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IBM faces copyright infringement suit
News Zero-Knowledge Systems claims Big Blue wrongfully reproduced its privacy-language specification.
PricewaterhouseCoopers offers Net quality seal
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RealNetworks faces second privacy suit
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Study: eBay, Yahoo among most trusted companies
News However, trusted is not the same as trustworthy, Electronic Frontier Foundation points out in criticizing latest study.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Verizon Communications Inc., eBay Inc., data retention, Survey, Privacy, TRUSTe, Facebook, brand
Banks drop, tech firms rise in privacy trust rankings
News American Express takes top place in new privacy survey, though most financial firms fall down the list and tech companies, including Facebook, climb.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Network security, Security Management, Web sites, Domain names, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Google Inc., Survey, Privacy
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
Microsoft orders security audit after Hotmail breach
News Microsoft revealed that it is turning to an outside auditor to test the security of its free email service, Hotmail, after a breach was discovered last week that threatened its users' privacy.
Hotmail security audit to be kept private
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Truste aims to guard surfers from spam
News Certification program puts seal of approval on Web sites that adhere to e-mail guidelines designed to squelch junk mail.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Spam filtering
Truste OKs Hotmail security fixes
News Microsoft has fixed a security hole that threatened the privacy of its 40 million Hotmail users in August, according to the results of an outside audit released Monday.
Asiatravelmart.com awarded BBBOnLine, TRUSTe privacy seals
News Asiatravelmart.com, an international TRS on the Internet, today announced it earned the BBBOnLine and TRUSTe Privacy Seals, thus assuring its consumers a high level of privacy of their personal information.
Microsoft pressed to disclose Hotmail review
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Truste reports on RealNetworks as FTC exmaines Net privacy
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Truste reports on RealNetworks as FTC examines Net privacy
News As the results of a closely watched investigation of RealNetworks' data-collection practices were made public Monday, privacy advocates and marketers met during a federal probe to debate the practice of discretely profiling Net users.
Failed dotcoms may be selling your private information
News Some dot-com failures are resorting to selling information their customers may have thought would remain under lock and key as they scramble to find assets that can be sold to appease creditors.
