Online Privacy
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Who’s tracking your online trail?
Insight perspective Do you know how your personal data is being used online? If you value your privacy, you should, says lawyer Ruth Hoy.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, Security, Online Privacy, Google Inc., Search Engine, Advertisement, Internet User
Privacy Caucus to examine Web bugs, email wiretapping
News The bipartisan, bicameral Congressional Privacy Caucus will hear from Internet security and privacy experts on Thursday regarding some of the sneakiest forms of online surveillance technologies in use today.
eBay fights back against phishers
News Auction company sets up free, private mail service in attempt to derail scam artists using its good name.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Web services
Understand limitations of your online privacy
Blogs Life is about choices. We all make decisions almost every second of our life. Some are menial...should I floss and brush...
Flash cookies: What's new with online privacy
Techguide If you thought refusing HTTP cookies prevented tracking, think again. Web site developers have found a way.
Tags: Web sites, Privacy, Cookie, Online Privacy, Web Browser, behavioral targeting, Michael Kassner, Mozilla Firefox, researcher, Web Site
UK urged to coordinate with EU allies on spam
News The United Kingdom and other member countries need to make a concerted effort to crack down on spam and spyware, according to the European Commission.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Hacking, Commission, Malware, Romania, European Commission, U.K., Telecommunications, Spam, European Union
Is paranoid cookie management for you?
Techguide How much paranoia you employ in Web cookie management determines how much work you must put in, and which strategies you'll use.
Tags: Web sites, Web browsers, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Cookie, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Clear, Chad Perrin, Mozilla Firefox
Sony needs a common-sense czar
News Three years after Sony was caught loading rookits onto CDs, the company has reportedly recently spied on children.
Tags: Customer support, Privacy, Rootkit, FTC, Computer, Britney Spears, Associated Press, software, marketing, public relations
Aussie govt agencies fail privacy test
News The Australian government has failed to meet "basic" online privacy requirements, according to an investigation that suggests its own agencies are hindering the push to increase Australian Internet usage.
"Cookies" targeted as Congress, advocates address Net privacy
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AmEx forced to replace cards over security breach
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Child privacy law locks out some Hotmail members
News Microsoft's implementation of a new federal law protecting children's privacy has cost some Hotmail customers their accounts.
Web privacy standard clears legal obstacle
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Campaigners call for Google privacy policy link
News A conglomerate of privacy groups has called for the search giant to link to its privacy policy from its homepage.
Tags: Web services, Web sites, Privacy, Google Inc., Privacy, Privacy Policy, Privacy Information, Advertisement, Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center
Security, privacy issues make Net users uneasy
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