags: Privacy, RFID, RFID Tag, Chip, Privacy, Europe, tagging, RFID chip, member state, data protection
Data Privacy Day's messages for Obama, consumers
News Privacy advocates warn Obama about identity fraud and cookies, while Microsoft hosts panel discussion on how to educate consumers as part of Data Privacy Day.
Tags: Privacy, Hacking, Firewalls, Viruses and worms, Spam and phishing, Microsoft Corp., Cookie, FTC, Data Privacy Day, Computer
Google considers request to boost privacy
News After security experts ask Google to offer encryption by default for Gmail and other apps, it says it is considering doing so if the apps don't slow down too much as a result.
Tags: Privacy, Applications and tools, Hacking, E-mail, Advertisement, Google Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Apps, Hacking, Privacy
RFID privacy code useful in Asia
News Industry watchers welcome privacy assessments and greater transparency, but warn that costs of adhering to guidelines may be passed on to consumers.
Tags: RFID, Privacy, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Security, Asia, RFID Tag, European Union, Privacy, Singapore
