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States give inmates access to personal data of others
WASHINGTON ? Prisons in eight states let convicts work in jobs that give them access to Social Security numbers and other personal information for the public, despite years of warnings that the practice should end, a federal audit finds. Most of the

Google Pushing Translation, Privacy to all Chrome Users
Google has taken the beta tags off a recent Chrome update that adds privacy and translation tools to the browser. Google released a beta version of these features on March 2, but held off on unveiling it to the general public until a more stable version

Seven Firefox Plug-ins That Improve Online Privacy
As strange as it might sound, there are times when I wish for the old days of the Internet circa the early 1990's. The days of Mosaic and Lynx, where there was no Flash, no Javascript and no Java. A simpler time where . Time travel isn't an option for

FTC member rips into Google's privacy efforts
Several major U.S. Internet companies, including ogle and Facebook, need to 'step up' and better protect consumer privacy or face tougher penalties from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, a commissioner said Wednesday. Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour,

FTC Hears Debate About Whether Privacy Polices Can Work
Speaking at the Federal Trade Commission's roundtable discussion about online privacy, Hoofnagle, a lecturer at the UC Berkeley law school, noted that Chase's includes passages in red ink that tell consumers in no uncertain terms that debit card

FTC Member Rips Into Google's Privacy Efforts (PC World)
Several major U.S. Internet companies, including Google and Facebook, need to "step up" and better protect consumer privacy or face tougher penalties from the , a commissioner said Wednesday. , who is leaving the FTC next month, ripped into Google for

Seven Firefox Plug-ins That Improve Online Privacy
Tags: privacy, plug-ins, internet privacy, firefox As strange as it might sound, there are times when I wish for the old days of the Internet circa the early 1990's. The days of Mosaic and Lynx, where there was no Flash, no Javascript and no Java. A

FTC on Google Buzz: Consumer Privacy Cannot Be Run in Beta
Earlier today, FTC commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour cited Google Buzz’s “irresponsible conduct” at launch as an example of how companies are being too careless with consumer privacy and online data. The remarks were made at a public roundtable on

Geotag your life: websites that broadcast location raise privacy concerns
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Privacy on the Net fast vanishing
NEW YORK: If a stranger came up to you on the street, would you give him your name, Social Security number and e-mail address? Probably not.

FTC member rips into Google's privacy efforts
For: IDG News Service (Washington Bureau) Jones Harbour of the U.S. Federal Trade Commissioner complained the online vendors who claim to respect privacy launch products where the guiding privacy policy is ‘Throw it against the wall and see if it

etc: A federal judge has approved a $9.5 million settlement that should put an end to the Beacon-Facebook privacy class-action.
A federal judge has approved a $9.5 million settlement that should put an end to the Beacon-Facebook privacy class-action. Read More: Wire Threat Level Read the comments on this post

Websites that 'geotag' raise privacy concerns
VANCOUVER - As if knowing what your friend had for lunch wasn't enough, now you can see where she was eating it as well. An increasing number of websites and social networking services are adopting geotagging, allowing users to include their exact

A Bit At A Time, Privacy Vanishes Online
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With fusion centers, privacy is a serious — and touchy — subject
Agencies involved in fusion centers say they take privacy seriously. But they're reluctant to say much else about the subject.

Privacy an alien concept in cyber world
Yet people often dole out all kinds of personal information on the Internet that allows such identifying data to be deduced. Services like Facebook, Twitter and Flickr are oceans of personal minutiae — birthday greetings sent and received, school and

FTC member rips privacy efforts by Google, Facebook
IDG News Service - Several major U.S. Internet companies, including Google and Facebook, need to "step up" and better protect consumer privacy or face tougher penalties from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, a commissioner said Wednesday. Commissioner

Outgoing FTC commissioner dings Google, Internet companies on privacy
Actor Marlon Brando once said: “Privacy is not something that I'm merely entitled to, it's an absolute prerequisite.” He probably would not have appreciated how the Internet is peeling away the last vestiges of privacy. And neither apparently does

FTC Member Rips Into Google's Privacy Efforts
Several major U.S. Internet companies, including Google and Facebook, need to "step up" and better protect consumer privacy or face tougher penalties from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, a commissioner said Wednesday. Commissioner Pamela Jones

FTC member rips into Google's privacy efforts
More Privacy Watch IDG News Service - Several major U.S. Internet companies, including ogle and Facebook, need to 'step up' and better protect consumer privacy or face tougher penalties from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, a commissioner said

FTC member rips into Google's privacy efforts
Several major U.S. Internet companies, including Google and Facebook, need to "step up" and better protect consumer privacy or face tougher penalties from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, a commissioner said Wednesday. Commissioner Pamela Jones

How Privacy Vanishes Online
If a stranger came up to you on the street, would you give him your name, Social Security number and e-mail address? Probably not. Yet people often dole out all kinds of personal information on the Internet that allows such identifying data to be

Coffee Break: FCC's broadband plan; losing privacy online
FCC broadband plan raises divisive issues; how web users' privacy can disappear online.

How privacy vanishes online
Using bits of data from social-networking web sites, researchers have gleaned people’s names, ages, and even Social Security numbers, reports the New York Times.

Fraudsters shift from financial targets to stealing personal information
Average Financial Loss Per Online ID Fraud Falls By 24 Percent An online YouGov survey commissioned by VeriSign has revealed that 11 percent of the online UK population has been a victim of online ID fraud within the last 12 months. The VeriSign Online

eCrypt Urges Users to Heed the Warning as LifeLock Settles $12 Million Lawsuit / LifeLock's recent lawsuit settlement illustrates the need for end user control over privacy of information.
BOULDER, Colo., March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Earlier this month it was announced that LifeLock, an Arizona based identity theft protection company, agreed to settle the charges that it made false claims about its identity theft protection services, for $12

Chinese Hacker Leaked 20 Million Pieces of Personal Information from Korean Site
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Internet users are responsible for protecting personal data
(Telecompaper) More than half (55%) of German internet users older than 14 finds that they are responsible for protecting their personal data online, according to a...