PC World, By JR Raphael, February 26, 2009 Following a week-long lashing, Facebook is receiving plenty of praise today as word spreads about the social network's newly announced stance on privacy. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed plans for a democratic-style "open governance" system during a news...
San Francisco Chronicle, By Deborah Gage, February 27, 2009 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday posted Facebook's first stab at new policies governing how it handles members' information. The social networking site based in Palo Alto caused an uproar earlier this month after it quietly changed...
San Francisco Chronicle, By Bob Egelko, February 27, 2009 The Obama administration has asked a federal judge in San Francisco to uphold a law aimed at dismissing suits against telecommunications companies that cooperated with President George W. Bush's wiretapping program. In a filing late Wednesday, the...
MediaPost, By Mark Walsh, February 27, 2009 If behavioral targeting is the key to providing Web users with advertising that's better tailored to their particular needs and interests--instead of banner ads that they ignore--then what's the harm to consumers? That was a central question tackled by...
Christian Science Monitor, By Tom Regan, February 25, 2009 If you haven’t been paying attention, there has been a great battle taking place over tighter controls on the Internet. On one side are those fighting to stop child pornography or access to other questionable materials. On...
CNET News, By Stephanie Condon, February 25, 2009 The FCC has proposed more than $12 million in fines for the telecommunications industry, after hundreds of carriers failed to certify that they are instituting proper protections of customer data. The carriers either failed to file or incorrectly filed...
Ritrovare quei francesi della discoteca così simpatici, mostrare le nuove foto all’amica spagnola: tutto questo è possibile grazie a Facebook. Che però abusa delle informazioni private dei suoi quasi 175 milioni di utenti sparsi nel mondo, secondo l’allarme lanciato dai garanti della privacy. Leggi tutto...
Roma, 25 feb. - (Ign) - Microsoft metterà a disposizione di clienti e partner un set on line di risorse gratuite per semplificare in azienda la convergenza tra normativa sulla privacy e utilizzo di soluzioni tecnologiche a supporto del business. Leggi tutto...
Google Street View ha segnato una vittoria importante sul fronte legale, secondo quanto riportato daCNet. Street View, molto criticato per la sua intrusione nella privacy della gente, era stato oggetto nell’aprile 2008 di una citazione nel tribunale di Allegheny County in USA. Leggi tutto...
Wired, By Nicholas Thompson, February 24, 2009 Google's got a lot of enemies in Washington these days, including a few who like to dress in black cloaks and attack it in ways that can't be traced back. One recent episode was a crafty push poll funded...