Information Privacy
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Evolving security for social networks
News Users may be the weakest link in securing a network, but technology can help pick up where human discretion leaves off, says Symantec CTO.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Security, threat management, information privacy, question mark, social networking, software, Symantec Corp., network
Corporate espionage: Not if, but when
Insight When it comes to business-to-business theft of information, experts agree--it's best to assume it will happen to your company.
Data leaks highlight need for security
Insight perspective High-profile data leaks with fat fines are causing businesses to take content security seriously. An analyst offers some advice on how to get it right.
Tags: Security implementation/standards, Security Management, Business security, Data security, PC security, Data, Security, Business, Policy, Quocirca
Google proposes global privacy standard
News Search giant wants standard based on actual harm to consumer, but a privacy advocate says the proposed guidelines are weak.
Tags: Web sites
Facebook Beacon has poked its last
News As part of the terms of a class action settlement against the ill-fated advertising experiment, Facebook will finally shut it down--and create a US$9.5 million "settlement fund" to create an independent online privacy foundation.
Tags: Web 2.0, Security, Blockbuster Inc., API, social networking, user control, Facebook, Web, Web 2.0
U.S. Senator: Keep U.N. away from the Internet
News The United Nations has no place controlling the Internet, says a U.S. Senate resolution introduced before a summit next month.
Tags: Domain names
Privacy concerns dog Google-DoubleClick deal
News Consumer privacy advocates worry what Google will do with combined data on Internet users' search and surf habits.
Tags: Privacy, Acquisitions, Internet advertising
Privacy: The ugly truth
News Issues involving our personal privacy affect our day-to-day lives much more than you might think, says columnist Scott Wright. Is there information in a database somewhere that you wouldn't want everyone to look through?
Piracy fighters raid offices of Sharman, others
News A judge in Australia authorizes a record industry group to search peer-to-peer companies including Kazaa owner Sharman and several ISPs, along with key executives' homes.
