Facebook Commits To Stronger Safety And Privacy Measures: related news

Facebook Disconnects Google: Protecting Users... Or Itself?

Inforworld reports that Facebook has cut off Google's Friend Connect service from accessing Facebook's APIs. Facebook claims that Google Friend Connect "redistributes user information from Facebook to other developers without users’ knowledge, which doesn’t respect the privacy standards our users have come to expect." Techcrunch has more details about what Google was doing and what Facebook objected to. Facebook is getting a fair amount of flack for this decision, and it's not hard to see why. Given that Facebook has just rolled out its own competing service for linking third-party websites to Facebook, we can't help but wonder if the privacy issues aren't just a cover to avoid having to interoperate with a major competitor.

Facebook Commits To Stronger Safety And Privacy Measures

Facebook on Thursday said that it has agreed to work with the Attorneys General of 49 states and the District of Columbia to protect young users of its social networking service.

Canadian group: Facebook "a minefield of privacy invasion"

Facebook is the focus of a new complaint in Canada over its privacy policies and practices. The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) filed the complaint this morning, asking the Privacy Commissioner of Canada to review what the CIPPIC believes are various violations of Canadian privacy law. There are 22 violations in all, says CIPPIC, making Facebook "a minefield of privacy invasion."

Understanding Privacy

privacyprof writes "Slashdot readers familiar with Professor Daniel J. Solove's essay, 'I've Got Nothing to Hide and Other Misunderstandings of Privacy,' might be interested in his new book, Understanding Privacy, which develops many of the ideas in that essay. As rapidly changing technology makes information increasingly available, there has been a great struggle to define privacy, with many conceding that the task is virtually impossible. The book argues there are multiple forms of privacy, related to one another by 'family resemblances'. It explains the framework for understanding privacy which was briefly discussed in the 'Nothing to Hide' essay. The book covers the framework in greater depth and explores how it applies to a wide array of privacy issues, such as data mining, surveillance, data security, and consumer privacy.

Canadian privacy commissioner on Facebook's friends list

Even as Canada's Privacy Commissioner is about to investigate a complaint about Facebook's alleged breach of Canadian privacy law, Ontario's Privacy Commissioner's office is collaborating with the social networking site on a privacy education program.

Ontario Privacy Commissioner on Facebook's friends list

Even as Canada's Privacy Commissioner is about to investigate a complaint about Facebook's alleged breach of Canadian privacy law, Ontario's Privacy Commissioner's office is collaborating with the social networking site on a privacy education program. INCLUDES AUDIO INTERVIEW.

'Asbestos warning' on nanotubes

Training trade union safety reps in the links between workplace safety and union organisation is a top priority for TUC. Liz Rees, head of TUC's education service, made this plain in a new interview with the trade union safety magazine Hazards. She said being a trade union safety rep is not just about what you know, it's about what you do - involving members, uncovering problems and, crucially, demanding action. 'Safety rep training is the jewel in the crown of TUC Education,' she said, adding: 'We aim to provide everything a safety rep needs to know to represent their members effectively, and to assist and support in dealing with workplace problems, supporting members and organising for health and safety.' TUC's courses are free to safety reps from affiliated unions and come with accreditation from the National Open College Network (NOCN

Italian Privacy Advocates and Jurists Launch New Privacy Institute

PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A group of prominent Italian privacy advocates and jurists have launched the Italian Institute for Privacy (www.istitutoitalianoprivacy.it/en/), a public policy think tank focused on improving privacy protection in the digital age. This broad-based coalition of prominent Italians will focus its efforts on the protection of personal privacy online for citizens in

Italian Privacy Advocates and Jurists Launch New Privacy Institute

PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A group of prominent Italian privacy advocates and jurists have launched the Italian Institute for Privacy (www.istitutoitalianoprivacy.it/en/), a public policy think tank focused on improving privacy protection in the digital age. This broad-based coalition of prominent Italians will focus its efforts on the protection of personal privacy online for citizens in

Facebook Bans Google Friend Connect Service

San Francisco - Online social network Facebook has blocked a recent feature offered by Google (NASD: GOOG) that would have let users take their personal data from Facebook and automatically post it on other sites, Wired.com reported. The company has banned Google's new Friend Connect service, saying it "doesn't respect the privacy standards our users have come to expect." Meanwhile, the company this week announced plans to launch its own Facebook Connect that will do much the same thing as Friend Connect, but allow Facebook to retain control over how its members' personal data is shared.

Facebook Pulls Out of Google Friend Connect

Google’s new Friend Connect initiative is in trouble. On May 15, Facebook effectively pulled out of participation in Google Friend Connect service, which links social networks and traditional Web sites. “Now that Google has launched Friend Connect, we’ve had a chance to evaluate the technology. We’ve found that it redistributes user information from Facebook to other developers without users’ knowledge, which doesn’t respect the privacy standards our users have come to expect and is a violation of our Terms of Service. Just as we’ve been forced to do for other applications that redistribute data in a way users might not expect or understand, we’ve had to suspend Friend Connect’s access to Facebook user information until it comes into compliance,” according to Facebook.

Privacy Policies Only as Good as the People Enforcing Them

Techdirt is reporting that while we all know privacy policies may not matter much in the grand scheme of things, a recent study shows that it may be even worse than originally surmised. It seems that the real issue is with who has access to personal data and what they are able to do with it. "of course, it's not just the people reading the policies that don't seem to understand them -- it's those in charge of living up to and enforcing the policies. A new study surveyed a bunch of executives, including both marketing execs and those in charge of enforcing the privacy policy, and quickly discovered that marketers have a very different concept of 'privacy' than privacy officers. Not surprisingly, they don't see anything wrong with sharing all sorts of data that seems to horrify privacy officers.

Facebook faces Canadian privacy complaint

Facebook looks set to face a fight after a Canadian privacy group filed a complain accusing it of 22 breaches of the country’s privacy laws.

IBM Introduces Optim Data Privacy Solutions

IBM announced open client and partner testing of the new IBM Optim Data Privacy Solution for use with SAP solutions, which provides enterprise data management and data privacy capabilities in support of SAP applications. The IBM Optim Data Privacy Solution offers data masking techniques to protect privacy in development, testing and training environments. IBM Optim Data Privacy Solutions are also available for use with Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Siebel, and Amdocs CRM.

Does Anyone Really Care Where Google Places Its Privacy Policy?

In the past, we've discovered that most people don't read a website's privacy policy, and many (incorrectly) assume that as long as a site has a privacy policy, then it means that the site will keep their info private -- even if the policy is to say the exact opposite. Basically, what this means is privacy policies are almost entirely meaningless. Yet, some still think they're important for show. Even more than that, they think that where you put the privacy policy matters. And that's put Google into a bit of a bind, as it tries to join the Network Advertising Initiative, a trade group that sets standards relating to how companies collect data for advertising purposes. The problem is that one of the NAI's principles is that the proper thing to do is put a link to your privacy policy on the homepage -- something that Google refuses to do.

Facebook 'violates privacy laws'

A Canadian privacy group has filed a complaint against the social networking site Facebook accusing it of violating privacy laws.

Practicing Privacy: Elements of a Privacy Protection Policy

Privacy protection is the most important benefit a business can provide to its customers and trading partners. Savvy businesses are differentiating themselves by making privacy protection the cornerstone of their customer-centric business models. These businesses know that to shift from a product or market orientation to a customer-centric business model, privacy protection must be an integral part of the way they do business.

Facebook CEO on Google Friend Connect: Privacy Issues a Problem

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, wants to talk with Google about privacy issues that caused Facebook to block Google's Friend Connect last week.

Facebook bans Google's Friend Connect over privacy issues

In a post on Facebook's Developers blog, Charlie Cheever says it's banning Google's Friend Connect to protect its users' privacy -- and, by the way, it violates Facebook's terms of service for developers. He writes:

Facebook vs. Canadian Privacy Laws

The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic has filed a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, alleging that Facebook has committed 22 breaches of privacy laws.

Facebook V. Canadian Privacy Laws

The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic has filed a complaint with the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, alleging that Facebook has committed 22 breaches of privacy laws.

Protecting privacy in a nation of Facebook addicts

Ontario Privacy Commissioner Anne Cavoukian has been working with Facebook to educate 7 million Canadian users about the privacy risks. In this interview, Cavoukian talks about that initiative. Includes a podcast of the interview.

Canadian law clinic files privacy complaint against Facebook

A Canadian university law clinic has filed a privacy complaint against Facebook, alleging that the social-networking site's policies include 22 separate violations of a Canadian privacy law. continue

Canadian Law Clinic Files Privacy Complaint Against Facebook

A Canadian university law clinic has filed a privacy complaint against Facebook, alleging that the social-networking site's policies include 22 separate violations of a Canadian privacy law.

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