Germany Orders Agencies to Shut Down Facebook Pages

German data watchdogs ordered federal agencies to shut down their Facebook pages and remove “like” buttons from their Web sites, suggesting that anyone who uses Facebook will have their online activity tracked. “All institutions in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany [must] shut down their fan pages on Facebook and…

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Google tracks down privacy flaws in Google+

Google’s new social networking site Google+, built to beat Facebook primarily on privacy features, has several privacy bugs the company is working to fix. While some enthusiastic beta testers clamour for Google to open the social networking site to everybody now, it’s clear Google needs to address these issues before…

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