- Google Seeks To Delay Email Privacy Battle
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 30, 2015
Google is asking a judge to delay a privacy lawsuit concerning ema ...
- Wanted -- No, Needed: Digital Philosophers
Online Spin, Kaila Colbin - Friday, October 30, 2015
In an excellent essay earlier this year, philosopher Thomas Wells argued th ...
- M&S Hit By Customer Data Glitch
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, October 29, 2015
Marks & Spencer was forced to suspend its Web site last nig ...
- Germany May Prevent Facebook And Google From Transferring Data To U.S.
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Privacy officials in Germany said on Wednesday that they may prohibit Faceboo ...
- Facebook Defeats Privacy Lawsuit Over User Tracking
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Facebook has defeated a lawsuit alleging that it violates users' privacy ...
- Wikipedia Loses Lawsuit Against NSA
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 26, 2015
A federal judge has thrown out Wikimedia's
lawsuit against the Nation ...
- Cyber Security Bill Advances, Despite Tech Industry Opposition
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 23, 2015
The controversial Cyber Information Sharing Act -- which is opposed by te ...
- Gawker Employees Ordered To Turn Over Computers, Smartphones To Hulk Hogan
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 22, 2015
Florida Circuit Judge Pamela Campbell ruled on Wednesday that Hulk Hogan c ...
- Florida Sheriff Posts Mugshot Of 9-Year-Old Boy
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 21, 2015
The mugshot of a 9-year-old boy surfaced on a local mugshot si ...
- Irish Privacy Regulator To Decide Whether Facebook Can Send Data To U.S.
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 20, 2015
The Irish Data Protection Commissioner will decide whether Facebook may continue ...
- Free Encryption Service Clears Hurdle
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 20, 2015
The encryption service Let's Encrypt now offers HTTPS certificates that are trust ...
- Digital Fingerprinting Poses 'Real Danger' To Internet, Watchdog Tells FTC
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 20, 2015
The FTC should scrutinize companies that engage in digital "fingerprinting" -- whi ...
- Hundreds Of Apps Violates Apple Privacy Policy, Collect Users' Personal Information
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 19, 2015
More than 250 iOS apps are collecting users' email addresses, serial numbe ...
- Tech Industry Protests Proposed Cybersecurity Law
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 19, 2015
The Computer & Communications Industry Association, which represents companies including Amazon, Googl ...
- When Roll Is Called Up Yonder, Will Ad Data Collection Fall On Side Of Angels?
MediaDailyNews, George Simpson - Thursday, October 15, 2015
On the same day Gartner forecast that "by 2018, half of busine ...
- Facebook Seeks Dismissal Of Lawsuit Over 'Faceprints'
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Facebook has asked a federal judge to dismiss a potential class-action lawsu ...
- Cartoon Network App Doesn't Violate Video Privacy Law, Court Rules
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 12, 2015
Handing a victory to the Cartoon Network, a federal appellate court h ...
- Facebook's Tax Farce Will Only Encourage EU To Hit American Tech Giants Harder On Data
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Monday, October 12, 2015
Facebook paid less than GBP100 a week tax last year. Little wond ...
- HealthCare.gov Will Honor Do-Not-Track Requests
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 12, 2015
The White House's health insurance site HealthCare.gov is now honoring do-not-track header ...
- Turn Wants Web Standards Group To Re-Think 'Do Not Track'
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 9, 2015
Ad company Turn is asking the Internet standards group World Wide W ...
- Verizon Revises Behavioral Targeting Program, But Privacy Concerns Persist
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, October 8, 2015
Verizon Wireless has narrowed a controversial ad-targeting program that relies on "supercookies ...
- Are Digital Consumers Really This Dumb?
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Free services have relied on the exchange of data and receipt ...
- Lawmakers Call For Stronger Do-Not-Track Standards
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Three lawmakers say in a letter to the W3C that its propos ...
- EU Scraps Cross-Border Privacy Agreement, Imperils Thousands Of US Businesses
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Europe's highest court on Tuesday invalidated a 15-year-old agreement that enabled compani ...
- California Attorney General Forces Silicon Valley Startup To Hire Privacy Chief
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Cementing her reputation as a privacy hawk, California Attorney General Kamala Harr ...
- LinkedIn Users Should Get New Notices About Class-Action Settlement, Law Prof Says
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 5, 2015
Notices sent to LinkedIn users about a
proposed $13 million class-acti ...
- Spokeo Urges Supreme Court To Reject White House, Dismiss Suit About Errors
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 2, 2015
Firing back against the White House, online data aggregator Spokeo says t ...
- Yelp-For-People App Revamps After Backlash
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, October 5, 2015
Faced with widespread criticism, Peeple co-founder Julia Corday writes on LinkedIn th ...
- Is People-Rating App Peeple A Hoax?
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 2, 2015
The upcoming app Peeple, which will enable users to "rate" other peopl ...
- Yelp-For-People App Raises Questions
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, October 2, 2015
The Washington Post recently introduced the world to the forthcoming app Peepl ...