Legal experts are warning that the proposed PROTECT IP and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) legislation, currently working their way through Congress, will damage the world's DNS system, cripple … [Read more...]
Stanford lawyers say that legal initiatives might cripple DNS in the future
Wednesday, 21 December 2011 By
Google’s Opt-In Facial Recognition Avoids Facebook’s Missteps
Monday, 12 December 2011 By
Google+ Find My Face is an opt-in service that uses facial recognition for photo tagging. Facebook launched its service as opt-out, which is why Google is trying to score points with privacy … [Read more...]
Zuckerberg’s private photos online on Facebook due to security flaw :)
Wednesday, 7 December 2011 By
Some Facebook users gleefully exploited a security flaw in Facebook's mechanism for reporting inappropriate or offensive images posted on the social networking site to access and publish Facebook CEO … [Read more...]
Facebook settles FTC charges around privacy policy changes
Wednesday, 30 November 2011 By
Facebook and the Federal Trade Commission have reached a settlement over charges the social networking giant engaged in deceptive behavior when it changed its users' privacy settings without … [Read more...]
RIM opens eavesdropping facility in Mumbai India
Monday, 31 October 2011 By
Research In Motion Ltd., known for their Blackberry devices, has set up a facility in Mumbai to help the Indian government carry out lawful surveillance of its BlackBerry services, according to … [Read more...]
Is privacy getting invaded more with the arrival of iOS5 ?
Monday, 17 October 2011 By
Apple’s latest iOS brings enhanced location services to your iPhone. So enhanced that some apps make it seem a little bit scary at just how well they’re tracking you, even when the app isn’t … [Read more...]
EU net neutrality laws may stop infriction on data protection and privacy
Thursday, 13 October 2011 By
New EU laws on net neutrality may be necessary to stop internet service providers (ISPs) from infringing individuals' data protection and privacy rights, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) … [Read more...]
Hundreds of websites share usernames without permission
Wednesday, 12 October 2011 By
Home Depot, The Wall Street Journal, Photobucket, and hundreds of other websites share visitor's names, usernames, or other personal information with advertisers or other third parties, often without … [Read more...]
Scarlet Johansson asks FBI to investigate leaked private photos
Friday, 16 September 2011 By
Scarlett Johansson has reportedly contacted the FBI after naked pictures of her surfaced Wednesday on a popular viral-media website. The 26-year-old actress' name was among 50 or so possible … [Read more...]
Peeping Tom gets 6 year for sexual extortion charges
Monday, 5 September 2011 By
A Southern California man who hacked into the computers of more than 100 women and teenage girls and blackmailed them into sending him nude photos of themselves has been sentenced to six years behind … [Read more...]
Microsoft attacked in lawsuit for illegally tracking users
Thursday, 1 September 2011 By
Microsoft allegedly tracks the location of its mobile customers even after users request that tracking software be turned off, according to a new lawsuit. The proposed class action, filed in a … [Read more...]
Belgian politician’s privacy invaded? Having sex in public (video)
Thursday, 25 August 2011 By
A local Belgian politician, Ilse Uyttersprot, the mayor of Aalst (a town in Belgium) has been caught on video while having sex in Greece on a tower. The facts date from 4 years ago, but became … [Read more...]
Facebook revamps privacy settings again
Wednesday, 24 August 2011 By
Facing heat from finer-grained privacy settings in Google+, Facebook has revamped the controls account holders use to designate who gets to see their pictures, posts, and other content. Over the … [Read more...]
Belgian justice fines Google for StreetView privacy invasions
Friday, 19 August 2011 By
Belgian justice has proposed a settlement to Google for an amount of 150.000 Euro. Google has violated Belgian privacy laws because Google's Street View cars collected data about private … [Read more...]
iOS developer to pay up $50.000 fine for child privacy issues
Wednesday, 17 August 2011 By
An iOS developer has been fined $50,000 for allegedly violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, the Federal Trade Commission announced yesterday. COPPA is a far-reaching act, … [Read more...]
