If anyone knows about the effect the Internet can have on a person’s reputation, it’s Matt Ivester. Ivester is the founder of JuicyCampus.com, a website that was intended to serve as a message board across college campuses, but morphed into a controversial, anonymous gossip site. Before JuicyCampus shut down in…
Google tackles online privacy in unusual ad blitz (AP)
AP – Google is focusing on the importance of protecting personal information in an unusual marketing campaign for a company that has been blasted for its own online privacy lapses and practices. View full post on Yahoo! News: Security News View full post on National Cyber Security
Google Search changes rile privacy advocates
Changes in what is displayed in search results, announced this week by Google, has one prominent privacy advocate ready to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), based in Washington DC, says his group is mulling filing…
Cascade of Privacy Evaporation
When I came up with this article, I had so many things in mind which might lead to the violation of your privacy – online. Let me beginn with something tangible: drunken mobile phone using. Am sure everyone has…
Privacy campaigners slam shopper tracking tech
Monitoring technology used in shopping centres to track customers’ movements via their mobile phones has come under fire from civil rights campaigners, who claim that it invades people’s privacy. FootPath technology, manufactured by UK company Path Intelligence, uses signals from a shopper’s mobile phone to pinpoint their position to within…
European Audit Leads to Facebook Privacy Changes
Facebook has announced plans to make changes to its site for European users. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Smartphone Spyware Possibly Invades Users’ Privacy
Application Monitors Keystrokes, Physical Location INDIANAPOLIS — Hoosiers who use Smartphones are concerned about their privacy after a software company revealed many of the devices are loaded with a spyware application. California company Carrier IQ developed the app for millions of Smartphones and said the spyware is for quality control,…
Facebook, FTC Settle over Privacy Deceptions
Social Network Names Two Chief Privacy OfficersFacebook promises to give consumers clear and prominent notice and obtaining express consent before their information is shared beyond the privacy settings they have established. View full post on CUInfoSecurity.com RSS Syndication View full post on National Cyber Security
HTCS1: Facebook works with the FTC to improve its privacy policy and online identity theft is up. Listen to more at http://t.co/0seRnqAB
HTCS1: Facebook works with the FTC to improve its privacy policy and online identity theft is up. Listen to more at http://t.co/0seRnqAB View full post on Twitter / HTCS1
ProtectMyID: Social network accounts should have customized privacy settings, and users should not add “friends” they do not know.
ProtectMyID: Social network accounts should have customized privacy settings, and users should not add “friends” they do not know. View full post on Twitter / ProtectMyID View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans Gregory Evans | LinkedIn Interview With Gregory Evans Gregory Evans Security Expert Gregory Evans on…