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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.

New Privacy Protecting Software

New Privacy Protecting Software - Clean Space International releases new version of Clean Space privacy protecting software. Since 2002 its a 14th version completely revised and rewritten to support any 2008 application and new Windows Vista. New Clean Space includes privacy protecting tools such as Antivirus to protect computer from malware and Secret Disk that helps user keep secret files private. But the main purpose of this tool remains the same for many years - removing computer tracks and garbage such as cookies, temporary files, autocomplete search history, recent links and other..

Don't You Feel Safer Now That Google Added A Link To Its Privacy Policy?

One of the more idiotic accusations thrown at Google of late was this idea that it was somehow a problem that it didn't link directly to its privacy policy from its home page. It had a privacy policy. That privacy policy was easy to find. Almost no one actually reads its privacy policy -- but a bunch of privacy groups who surely had more important things to spend their time on got all upset that Google refused to link from its front page. It appears that Google has now given in and agreed to link to the privacy policy, oddly removing the word "Google" from its copyright notice and replacing it with a link to the privacy policy.

DesignerDigitals.com Certified for TRUSTe Web Privacy

BEL AIR, Md. - (Business Wire) Leading Internet digital scrapbooking supplies e-tailer DesignerDigitals.com today announced that it is certified to display the TRUSTe Web Privacy Seal. The Web Privacy Seal demonstrates DesignerDigitals commitment to protecting the privacy and data of its on-line community. TRUSTe is the leader in privacy certification. They award their privacy seal only to companies that complete the thorough certification process and agree to comply with ongoing oversight.

Facebook Sues German Company, Claims Ripoff

azuredrake writes "Facebook, the largest social networking site in the US, has sued German social networking site studiVZ on the grounds that studiVZ has copied the look and feel of Facebook in order to piggyback off their success. According to the article, 'The German company sued by Facebook for running a "knockoff" of the social networking Web site said on Sunday it asked a German court to declare that Facebook's claims are without merit.' However, a simple glance at the two sites' homepages seems to tell a different story — studiVZ copies many things from Facebook, from their button layout down to the font they're using."

Facebook Connect Aims to Aggregate Social Media While Protecting User Privacy

In May, Google announced a new initiative called Friend Connect that enables site owners to add social media to their websites, and allows internet users to connect their social accounts more seamlessly. But while Facebook was initally part of the effort, later they banned Google's Friend Connect from their site, citing issues with privacy and the redistribution of user data.

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.

Hackers Use Facebook for Malware Attack

Hackers recently used the Facebook Wall to trick Facebook members into following a link purportedly to view a video hosted by Google. Instead, the Facebook users were tricked into installing a Trojan horse. Security firm Sophos discovered the Facebook hacker attack, and Facebook has since contacted victims and placed a block to protect the site.

Google Adds Privacy Policy Link

After a month of pressure from privacy groups, search engine Google has finally agreed to add a link on its homepage to the company's privacy policy. Google had resisted the addition of a privacy link, saying it did not want to clutter its homepage. "We're making a homepage change by adding a link to our privacy overview and policies," Marissa Mayer, vice president of Search Products & User Experience, said in a July 3 Google Blog post. "Google values our users' privacy first and foremost. Trust is the basis of everything we do, so we want you to be familiar and comfortable with the integrity and care we give your personal data."

Responding to Critics, Google Adds Privacy Link to Home Page

On June 3rd a group of privacy advocates, including California-based Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, the World Privacy Forum, Consumer Action, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Consumer Federation of California, and ACLU of Northern California - among others - sent a detailed letter to Google CEO CEO Eric Schmidt, charging that the lack of a privacy link on Google's home page was not just "alarming," but violated the California Online Privacy Protection Act of 2003.

Google's Latest Silly Privacy Problem

Well now that Google's dealt with one ridiculous privacy complaint, it appears it has another to deal with. As Google is preparing to launch its "Street View" offerings in Europe (which let people see photos of the streets they search for on Google Maps), some privacy groups are complaining how its a violation of people's privacy. Apparently the fact that they were photographed out in public hasn't occurred to the privacy group. Even more to the point, as Google has pointed out in response, despite the fact that anyone caught in these photographs was in public, it's recently rolled out a system to automatically blur faces of people who end up in the Street View photos. Overall, the whole complaint seems to be much ado about nothing from privacy advocates who have much more important things to focus on.

Fedora considering a new privacy policy

For a while now, we've been butting up against the Red Hat Privacy Policy (which we've been using to cover Fedora). To try to address some of these concerns, I sat down and made a new privacy policy for Fedora to use that is independent of Red Hat's Privacy Policy. I made a draft, then sent it over to Red Hat Legal for review. They made some minor changes and sent it back to me. Here it is for you folks to look over: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/TomCallaway/PrivacyPolicyD... Keep in mind that while this is more open than the Red Hat Privacy Policy, I think it is more in keeping with the spirit of Fedora. (Also, it is directly derived from Red Hat's privacy policy, so its not as if I completely rewrote it from scratch). Barring any major failures, I plan to present this for approval at next week's board meeting.

Logged In or Out, Facebook Is Watching You

kaos07 links to this ZDNet story, according to which "Researchers at software vendor CA have discovered that social networking site Facebook is able to track the buying habits of its users on affiliated third-party sites even when they are logged out of their account or have opted out of its controversial 'Beacon' tracking service. Responding to privacy concerns, Facebook has since moved to reassure users that it only tracks and publishes data about their purchases if they are both logged in to Facebook and have opted-in to having this information listed on their profile. But in 'extremely disconcerting' findings that directly contradict these assurances, researchers at CA's Security Advisory service have found that data about these transactions are sent to Facebook regardless of a user's actions.

Facebook Beacon Tracking Program Draws Privacy Lawsuit

Facebook and its advertising partners are facing a federal class action lawsuit targeting its Beacon program launched last fall, which alleges that Facebook violated federal wiretap law when it began monitoring and publishing what Facebook users were doing on sites like Blockbuster.com and Zappos.com.

NebuAd Introduces Next-Generation Online Consumer Privacy Protections, Raising the Bar on Internet Privacy Protection Standards

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (Business Wire) -- NebuAd, an online media company that provides state-of-the-art online privacy protection for consumers, today announced it is introducing new industry-leading online privacy protections, offering alternatives for robust, direct consumer notification and unprecedented innovations in opt-out technology. This move further empowers Internet service provider (ISP) subscribers to control their web experience. In addition, it reinforces NebuAd's commitment to delivering world-class innovation in Internet advertising by setting unparalleled standards in online consumer privacy protection.

NebuAd Introduces Next-Generation Online Consumer Privacy Protections, Raising the Bar on Internet Privacy Protection Standards

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 2008--NebuAd, an online media company that provides state-of-the-art online privacy protection for consumers, today announced it is introducing new industry-leading online privacy protections, offering alternatives for robust, direct consumer notification and unprecedented innovations in opt-out technology. This move further empowers Internet service provider (ISP) subscribers to control their web experience. In addition, it reinforces NebuAd’s commitment to delivering world-class innovation in Internet advertising by setting unparalleled standards in online consumer privacy protection.

Google removes Company?€™s name to add Privacy Link on Homepage

p>Google’s homepage now has a new adjunct – a privacy link, which leads to the company’s privacy policy. The addition comes following pressure from privacy organizations who insisted that the search giant’s Privacy Center, be made to fit somewhere on its first page.

Free CRM Certified for TRUSTe Privacy Seal of Approval

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 07/01/08 -- FreeCRM.com, the leading online SaaS provider of on-demand CRM business software, today announced that it has been certified to display the TRUSTe Privacy Seal, which demonstrates its commitment to data privacy and trust online. TRUSTe, the leading privacy certification and seal program, awards its privacy seal only to companies that complete the rigorous TRUSTe certification process and agree to comply with ongoing oversight.

Facebook shuts down application over privacy

Facebook has closed down another of its most popular third-party applications following privacy violations.

Internet Expert Scott Cleland Recommends Comprehensive Approach to Privacy Law to Protect Consumers

Washington, DC (PRWeb) July 17, 2008 -- Precursor (http://www.precursor.com/) President Scott Cleland (http://www.precursor.com/bio_long.htm) testified today before the House Energy and Commerce Internet Subcommittee on broadband regulations and privacy, highlighting the need for a comprehensive approach to Internet privacy, and spotlighting the serious privacy threat posed by Internet applications like Google (http://www.precursorblog.com/content/googles-privacy-lip-service).

Facebook privacy breach exposes users' hidden dates of birth, Sophos reports

IT security and control firm Sophos has warned computer users that Facebook accidentally publicly revealed personal information about its members, which could be useful to identity thieves. Last week, the full dates of birth of many of Facebook's 80 million active users were visible to others, even if the individual member had requested that the information remained confidential.

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