Secure Computing, By Dan Raywood, April 6, 2009 Users of Facebook could be giving away their personal information due to the way the website's privacy settings work. A team from the University of Cambridge's computer laboratory has showed how Facebook public profiles could be used to...
Ars Technica, By Matthew Lasar, April 6, 2009 Does temporary FCC boss Michael Copps' proposed fifth Internet non-discrimination principle have a future? Ars takes a look at its past. Interim Federal Communications Commission chair Michael Copps has just called for a fifth Internet non-discrimination principle that...
Bloomberg, April 3, 2009 Brussels: Meglena Kuneva, the European Union's consumer commissioner, warned internet companies they could face regulation if they abuse personal information and do not respect customers' privacy. "If there is a need to regulate and to protect consumers from bad traders, we will...
Scenario numero uno: hai aperto un profilo su Facebook e, come il 99 per cento degli utenti, non hai pensato a modificare le impostazioni di privacy. Leggi tutto...
Dal Garante per la protezione dei dati personali, le modalità tecniche che gli editori online dovranno adottare per "proteggere" gli archivi web dai motori di ricerca Leggi tutto...
cnet news, Elinor Mills, April 2, 2009 Microsoft is working with Facebook to keep the persistent Koobface virus off the popular social-networking site, the companies said on Thursday. "In working with Facebook, we were able to add detection of Koobface to our Malicious Software Removal Tool...
Telegraph, April 3, 2009 With their plethora of modern applications, the latest models disclose the user's location with a few yards, their internet shopping habits, friends and interests. While phone providers are not supposed to pass on such data without permission, many people give consent for...
Information Week (Dark Reading), By Kelly Jackson Higgins, April 2, 2009 Another reason to be careful what you post on Facebook: All it takes is a simple Google search, and phishers and marketers can glean a treasure trove of private information based on relationships among Facebook...
Information Week, By Tim Wilson, March 31, 2009 The European Commission is launching an investigation into the way some Internet companies monitor users' behaviors, with an eye on potentially regulating such practices in Europe, a spokeswoman said yesterday. According to news reports, the EC is collecting...
Wall Street Journal, By Amy Schatz, March 31, 2009 Sen. John Kerry, chairman of the newly resurrected Senate Communications, Technology and the Internet subcommittee, planned to tell cable executives tonight that his panel will be busy this year developing a comprehensive broadband strategy and monitoring how...