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Date Article Title Publication Author Synopsis
6/16/2009 Google considers request to boost privacy CNET News.com Elinor Mills Google said that it might increase data protection for Google apps users.
6/11/2009 Social Networks Keep Privacy in the Closet Technology Review Erica Naone Two University of Cambridge professors have completed a research project on social networks' privacy settings and policies.
6/10/2009 McAfee launches software that monitors Facebook itbusiness.ca Jennifer Kavur McAfee Inc.'s Canadian General Manager Ross Allen teamed up with Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian to release McAfee's new Family Protection software.
6/4/2009 Sears settles with FTC in privacy flap Reuters Diane Bartz The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has reached a settlement with Sears Holdings Corp on allegations it collected personal data from customers without adequate disclosures, Reuters reports. 
6/4/2009 FTC Shuts Down Spammer ISP Wall Street Journal Andrew LaVallee The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has shut down an Internet service provider that engaged in spam and virus distribution and child pornography.
6/2/2009 The Obama Administration's Silence on Privacy New York Times Saul Hansell President Obama announced that the new White House cybersecurity office will include a privacy officer, but despite this and early leadership on technology issues, the administration has divulged little about privacy so far. 
6/2/2009 Google Is Top Tracker of Surfers in Study New York Times Miguel Helft University of California, Berkeley graduate students released the results of a study comparing consumer expectations for online privacy with Internet companies' data collection practices.
6/2/2009 It's 6 O'Clock -- Do You Know Where Your Cloud's Data Center Is? Information Week Charles Babcock RSA Chief Security Strategist Tim Mather discussed cloud computing security on a panel at the Sun CommunityOne conference in San Francisco.
5/28/2009 Government Wrestles With Social Media Records Retention Policies Information Week J. Nicholas Hoover Speakers at a National Archives and Records Administration conference yesterday highlighted challenges the government must address to follow archival and e-discovery regulations in the age of social media, inexpensive storage and cloud computing.
5/26/2009 Obama set to Create a Cybersecurity Czar With Broad Mandate Washington Post Ellen Nakashima President Obama is expected to announce the creation of a national cybersecurity adviser later this week.
5/22/2009 Google's Camera Car Cruises New York for Street View Update New York Times Noam Cohen and Corey Kilgannon Anyone using Google's Street View feature to check out what's playing at New York movie theaters might think the city's cinemaphiles are woefully passé; a Street View image of an East 12th Street marquee shows a 2006 film "now playing." 
5/21/2009 Privacy and the net Guardian.co.uk Henry Porter Henry Porter blogs on the results of a study released yesterday by University of Cambridge researchers, who discovered that Web sites that host user-uploaded photos commonly store those photos even after users deleted them. 
5/20/2009 Swedish anti-piracy and privacy laws clash' The Local   A proposed amendment to an anti-piracy law would require Swedish Internet service providers (ISPs) to save user traffic data for a minimum of six months to aid in the investigation of serious crimes.
5/19/2009 Google: Ditching data could hinder flu tracking TimesOnline Dan Sabbagh At Google's Zeitgeist conference in Great Britain this week, company co-founder Larry Page said more discussion with regulators is needed regarding proposed data retention limits.
5/16/2009 Just Shopping?  A Web Store May Follow You Out the Door New York Times Randall Stross The e-mail addresses and phone numbers offered up by online shoppers could soon be used for more than just order confirmations. 
5/12/2009 Report Recommends Standards for Use of Analytics Tools on Government Web Sites Center for Democracy and Technology Press Release While the Obama administration works to create a more open government, two advocacy groups are cautioning that the analytics tools used to help in that effort should be used with care. 
4/30/2009 Facebook's privacy options ComputerWorld Jake Wildman Jake Widman has some advice for Facebook users who want to maintain control of their information. 
4/28/2009 Jenkins: Plan for the worst when using clouds  Chattanooga Times Free Press Donnie Jenkins Google, Microsoft and other companies are trying to get a foothold by providing more services that can be used on a Web browser.
4/28/2009 McAfee Launches Cybercrime Self-help Site  PC World Erik Larken Antivirus software maker McAfee launched a new Web site intended to provide advice and services to those who suspect they may be victims of cybercrime.
4/27/2009 How secure is the cloud? SearchSecurity.com Andrew Collins Recent incidents of data leaking from cloud-based applications have given many organisations pause when it comes to launching their own information into the ether. What are the vendors doing to secure your data?
4/27/2009 Cyberwar's first casualty: Your privacy ComputerWorld Preston Gralla The government will most likely let private industry do the dirty work, essentially outsourcing cyber intelligence gathering.
4/27/2009 Cloud computing security: Who knew? NW via Computerworld Scott Bradner Cloud computing is big even though there is less than perfect agreement on just what it is.
4/27/2009 Congress: Privacy Fears Over Cable Ads NewsFactor Network Deborah Yao As part of a broader discussion over Internet privacy issues, lawmakers at the House subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet brought up cable's newest advertising endeavor called Canoe Ventures. 
4/27/2009 DMTF Group to Create Cloud Computing Specs  eWeek Jeffrey Burt The Distributed Management Task Force is organizing a group of members who will create informational specifications aimed at addressing the need for open management standards for cloud computing. 
4/26/2009 The Sorry State Of Online Privacy TechCrunch.com Jason Kincaid It's quickly becoming clear that the cloud isn't ready for us because the services we rely on are letting us down with a frequency that is simply unacceptable.
4/24/2009 In a Frenzy of Democracy the Facebook Nation Has Spoken...well, 0.03% of them. The Register John Oates Facebook is claiming a victory in a vote to decide on changes to its terms and conditions, even though only 0.03 per cent of users voted on changes.
4/24/2009 House Members Plan to Draft New Online Privacy Bill ClickZ.net Kate Kaye House Members plan to draft new legislation regarding online privacy this year. 
4/23/2009 Watch out for the feds' proposed cybersecurity 'fix' InfoWorld Bill Snyder A proposed antiterrorist law could create a government-sanctioned back door into your network.
4/23/2009 Flaws in 'Internet SAFETY' bill NetworkWorld M. E. Kabay  Friend and colleague Robert Gezelter points to serious deficiencies in the thinking behind legislation currently under consideration in the House and Senate. 
4/23/2009 Cloud security stokes concerns at RSA Techworld Tim Greene Two words -- cloud security -- dominated discussion and drove the action this week at RSA Conference 2009.
4/23/2009 Cloud computing: How to decide 'when to cloud' ComputerWorld Mitch Betts Mark Tonsetic, program manager at Corporate Executive Board's Infrastructure Executive Council, says it's not an all-or-nothing proposition with Cloud Computing. Instead, he advises CIOs to look at the cloud on an application-by-application, project-by-project basis.
4/23/2009 Privacy experts urge panel to regulate Internet filtering method  CongressDaily Andrew Noyes Privacy experts urged the House Energy and Commerce Communications Subcommittee today to regulate a type of computer network filtering employed by broadband Internet providers for security because it could also be used to build extensive customer profiles and target content and advertising without consent.
4/23/2009 House Ponders Bill to Prevent ISP Snooping  PC Magazine Chloe Albanesius House members went back to the drawing board on Internet consumer protection Thursday; once again tackling the subject of how much personal data Web companies should collect about you, and whether or not Congress needs to legislate a solution.
4/22/2009 Cloud computing security? It's all a bit hazy RSA Conference: Should you be worried? silicon.com Steve Ranger Cloud computing might be the hottest tech trend (and certainly the most hyped), but experts are split over whether IT chiefs should be worrying about the security risks behind it.
4/21/2009 Another year of handwringing on cybersecurity San Francisco Chronicle Deborah Gage Every year, the security industry gets together at the RSA Conference in San Francisco to learn new techniques for fighting the bad guys, who always seem to be a step ahead.
4/21/2009 Q&A: The New Security Agenda: Changing the Game  SC Magazine    
4/21/2009 RSA Conference rallies the IT security industry  ComputerWeekly.com Warwick Ashford The RSA Conference 2009 got off to a quiet start in San Francisco yesterday with a few preliminary tutorials, but today sees the first keynote speakers take to the stage.
4/21/2009 RSA leader urges security vendors to collaborate  GCN.com William Jackson The rapidly evolving collaborative information infrastructure offers developers an opportunity to create true security by building it into information technology systems, said Arthur Coviello, president of RSA, EMC's security division.
4/21/2009 Information Security Forum Issues Cloud Security Report Dark Reading   Security professionals must mitigate risks in the next generation of computing, says ISF CEO Prof. Howard A. Schmidt.
4/21/2009 Judge sends Blockbuster to court over Facebook Beacon Borking Ever-changing online contracts 'illusory' The Register Cade Metz  A federal judge has given the green light to a lawsuit brought against video giant Blockbuster over its use of Facebook's privacy-destroying "Beacon" ad system.
4/21/2009 Cryptographers say cloud computing can be secured  SearchSecurity.com Robert Westervelt The move toward cloud computing may be inevitable, but that doesn't mean the related security challenges aren't avoidable.
4/20/2009 Congress Ponders Cybersecurity Power Grab from the no-cybersecurity-licenses-please dept  Techdirt Blogs Timothy Lee There was a lot of attention paid last week to a new "cybersecurity" bill that would drastically expand the government's power over the Internet.
4/20/2009 Gird Your Blogs! Tulsa Today Brad O'Leary Senators Rockefeller, Snowe, Bayh and Nelson introduced bills S. 773 and S.778, collectively called the Cybersecurity Act, which would give President Obama dictatorial power over the Internet during a time of national crisis or emergency.
4/19/2009 Don't put feds in charge of the Internet  San Francisco Chronicle James G. Lakely Leaders in Washington seem to view such threats as not so far-fetched. Two senators have proposed creating a tamer, real-life Jack Bauer in the form of a new "cybersecurity czar" and giving the federal government unprecedented control over America's Internet traffic.
4/19/2009 Big Bro's Cybersecurity Act: A means to shut down the Internet  Online Journal Jerry Mazza About Senate bill, S.773, the Cybersecurity Act of 2009. 
4/18/2009 Wanted: Computer hackers ... to help government The Associated Press via Google LOLITA C. BALDOR Federal authorities aren't looking to prosecute them, but to pay them to secure the nation's networks.
4/18/2009 Google's Schmidt Talks Privacy, Internet Domination  PC Magazine Chloe Albanesius Google CEO Eric Schmidt appeared at his alma mater, Princeton University, to discuss the Internet and globalization, Google products that have recently made headlines, and how not to be evil.
4/17/2009 Cloud Computing: a Pandora's Box of Security Nightmares Computerworld UK via CIO Siobhan Chapman Businesses installing cloud computing environments risk opening a "Pandora's Box of security nightmares", according to independent security group the Jericho Forum.
4/17/2009 A warning against premature adoption of cloud computing  Ars Technica Ryan Paul A new report on cloud computing indicates that building and operating a data center is still more cost-effective than adopting cloud computing services like EC2 for many large companies.
4/17/2009 Cloud Computing Gets A Much-Needed Reality Check  InformationWeek John Foley McKinsey & Co.'s conclusion that cloud computing is twice as expensive as do-it-yourself data centers is welcome news. 
4/16/2009 TRUSTe Expands Service Offerings to Protect Consumer Privacy and Corporate Reputations from Emerging Threats  TRUSTe   Acquisition of Haute Secure Delivers Automated Scanning of Domains For Threats from User-Generated Content and Advanced Malware Attacks
4/16/2009 Control of Cybersecurity Becomes Divisive Issue  New York Times JAMES RISEN and ERIC LICHTBLAU The National Security Agency has been campaigning to lead the government's rapidly growing cybersecurity programs, raising privacy and civil liberties concerns among some officials who fear that the move could give the spy agency too much control over government computer networks.
4/16/2009 'Mebroot' rootkit slides further under the security radar, researcher says ComputerWorld Jeremy Kirk A security researcher said that thousands of Web sites have been rigged to deliver a new variant of the Mebroot rootkit, which infects the master boot record on vulnerable PCs — effectively making it invisible to Windows and security tools.
4/16/2009 Researcher finds possible bug in Apple's iPhone ComputerWorld Jeremy Kirk Famed Mac hacker Charlie Miller has found another possible security vulnerability in Apple's iPhone.
4/16/2009 Firefox is the world's most vulnerable browser ComputerWorld Preston Gralla Firefox fans take note: A just-released report from the security company Secunia found that Firefox is far more vulnerable than Opera, Safari, and Internet Explorer --- and by a wide margin. 
4/16/2009 VMware bug allows Windows hack to attack Macs ComputerWorld Gregg Keizer A bug in VMware's Fusion virtualization software could be used to run malicious code on a Mac by exploiting Windows in a virtual machine, an exploit researcher at Immunity Inc. 
4/16/2009 Can a cloud be more secure than a corporate data center? Network World Tim Greene  The Jericho Forum next week plans to release its spin on the security of cloud computing with the perhaps surprising belief that using a cloud can actually be more secure than running applications and databases out of corporate data centers.
4/15/2009 Facebook users to vote on new privacy policy Belfast Telegraph   Voting begins on Facebook's new terms of service (TOS) agreement.
4/15/2009 Cloud Computing's Inherent Security Risks  CIO Insight John Parkinson  
4/14/2009 Google Street View doesn't breach privacy  IT Pro Asavin Wattanajantra A bid to shut down Google Street View fails as the ICO rules that it doesn't threaten privacy.
4/10/2009 E-Discovery in the Cloud:  Know Your Service Provider IT Business Edge Lora Bentley When it comes to doing business in the cloud, it's important to know your service provider.
4/8/2009 U.S. consumers snub mobile banking on security fears Reuters Sinead Carew A survey of 500 U.S. consumers has revealed that the majority are uncomfortable with using mobile devices for conducting financial transactions.
4/7/2009 Social Net Privacy Raises Concerns AdWeek.com Mark Dolliver A BBC World News American/Harris poll asked adults how much they trust various entities to handle their personal information in a secure manner.
4/1/2009 Kerry Outlines Senate Communications, Technology & Internet Subcommittee Priorities broadcastingcable.com John Eggerton Online privacy is a priority for the Senate Communications, Technology & Internet Subcommittee.
4/1/2009 Facebook's Chief Privacy Officer: Balancing Needs of Users with Business of social networks CIO G.C. Lynch According to a Ponemon Institute study, American consumers rank Facebook among the top 20 most trusted companies for privacy. 
3/31/2009 Tech Firms Seek to Get Agencies on Board With Cloud Computing  Washington Post Kim Hart Providers of cloud-based services are hoping to persuade the federal government to get on board with cloud computing.
3/31/2009 U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Review Rejection of Virginia Anti-Spam Law Washington Post Jerry Markon The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday declined to consider reinstating Virginia's anti-spam law.
3/26/2009 Cloud Computing Meets Washington: Lots of Data Security and Privacy Questions CIO Bernard Golden As moderator on a panel last week, Bernard Golden got a close up on cloud computing. 
3/26/2009 Researchers Can ID Anonymous Twitterers PCWorld Robert McMillan Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have discovered that applying proper analysis to anonymized data can reveal a person's identity.
3/26/2009 More Security Loopholes Found In Google Docs Washington Post Robin Wauters A security consultant has discovered more privacy-security loopholes in Google Docs.
3/25/2009 Cautionary tales from the social-networking universe Christian Science Monitor Tom Regan Where 175 million Netizens will go, cybercriminals will follow. 
3/24/2009 Facebook Gets New Public Policy Director New York Times Brad Stone Facebook has hired an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) attorney as its director of public policy.
3/24/2009 Uncle Sam's Cloud Computing Dilemma Information Week John Foley At an interoperability workshop earlier this week, ServerVault CTO John Curran discussed federal governments' use of cloud computing.
3/23/2009 Microsoft IE8 Browser Seeks Compromise On Privacy, Ad Growth Wall Street Journal   Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 8 browser (IE8) contains features that can prevent targeted advertising, a practice the company itself is adopting.
3/20/2009 Report: Cloud Computing Could Be Bigger Than The Web Information Week John Foley A newly released report calls on U.S. policymakers to help usher in a cloud computing environment.
3/17/2009 FTC questions cloud-computing security Cnet News Stephanie Condon Federal Trade Commission officials are hearing from industry, advocates and technologists about cloud computing's benefits and risks during a two-day workshop on the topic.
3/17/2009 Privacy Group Asks F.T.C. to Investigate Google New York Times Mighel Helft The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) yesterday asked the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate the privacy and security safeguards of Google's cloud computing services.
3/16/2009 Facebook Lets Members Make Profile Elements Wide Open  PCWorld Juan Carlos Perez Facebook users now have the option to share more broadly. In response to users' requests, the company yesterday launched a new "everyone" setting that allows them to lift privacy access controls from certain elements of their profiles.
3/15/2009 Concern Rises over Behavioral Targeting and Ads New York Times Stephanie Clifford The results of a new survey show that online privacy is on the minds of many, reports the New York Times. More than 90 percent of 1,000 Americans polled by privacy trustmark provider TRUSTe indicated that Internet privacy is "really" or "somewhat" important to them. 
3/12/2009 Berners-Lee;  Semantic Web will have privacy built-in ZDNet   Privacy will be enhanced on the Semantic Web, according to Internet pioneer Sir Tim Berners-Lee. 
3/12/2009 Facebook Offers Ad Targeting By Language, Location MediaPost Publications Tanya Irwin In a message to advertisers yesterday, Facebook announced two new filtering features for tailoring ads to users
3/9/2009 Data privacy clarifacation could lead to greater confidence in cloud computing SC Magazine Dan Raywood Cloud computing is on the rise, and one Internet security analyst says consumer confidence in cloud computing depends on providers' adherence to data privacy laws.
3/9/2009 My Face in Your Book: Democratizing the Social Networks Law.com Harry Valetk As social networking becomes more than just a virtual place for the global community to link to friends and post "what you are doing right now," we are confronted with fascinating new questions about how we define personal space, disclosures, and express preferences about our own content.
3/6/2009 Obama Tech Adviser Lays Out Telecom Policy Roadmap Washington Post Cecilia Kang One of President Obama's top tech advisors said that privacy will be among the biggest telecommunications issues facing the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the administration going forward.
3/5/2009 Google Latitude to Cops:  'I Don't Remember' Wired Ryan Singel Google's new location-tracking service has a short memory.
3/4/2009 Web-based computing spurs privacy concerns The Globe and Mail James Keller Cloud computing is edging its way into the mainstream, bringing data previously beholden to the hard drive out onto the Web. 
3/3/2009 Belgian court fines Yahoo The Times   The Belgian court in Termonde has fined Yahoo 55,000 Euros for refusing to hand over information on pseudonymous Yahoo users.
3/2/2009 Obama team finds it hard to adapt its web savvy to government Washington Post Jose Antonio Vargas Patience is necessary if you're a tech-savvy president or presidential tech advisor trying to adapt 2009-style communications vehicles into a less Web-ready White House infrastructure. 
3/2/2009 White House Denies Shunning YouTube New York Times Miguel Helft The White House hosted last week's presidential radio and video address on its own servers, leading to many reports that WhiteHouse.gov will no longer use YouTube for such postings due to privacy concerns about YouTube's persistent cookie for tracking surfing behaviors. 
2/26/2009 Facebook opens up to user debate and vote Cnet News Rafe Needleman During a press conference yesterday, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined his company's plans for a new, more perfect union with users when it comes to privacy and data ownership. 
2/26/2009 A false sense of security BBC News Bill Thompson Bill Thompson explores last week's fuss over changes to Facebook's Terms of Service agreement (TOS), saying he believes founder Mark Zuckerberg's earnest blog post on the reason for the changes, but that "residual suspicion of Facebook's motives" may have led to the passionate reaction. 
2/25/2009 Facebook, MySpace, and social (media) diseases Info World Robert X. Cringely Robert Cringely discusses the rise of social networking and its accompanying rise of risk. 
2/23/2009 Does Cloud Computing Mean More Risks to Privacy? New York Times Saul Hansell The World Privacy Forum (WPF) yesterday released its report Privacy in the Clouds: Risks to Privacy and Confidentiality from Cloud Computing. 
2/20/2009 Security, Privacy and Compliance In The Cloud Information Week Roger Smith Roger Smith writes about what he describes as one of the more interesting panel discussions at the IDC Cloud Computing Forum in San Francisco last week. 
2/20/2009 Whose data is it anyway? BBC News Mark Ward Last week's row over changes to Facebook's Terms of Service (TOS) has cast a spotlight on a subject many users of social networking sites don't pay much attention to--how the sites deal with users' data. 
2/19/2009 Privacy a Major Concern Among Web Surfers Online Media Daily Gavin O'Malley A survey of 4,000 Internet users has revealed that most Web surfers are concerned about the privacy of their personal information online.
2/18/2009 Facebook Rules - Room for Debate Blog New York Times The Editors The New York Times' cyber debate space is abuzz this week with talk of Facebook's changes to its Terms of Service agreement, then subsequent reversal of those changes. 
2/17/2009 Facebook Update The Facebook Blog Mark Zuckerberg Facebook has reversed the recent changes made to its Terms of Service agreement due to user response. In a blog post early this morning, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote that, after reaching out to respected organizations for input, "we have decided to return to our previous terms of use while we resolve the issues that people have raised." 
2/16/2009 Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg responds to privacy concerns Los Angeles Times David Sarno Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is attempting to quell concerns about a change made to his company's Terms of Service (TOS) agreement earlier this year
2/5/2009 Google Peeks At Location-Specific Mobile Ads Through Latitude Online Media Daily Laurie Sullivan While Google refutes charges that it intends to deploy its behavioral targeting platform with its health data service, the company is less direct in response to questions it may have marketing on the mind with its new Latitude user location service. 
2/4/2009 Google Latitude Service Lets You Track Your Friends:  How It Works PC World Ian Paul Google announced the launch of Latitude, a new application that, once downloaded on a laptop computer or smart phone, allows the device to be tracked online using Google Maps. 
2/3/2009 MySpace Releases Names of 90,000 Sex Offenders New York Times Jenna Wortham MySpace has released a 90,000-name list of users to two states' attorneys general
2/1/2009 Facebook offers up users as marketing tool Guardian.co.uk Richard Wray At Davos this past weekend, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlaid his company's plans to commoditize anonymized user data.
1/29/2009 Gartner Reveals Eight Mobile Technologies to watch in 2009 and 2010 Gartner Christy Pettey Gartner Inc. has identified "eight mobile technologies to watch" for 2009 and 2010. Among them: location sensing. 
1/26/2009 A Leibowitz-Led FTC May Strengthen Spotlight on Digital Ads ClickZ Kate Kaye The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) would key in on online advertising and privacy under the reign of Jon Leibowitz.
1/25/2009 Google's Gdrive 'will make the PC redundant' Telegraph Stephen Adams Google will launch a "GDrive" this year that would let users store their data "in the cloud" instead of on a hard drive. 
1/23/2009 White House Web Site Revisits Privacy Policy Information Week Thomas Claburn White House staffers are tweaking Whitehouse.gov after last week's discovery of a persistent cookie associated with embedded YouTube videos on the site. 
1/22/2009 Facebook Slow to Respond to Phishing Scam Wall Street Journal Marisa Taylor Facebook is fielding criticism for being too slow in addressing users' privacy concerns despite prior sanctions against the company for the same complaint.
1/5/2009 MySpace:  All about sex, drugs and violence for teens, study says Scientific American Jordan Lite Two recently released studies show that the majority of MySpace users reference personal risky behavior on their profiles, but will rein in some of the private information if prompted. 
1/5/2009 Twishing attacks steal data in 140 characters or less ars Technica Joel Hruska Joel Hruska highlights the emergence of twishing schemes--attempts to send malware via the Twitter social networking platform. 
1/5/2009 Facebook Looks to Control User Data The Daily Online Examiner Wendy Davis Facebook has filed suit in federal court against Power.com for, among other allegations, violations of the CAN-SPAM Act.
1/3/2009 Friended by Mon and Dad on Facebook ABC News Alexa Davis Since Facebook opened its site to all (until September 2007, only students with a valid college e-mail address could use the popular social networking site), the numbers of older adults using the site, including parents and relatives of students, has steadily increased. 
12/30/2008 Adobe's Flash and Apple's Safari Fail a Privacy Test New York Times Brad Stone New research by iSec Partners in San Francisco suggests that some browser privacy tools may not be that effective in helping users protect their privacy online.
12/29/2008 Dorm Rumors Boston Globe Bella English College gossip Web site Juicy Campus is causing a stir on the quad of every school where the online scandal sheet has established a presence, upsetting more than just those who fall victim to the barbs posted there. 
12/24/2008 Separating Real From Fake on the Internet New York Times Jenna Wortham The recent brouhaha that erupted when a college guidebook publisher created bogus accounts and formed user groups within Facebook to promote its products exposed a new facet in the ongoing issue of brand trust online. 
12/23/2008 More Privacy Online New York Times   A recent editorial in the New York Times suggests that Yahoo's decision to cut the length of time it retains a user's search data to 90 days, and to anonymize the retained user data, was motivated by a desire to use privacy as a brand differentiator. 
12/18/2008 Microsoft:  Zero Data Retention Not Possible To Keep Search Engines Viable e-week.com Clint Boulton Some have lauded Yahoo's plans to reduce retention terms for search users' log data to three months, while others have said the company is not going far enough, and that search engines should not retain any identifiable user data. 
12/17/2008 Yahoo Limits Retention of Personal Data New York Times Miguel Helft Privacy advocates and government officials are praising Yahoo's plans to reduce the amount of time it retains users' search data to 90 days.
12/17/2008 Yahoo will anonymize user data after 90 days; ups privacy ante ZDNet.com Larry Dignan Yahoo announced yesterday that it will anonymize user logs after 90 days.
12/16/2008 NAI Overhauls Privacy Principles for Online BT Ads Online Media Daily Wendy Davis The Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) has issued new privacy principles for online behavioral advertising.
12/16/2008 Privacy groups ask Obama for stronger FTC Cnet News Stephanie Condon Privacy advocates met with members of President-elect Barack Obama's transition team yesterday to discuss the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) role in protecting the privacy of consumers.
12/15/2008 Let Your Boss Find Your Facebook Friends New York Times Saul Hansell Salesforce.com has found a novel way to help companies recruit potential employees using Facebook.
12/11/2008 Chrome loses beta label, tackles privacy ZDNet.com Sam Diaz Google's Chrome browser for PCs is out of beta.
12/9/2008 Google Flu Trends spreads privacy concern Computerworld Jaikumar Vijayan Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) wants to know more about Flu Trends. 
12/8/2008 MySpace Vows to Boost Dat Portability Efforts PC World Juan Carlos Perez Last week, Facebook released its 'Connect' feature for letting users network across the Web using their Facebook credentials. 
12/8/2008 Mozilla launches Firefox 3.1 Beta 2, now with 'Private Browsing' Computerworld Gregg Keizer Mozilla has released a privacy-enhanced version of its Firefox browser.
12/8/2008 New Cyber Security Push Is Urged Wall Street Journal Siobhan Gorman A commission created to inform officials on cyber-security issues will today release recommendations for the new administration.
12/7/2008 Could your social networks spill your secrets? Short Sharp Science Tom Simonite Even those who are diligent about privacy settings amass a cache of online personal data when using social networking applications. 
11/28/2008 Google's Gatekeepers New York Times Jeffrey Rosen Today's Internet is a platform for vast amounts free speech, which has given rise to the Internet-company-as-gatekeeper phenomenon. 
11/24/2008 Facebook wins $873 million case against spammer San Francisco Chronicle Deborah Gage Facebook has $873 million coming to it since a U.S. District Court judge ruled in the company's favor in its case against a prolific spammer.
11/20/2008 Does AT&T's Newfound Interest in Privacy Hurt Google? New York Times Saul Hansell Saul Hansell takes a look into the Future of Privacy group.
11/19/2008 Coalition:  Cloud computing raises privacy issues Federal Computer World Alice Lipowicz The Constitution Project has released a report calling for various government branches to better protect privacy.
11/17/2008 Keylogger spyware ordered off the market SC Magazine Chuck Miller An Orlando company has been ordered to stop selling keylogger spyware.
11/17/2008 Group hopes to shape nation's privacy policy San Francisco Chronicle Deborah Gage A group of privacy experts has assembled to help shape the future of privacy.
11/14/2008 Teachers and Facebook:  Privacy vs. standards Charlotte Observer Fred Clasen-Kelly What one North Carolina elementary school teacher believed to be private postings about students to her Facebook page ended up on the news.
11/12/2008 Legal Eye:  Privacy perils of social networking silicon.com Patrick Van Eecke A next-generation social networking application gaining traction across Europe has sparked a next-generation privacy debate. 
11/6/2008 Zuckerberg's Law of Information Sharing New York Times Saul Hansell Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg predicted that the amount of information people reveal through social networking sites will double next year due to Internet users' increasing willingness to share information.
11/4/2008 New Firefox privacy mode released to testers cnet news Josh Lowensohn Mozilla released to testers the private browsing feature for its Firefox browser on Monday.
11/4/2008 AMI:  Social Networking Services for Busines On the Rise TMC.net Rajani Baburajan  Small businesses in the U.S. are increasingly using social networking services for their enterprise needs and networking sites must tailor services to these users.
11/1/2008 Google's growth makes privacy advocates wary The Monitor Associated Press Google's role in Internet search and advertising arenas worries some advocates.
10/27/2008 Big Tech Companies Back Global Plan to Shield Online Speech New York Times MIGUEL HELFT and JOHN MARKOFF A handful of big tech companies and human rights groups will introduce a global code of conduct for protecting free speech on the Internet and helping prevent government intrusion into online activities.
10/27/2008 Schools' use of parents' e-mail addresses causes concern Freep.com Emilia Askari Two Michigan school board candidates used schools' parental email lists to plug their campaigns.
10/25/2008 Phishing' scam uses BBB name to target consumers The Vancouver Sun Gerry Bellett The U.S. Secret Service is investigating a large-scale phishing scam that uses the Better Business Bureau (BBB) name to spread viruses and spyware onto consumers' computers.
10/22/2008 A primer on web browser privacy tools Washington Post Brian Krebs The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) has released a whitepaper to help users make sense of the different privacy protections now offered by the major Web browsers.
10/14/2008 Authorities shut down major spam ring The New York Times Brad Stone The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) yesterday convinced a Chicago federal court to shut down an international spam ring described as "the most extensive they had ever encountered." 
10/8/2008 Son of Tenn. Democrat indicted in Palin hacking Associated Press Duncan Masfield The son of a Tennessee lawmaker pleaded not guilty in federal court yesterday to charges of hacking into the email account of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. 
10/5/2008 European standoff over search engine data International Herald Tribune Kevin J. O'Brien European data protection officials will meet with representatives from U.S. Internet search engines in December as part of an ongoing effort to reach a compromise on data retention terms for Internet searches.
9/28/2008 Consumers Fear Online Exploitation, Polls Find New Haven Register Staff Americans are concerned about Internet privacy according to the results of a Consumer Reports National Research Center study. 
9/26/2008 Graduate schools consult Facebook The Daily Princetonian Reilly Kiernan A recent Kaplan Test Prep survey found that an increasing number of graduate school admissions officers are using social networking profiles to help evaluate candidates.
9/20/2008 Chrome Concerns San Jose Mercury News   It's said to be speedy and robust, but Google's new Chrome Internet browser worries some privacy advocates.
9/20/2008 After Va.'s Losses In Court, a Flurry Of Finger-Pointing Washington Post Jerry Markon The Virginia Supreme Court's rejection of an anti-spam law is the state's latest high-profile legal defeat, a string of losses that some lawyers see as coincidental but others say reflects the General Assembly's willingness to pass aggressive measures that are more likely to face a constitutional challenge.
9/19/2008 Browser wars:  IE 8 vs. Google Chrome vs. Mozilla Firefox 3.1 itbusiness.ca JR Raphael Google, Microsoft and Mozilla recently released updated Internet browsers. All three offer private browsing.
9/17/2008 Feds probe hack of Palin's e-mail account Cnet News Declan McCullaugh The U.S. Secret Service is investigating the hack into Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's email.
9/14/2008 Pew study:  cloud computin gpopular, privacy worries linger ARS Technica Julian Sanchez Cloud computing services are growing in popularity, but concerns about the privacy of personal data in the cloud environment exist, according to the findings of a Pew Internet and American Life project study.
9/12/2008 Virginia Court Strikes Down Anti-Spam Law New York Times Associated Press The Virginia Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the state's anti-spam law is unconstitutional.
9/11/2008 Mozilla adds privacy mode to Firefox 3.1 plans Computerworld Gregg Keizer Mozilla has revived efforts to incorporate a privacy mode into its browser and will likely release one in Firefox 3.1, which is expected to go to beta next month.
9/9/2008 Google promises privacy fixes in its Chrome browser Washington Post Ellen Nakashima Google will take steps to ensure a more private browsing experience for users of Chrome.
9/7/2008 Law prof warns against coming ISP privacy apocalypse ARS Technica Nate Anderson Colorado Law School Professor Paul Ohm says that ISP's use of deep packet inspection technology combined with government mandates could lead to "the greatest reduction of user privacy in the history of the Internet." 
9/5/2008 I'm So Totally, Digitally Close to You New York Times Clive Thompson Facebook. Twitter. Microblogs. The New York Times takes a close look at the pervasiveness of new communications technologies and society's resulting hyper-connectedness with friends and acquaintances. 
9/4/2008 How To Erase Your Tracks Online Forbes Andy Greenberg The release this week of two Web browsers with built-in privacy controls has opened the door for greater user privacy. 
9/4/2008 Privacy Policies are Great -- for PhDs BNET Erik Sherman One curious BNET.com blogger ran the privacy policies of 23 corporations through readability software to find out how many years of education readers would need in order to understand the policy terms. 
9/2/2008 Google launches web browser with privacy mode OUT-LAW.com   Google's new Internet browser, Google Chrome, will let users browse incognito.
8/20/2008 Microsoft planning IE privacy mode WebWare Stephen Shankland A new version of Internet Explorer that will give users more control over the data generated on their Web activity is slated to launch later this year 
8/14/2008 McCain Promotes Online Security, Privacy Policies PCWorld Nancy Gohring John McCain yesterday outlined his views on Internet security and privacy. The presumptive Republican presidential candidate said consumer education, technological innovation, increased law enforcement and industry self-regulation will help ensure "personal security for Americans in the digital age," the report states.
8/14/2008 Facebook Sued Over Beacon MediaPost Publication Wendy Davis Nineteen users have filed a class-action lawsuit against Facebook and its partners for alleged privacy violations. The suit says that Facebook's Beacon program, which lets users know about their friends' online purchases, violated various federal and California laws
8/6/2008 Hacker indictment greeted with muted response The Associated Press Jordan Robertson The Associated Press reports that cyber researchers at a hacking conference in Las Vegas this week met the news of the TJX indictments with shrugs. The reaction may be attributed to the elementary nature of the hack, which involved wardriving--driving around with devices that hunt for wireless security holes to exploit vulnerable networks. 
7/29/2008 Telecommuting poses security, privacy risks Network World Ellen Messmer A new study by Ernst & Young LLP and the Center for Democracy and Technology finds that telecommuting presents privacy and security risks to organizations. 
7/28/2008 Cuil Challenges Google With Privacy Information Week Thomas Claburn The founders of a new search engine say your search history is your business, not theirs, reports InformationWeek. Launched yesterday by a former Google executive and her husband, a search-engine researcher, Cuil (pronounced "cool") promises user privacy. 
7/24/2008 Facebook to sow network beyond 'walled garden' Globe and Mail Eric Auchard At Facebook's annual conference this week, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg rolled out plans for "Facebook Connect," the company's move to populate the World Wide Web with Facebook features. 
7/22/2008 Online Safety, Privacy Tops Parents' Concerns Information Week K.C. Jones Ninety-seven percent of adults surveyed recently say that protecting their online privacy is somewhat or very important, reports InformationWeek, and 56 percent feel they don't have enough privacy online. 
7/21/2008 The F.T.C.'s Bully Pulpit on Privacy New York Times Saul Hansell Saul Hansell recently sat down with some of the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) top Internet advertising, privacy and consumer protection experts. In his resulting "Bits" column,  we learn why Lydia Parnes, the FTC's bureau of consumer protection director, doesn't want to rush Internet privacy legislation, whether she believes special rules are needed for Internet service providers that monitor their customers surfing habits and how self-regulation works at the FTC, among other details.
7/17/2008 US lawmaker wants consent required for Web-tracking Reuters Peter Kaplan Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) says Internet service providers should be required to get "opt-in" consent from customers in order to track their Web habits for the purpose of serving tailored advertisements. 
7/17/2008 Facebook bug leaks members' birthday data Computer World Robert McMillan Facebook users who limit access to their personal information may have been surprised to see their dates of birth viewable on the site last weekend. A bug in the beta version of Facebook's site redesign inadvertently exposed the birthdays of some of its 80 million users.
7/15/2008 Microsoft Says Yahoo-Google Deal Threatens Internet Privacy Information Week Paul McDougall Microsoft yesterday had its say before governmental officials regarding Yahoo's plans to outsource some of its search advertising to Google. The House and Senate antitrust subcommittees are examining the plan, which would give Google up to 90 percent of all Internet search queries and a "clear picture of your online activities," according to Microsoft. 
7/10/2008 Can Internet Activity Ever Be Truly Anonymous? PC Magazine Chloe Albanesius The ability for Web surfers' online activities to remain truly anonymous was questioned yesterday during Senate hearings on Internet advertising. 
7/10/2008 FTC, Internet Firms Split On New Privacy Laws Wall Street Journal Fawn Johnson At the same time that Google and Microsoft offered their support for new legislation aimed at protecting consumer privacy online, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) told a Senate committee looking into behavioral targeting that existing law and self-regulation were sufficient. 
7/10/2008 Can Internet Activity Ever Be Truly Anonymous? PC Magazine Chloe Albanesius The ability for Web surfers' online activities to remain truly anonymous was questioned yesterday during Senate hearings on Internet advertising. 
7/10/2008 FTC, Internet Firms Split On New Privacy Laws Wall Street Journal Fawn Johnson At the same time that Google and Microsoft offered their support for new legislation aimed at protecting consumer privacy online, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) told a Senate committee looking into behavioral targeting that existing law and self-regulation were sufficient. 
7/9/2008 Viacom Versus Google:  Coming Of Age of the "Viderate" Generation Huffington Post Jerry Weinstein A judge's order that Google provide user names and IP addresses of users of its YouTube property following a subpoena request by media giant Viacom, which is suing the company over copyright violations, continues to draw sharp criticism.
7/9/2008 Microsoft, Google back broad privacy legislation Associated Press Joelle Tessler Technology rivals Google and Microsoft have both put their support behind new privacy legislation designed to protect consumers from having their online habits tracked for the purposes of advertising. 
7/9/2008 Viacom Versus Google:  Coming Of Age of the "Viderate" Generation Huffington Post Jerry Weinstein A judge's order that Google provide user names and IP addresses of users of its YouTube property following a subpoena request by media giant Viacom, which is suing the company over copyright violations, continues to draw sharp criticism.
7/9/2008 Microsoft, Google back broad privacy legislation Associated Press Joelle Tessler Technology rivals Google and Microsoft have both put their support behind new privacy legislation designed to protect consumers from having their online habits tracked for the purposes of advertising. 
7/8/2008 NebuAd to come under spotlight at Senate hearing Associated Press Joelle Tessler While better known Internet entities take their turns testifying before a Senate committee looking into issues of online privacy, one company with less name recognition is expected to attract the most attention in Washington, D.C. today. Silicon Valley behavioral targeting startup NebuAd is expected to be the focus of questioning today as senators seek to learn more about the company's technology, which allows Internet service providers to monitor customers' online habits and serve ads based on information gathered. 
7/8/2008 NebuAd to come under spotlight at Senate hearing Associated Press Joelle Tessler While better known Internet entities take their turns testifying before a Senate committee looking into issues of online privacy, one company with less name recognition is expected to attract the most attention in Washington, D.C. today. Silicon Valley behavioral targeting startup NebuAd is expected to be the focus of questioning today as senators seek to learn more about the company's technology, which allows Internet service providers to monitor customers' online habits and serve ads based on information gathered. 
7/7/2008 One Subpoena Is All It Takes to Reveal Your Online Life New York Times Saul Hansell Saul Hansell says that a subpoena in either civil or criminal proceedings is all that is necessary to put the online habits of consumers at risk. Hansell points to a current dispute between media giant Viacom and online titan Google in which lawyers for Viacom have subpoenaed for access to the user names and Internet protocol addresses of YouTube users.
7/7/2008 How Magic Might Finally Fix Your Computer MSNBC Bob Sullivan Bob Sullivan reports from the Security and Human Behavior conference in Boston that hackers, fraudsters and other online charlatans have always had an edge against even the most sophisticated security technologies because they understand and exploit the frailties of human behavior, whereas product developers tend to ignore basic human behavior when designing their products. 
7/7/2008 One Subpoena Is All It Takes to Reveal Your Online Life New York Times Saul Hansell Saul Hansell says that a subpoena in either civil or criminal proceedings is all that is necessary to put the online habits of consumers at risk. Hansell points to a current dispute between media giant Viacom and online titan Google in which lawyers for Viacom have subpoenaed for access to the user names and Internet protocol addresses of YouTube users.
7/7/2008 How Magic Might Finally Fix Your Computer MSNBC Bob Sullivan Bob Sullivan reports from the Security and Human Behavior conference in Boston that hackers, fraudsters and other online charlatans have always had an edge against even the most sophisticated security technologies because they understand and exploit the frailties of human behavior, whereas product developers tend to ignore basic human behavior when designing their products. 
7/4/2008 Google Changes Home Page, Adding Link to Privacy Policy New York Times Saul Hansell Google has added a link to its privacy policy on its homepage, reports Saul Hansell of the New York Times, stifling the argument that the company might have been violating California's online privacy protection act by not displaying the link in a prominent enough location. 
7/4/2008 Judge Orders Google to Turn Over YouTube Records New York Times Miguel Helft Viacom wants the records of all Internet users who have watched videos on YouTube since its 2005 inception, and a federal judge has ordered YouTube owner Google to turn over the information.
7/4/2008 Google Changes Home Page, Adding Link to Privacy Policy New York Times Saul Hansell Google has added a link to its privacy policy on its homepage, reports Saul Hansell of the New York Times, stifling the argument that the company might have been violating California's online privacy protection act by not displaying the link in a prominent enough location. 
7/4/2008 Judge Orders Google to Turn Over YouTube Records New York Times Miguel Helft Viacom wants the records of all Internet users who have watched videos on YouTube since its 2005 inception, and a federal judge has ordered YouTube owner Google to turn over the information.
7/3/2008 Our Paradoxical Attitudes Toward Privacy New York Times Brad Stone Brad Stone discusses the privacy paradox: the phenomenon where "normally sane people have inconsistent and contradictory impulses and opinions when it comes to their safeguarding their own private information." 
7/3/2008 Our Paradoxical Attitudes Toward Privacy New York Times Brad Stone Brad Stone discusses the privacy paradox: the phenomenon where "normally sane people have inconsistent and contradictory impulses and opinions when it comes to their safeguarding their own private information." 
7/2/2008 Survey: Advertisers should acknowledge targeted ad concerns Webware Caroline McCarthy A report released last week shows that consumers have mixed feelings about the use of behavioral marketing strategies used to serve them targeted ads. A CNET story says that the report, "Behavioral Targeting Attitudes: The Privacy Issue," which used metrics from a TRUSTe study, found that of the 70 percent of Internet users who are aware that their browsing activities could be used by third parties to serve tailored ads, only about 23 percent said they were "OK" with the method. 
7/2/2008 Survey: Advertisers should acknowledge targeted ad concerns Webware Caroline McCarthy A report released last week shows that consumers have mixed feelings about the use of behavioral marketing strategies used to serve them targeted ads. A CNET story says that the report, "Behavioral Targeting Attitudes: The Privacy Issue," which used metrics from a TRUSTe study, found that of the 70 percent of Internet users who are aware that their browsing activities could be used by third parties to serve tailored ads, only about 23 percent said they were "OK" with the method. 
6/26/2008 Google tests using your search data to tailor ads to you New York Times Saul Hansell Saul Hansell explores Google's foray into using cookie data to "better aim search ads at Web surfers." But don't call it behavioral targeting. Google says its method differs from behavioral advertising methods because it targets ads based on very recent search queries, rather than user patterns from days back.
6/26/2008 Google tests using your search data to tailor ads to you New York Times Saul Hansell Saul Hansell explores Google's foray into using cookie data to "better aim search ads at Web surfers." But don't call it behavioral targeting. Google says its method differs from behavioral advertising methods because it targets ads based on very recent search queries, rather than user patterns from days back.
6/24/2008 SocialMedia to Push Privacy Boundaries with Social Banner Ads Mashable Social Networking News Paul Glazowski Testimonials have long been an effective method in the world of advertising, and now one company plans to create personalized testimonials for its advertising partners. Social Media, marketing service provider to applications used on Facebook, MySpace, Bebo and Hi5, will roll out to clients and their users social banners.
6/24/2008 SocialMedia to Push Privacy Boundaries with Social Banner Ads Mashable Social Networking News Paul Glazowski Testimonials have long been an effective method in the world of advertising, and now one company plans to create personalized testimonials for its advertising partners. Social Media, marketing service provider to applications used on Facebook, MySpace, Bebo and Hi5, will roll out to clients and their users social banners.
6/19/2008 House leaders plan hearing on Google-Yahoo deal Computer World Linda Rosencrance Last week's online advertising partnership announcement from Google and Yahoo got the attention of congressional leaders, who will hold hearings on the matter this summer.
6/19/2008 House leaders plan hearing on Google-Yahoo deal Computer World Linda Rosencrance Last week's online advertising partnership announcement from Google and Yahoo got the attention of congressional leaders, who will hold hearings on the matter this summer.
6/18/2008 Let go of my texts--all 75,000 of them! Cnet News.com Kevin Ho The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco yesterday ruled that users of text messaging services have a reasonable expectation of privacy under the Fourth Amendment, even if the employer is paying for the service. 
6/18/2008 Let go of my texts--all 75,000 of them! Cnet News.com Kevin Ho The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco yesterday ruled that users of text messaging services have a reasonable expectation of privacy under the Fourth Amendment, even if the employer is paying for the service. 
6/16/2008 Firefox dumps privacy button The Inquirer Nick Farrell A privacy feature set to be included in Firefox 3 has been dumped due to technological concerns. Private Browsing is the feature allowing users to, in the stroke of a key, disable all caching, cookie downloads, history records and form data while online, meaning that you could surf without footprints.
6/16/2008 Firefox dumps privacy button The Inquirer Nick Farrell A privacy feature set to be included in Firefox 3 has been dumped due to technological concerns. Private Browsing is the feature allowing users to, in the stroke of a key, disable all caching, cookie downloads, history records and form data while online, meaning that you could surf without footprints.
6/14/2008 How Facebook spells the end of privacy Boston Globe Hary Lewis There was a time when we called it the World Wide Web without, perhaps, realizing just how Web-like it would become. 
6/14/2008 How Facebook spells the end of privacy Boston Globe Hary Lewis There was a time when we called it the World Wide Web without, perhaps, realizing just how Web-like it would become. 
6/12/2008 Privacy vs. Profit on the Internet NPR Cyrus Farivar Internet Service Providers efforts to increase revenue by serving more tailored ads to users continues to spark debate. But on its "All Things Considered" program, National Public Radio spoke with one advertising executive who feels the practice of tracking consumers' surfing behavior in order to deliver targeted ads is "largely deceptive." 
6/12/2008 California lawmaker puts Google on notice about missing link to privacy policy Computer World Jaikumar Vijayan California State Assemblyman Joel Anderson says he is eager for Google to add a link to its privacy policy from its homepage, and he's ready to take action if the company does not do so.
6/12/2008 Senate Slates Online Ad Hearing Online Media Daily Wendy Davis The Senate Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade and Tourism will next week hear from various interests on the practice of behavioral targeting--tracking Web clicks in order to tailor ads to Web users based on their online activity. 
6/12/2008 Privacy vs. Profit on the Internet NPR Cyrus Farivar Internet Service Providers efforts to increase revenue by serving more tailored ads to users continues to spark debate. But on its "All Things Considered" program, National Public Radio spoke with one advertising executive who feels the practice of tracking consumers' surfing behavior in order to deliver targeted ads is "largely deceptive." 
6/12/2008 California lawmaker puts Google on notice about missing link to privacy policy Computer World Jaikumar Vijayan California State Assemblyman Joel Anderson says he is eager for Google to add a link to its privacy policy from its homepage, and he's ready to take action if the company does not do so.
6/12/2008 Senate Slates Online Ad Hearing Online Media Daily Wendy Davis The Senate Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade and Tourism will next week hear from various interests on the practice of behavioral targeting--tracking Web clicks in order to tailor ads to Web users based on their online activity. 
6/10/2008 Google says it would support U.S. privacy law Reuters Diane Bartz In a letter to Texas Rep. Joe Barton, Google's chief lobbyist pledged the company's support of a federal privacy law, says a Reuters report. The letter states that Google would support a law aimed at "building consumer trust and protections; creating a uniform framework for privacy, which would create consistent levels of privacy from one jurisdiction to another; and putting penalties in place to punish and dissuade bad actors." 
6/10/2008 Google says it would support U.S. privacy law Reuters Diane Bartz In a letter to Texas Rep. Joe Barton, Google's chief lobbyist pledged the company's support of a federal privacy law, says a Reuters report. The letter states that Google would support a law aimed at "building consumer trust and protections; creating a uniform framework for privacy, which would create consistent levels of privacy from one jurisdiction to another; and putting penalties in place to punish and dissuade bad actors." 
6/6/2008 MySpace Privacy Flaw Exposes Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan Pics The Channel Wire Stefanie Hoffman MySpace and Yahoo have disabled data availability between the two services until a privacy flaw can be corrected. MySpace's Data Availability initiative allows users to share profile information with other sites, such as Yahoo. 
6/6/2008 MySpace Privacy Flaw Exposes Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan Pics The Channel Wire Stefanie Hoffman MySpace and Yahoo have disabled data availability between the two services until a privacy flaw can be corrected. MySpace's Data Availability initiative allows users to share profile information with other sites, such as Yahoo. 
5/16/2008 Facebook Disconnects Google Friend Connect Information Week Thomas Claburn Citing a failure to respect privacy requirements, Facebook has suspended Friend Connect, the Google service that adds social features to any Web site.
5/16/2008 Facebook Disconnects Google Friend Connect Information Week Thomas Claburn Citing a failure to respect privacy requirements, Facebook has suspended Friend Connect, the Google service that adds social features to any Web site.
5/15/2008 Plaxo users worried about privacy in wake of Comcast buyout ARS Technica Jacqui Cheng Some customers of Plaxo, the online address book and social networking site, are expressing concern about the company's agreement to be acquired by Comcast.
5/15/2008 Plaxo users worried about privacy in wake of Comcast buyout ARS Technica Jacqui Cheng Some customers of Plaxo, the online address book and social networking site, are expressing concern about the company's agreement to be acquired by Comcast.
5/14/2008 How to Make Security And Privacy Fit Together Forbes.com Bruce McConnell In his Forbes.com commentary, former White House IT policy chief Bruce McConnell makes the case that security and privacy need not be a zero-sum game. 
5/14/2008 How to Make Security And Privacy Fit Together Forbes.com Bruce McConnell In his Forbes.com commentary, former White House IT policy chief Bruce McConnell makes the case that security and privacy need not be a zero-sum game. 
5/12/2008 Q&A: Jules Polonetsky, Chief Privacy Officer, AOL InternetNews.com Kenneth Corbin AOL's Chief Privacy Officer Jules Polonetsky, CIPP, says he thinks businesses have a chance to prove right now that they're ready to give consumers control over their data, perhaps nulling the need for future legislative controls.
5/12/2008 Q&A: Jules Polonetsky, Chief Privacy Officer, AOL InternetNews.com Kenneth Corbin AOL's Chief Privacy Officer Jules Polonetsky, CIPP, says he thinks businesses have a chance to prove right now that they're ready to give consumers control over their data, perhaps nulling the need for future legislative controls.
5/8/2008 Facebook agrees to Protect Young Customers New York Times Brad Stone Facebook has agreed to better protect young users from inappropriate material and other users, says a New York Times report. As part of the improvements, Facebook chief privacy officer Chris Kelly said the company will create technology that helps flag those who falsify their age. 
5/8/2008 Facebook agrees to Protect Young Customers New York Times Brad Stone Facebook has agreed to better protect young users from inappropriate material and other users, says a New York Times report. As part of the improvements, Facebook chief privacy officer Chris Kelly said the company will create technology that helps flag those who falsify their age. 
5/5/2008 Internet Says: 'Me Want Cookie' The Wall Street Journal L. Gordon Crovitz L. Gordon Crovitz writes that cookies remain the center of the online privacy discussion because of the mystery that surrounds their use and their importance in tracking consumer activity.
5/5/2008 Internet Says: 'Me Want Cookie' The Wall Street Journal L. Gordon Crovitz L. Gordon Crovitz writes that cookies remain the center of the online privacy discussion because of the mystery that surrounds their use and their importance in tracking consumer activity.
5/2/2008 The Rise of Alter Egos In Everybody's Space The Washington Post Kim Hart After a few years of posting their lives online, subscribers to online social networking utilities are starting to change their habits, and some are opting to start over and apply hard-earned lessons.
5/2/2008 The Rise of Alter Egos In Everybody's Space The Washington Post Kim Hart After a few years of posting their lives online, subscribers to online social networking utilities are starting to change their habits, and some are opting to start over and apply hard-earned lessons.
4/28/2008 Social networking apps can pose security risks The Globe and Mail Martha Irvine Social networkers might think that as long as they've set their page as "private," only friends and specific groups can access it. But if they use applications, they're also allowing developers into that seemingly private world.
4/28/2008 Social networking apps can pose security risks The Globe and Mail Martha Irvine Social networkers might think that as long as they've set their page as "private," only friends and specific groups can access it. But if they use applications, they're also allowing developers into that seemingly private world.
4/23/2008 FBI, politicos renew push for ISP data retention laws Cnet News.com Declan McCullagh FBI Director Robert Mueller and a number of members of Congress are pushing to require Internet service providers (ISPs) to retain subscriber activity data longer in order to provide more options for the investigation of criminal activity online.
4/23/2008 FBI, politicos renew push for ISP data retention laws Cnet News.com Declan McCullagh FBI Director Robert Mueller and a number of members of Congress are pushing to require Internet service providers (ISPs) to retain subscriber activity data longer in order to provide more options for the investigation of criminal activity online.
4/16/2008 AOL CPO Jules Polonetsky on Hitting the Privacy Sweet Spot E-Commerce News Rachelle Crum AOL this month launched its "penguin" campaign to educate users, in a user-friendly manner, about how their online activities may be tracked and used for targeting ads. An animated penguin lets users know when behavioral targeting is happening, and aims to help them understand how it works and how they can opt out of it.
4/16/2008 Phorm hires first chief provacy officer NMA.co.uk Suzanne Bearne Online tracking company Phorm this week announced the hiring of a chief privacy officer, the firm's first. Jeffrey Brooks, formerly DoubleClick's vice president of privacy and government affairs, was appointed to the position on Tuesday in a move praised by at least one industry observer. 
4/16/2008 AOL CPO Jules Polonetsky on Hitting the Privacy Sweet Spot E-Commerce News Rachelle Crum AOL this month launched its "penguin" campaign to educate users, in a user-friendly manner, about how their online activities may be tracked and used for targeting ads. An animated penguin lets users know when behavioral targeting is happening, and aims to help them understand how it works and how they can opt out of it.
4/16/2008 Phorm hires first chief provacy officer NMA.co.uk Suzanne Bearne Online tracking company Phorm this week announced the hiring of a chief privacy officer, the firm's first. Jeffrey Brooks, formerly DoubleClick's vice president of privacy and government affairs, was appointed to the position on Tuesday in a move praised by at least one industry observer. 
4/15/2008 Consumer groups urge do not track registry Reuters Diane Bartz Two consumer advocacy groups, the Consumer Federation of America and the Consumers Union, asked in a letter to the Federal Trade Commission for the creation of a "Do Not Track" registry aimed at preventing companies from collecting consumers' online activity data.
4/15/2008 Consumer groups urge do not track registry Reuters Diane Bartz Two consumer advocacy groups, the Consumer Federation of America and the Consumers Union, asked in a letter to the Federal Trade Commission for the creation of a "Do Not Track" registry aimed at preventing companies from collecting consumers' online activity data.
4/14/2008 Proposed Privacy Standards Infringe on Rights Online Media Daily Wendy Davis With the possibility of new privacy rules on the horizon, MediaPost reports the Newspaper Association of America is weighing in on the debate. In a letter to the Federal Trade Commission, the NAA says that proposed privacy rules could infringe upon the First Amendment rights of newspapers by restricting advertising, which the association says is a form of free speech.
4/14/2008 Microsoft offers plan for ad data self-regulation E-Commerce News Richard Adhikari Microsoft has provided the Federal Trade Commission with its recommendations for online behavioral advertising self-regulation.
4/14/2008 Proposed Privacy Standards Infringe on Rights Online Media Daily Wendy Davis With the possibility of new privacy rules on the horizon, MediaPost reports the Newspaper Association of America is weighing in on the debate. In a letter to the Federal Trade Commission, the NAA says that proposed privacy rules could infringe upon the First Amendment rights of newspapers by restricting advertising, which the association says is a form of free speech.
4/14/2008 Microsoft offers plan for ad data self-regulation E-Commerce News Richard Adhikari Microsoft has provided the Federal Trade Commission with its recommendations for online behavioral advertising self-regulation.
4/2/2008 Americans feel safe online, says poll SC Magazine Sue Marquette Poremba Experts agree on the need for better education about online security risks after seeing recent poll results showing that most Americans feel safe online, says an SC Magazine report. 
4/2/2008 Americans feel safe online, says poll SC Magazine Sue Marquette Poremba Experts agree on the need for better education about online security risks after seeing recent poll results showing that most Americans feel safe online, says an SC Magazine report. 
3/26/2008 Google to push privacy initiatives in U.S. Mac World Grant Gross Search engine and online advertising giant Google is pushing an aggressive consumer privacy agenda on Capitol Hill. The company led a group of organizations in pushing for new privacy legislation in Congress as well as committed to working with the Federal Trade Commission on further development of that agency's online advertising guidelines, which will be finalized later this year. 
3/26/2008 Google to push privacy initiatives in U.S. Mac World Grant Gross Search engine and online advertising giant Google is pushing an aggressive consumer privacy agenda on Capitol Hill. The company led a group of organizations in pushing for new privacy legislation in Congress as well as committed to working with the Federal Trade Commission on further development of that agency's online advertising guidelines, which will be finalized later this year. 
3/24/2008 Security lapse exposes Facebook photos MSNBC Michael Liedtke Despite recent privacy upgrades to Facebook, strangers were able to view the personal photos of members whose profiles were thought to be restricted.
3/24/2008 Security lapse exposes Facebook photos MSNBC Michael Liedtke Despite recent privacy upgrades to Facebook, strangers were able to view the personal photos of members whose profiles were thought to be restricted.
3/20/2008 I.S.P. Tracking:  The Mother of All Privacy Battles New York Times Saul Hansell In what is being described as the "Mother of all Privacy Battles," The New York Times this week wrote that the looming privacy debate over tracking consumers online will likely dwarf all other privacy discussions to date.
3/20/2008 Wells Fargo plans to sell online safes for storing vital records Globe and Mail Associated Press Wells Fargo & Co. plans to roll out an online vault service, vSafe, this summer. Called vSafe, the service aims to provide an online alternative to the safe deposit box, where customers can store digital versions of their most important files. 
3/20/2008 College gossip site totally busted MSNBC Matt Haynes The Web site with the tagline "Always Anonymous. Always Juicy." finds itself on the radar of New Jersey prosecutors, who subpoenaed JuicyCampus.com company records after receiving complaints from alleged victims of malicious gossip. 
3/20/2008 A Push to Limit the Tracking of Web Surfers' Clicks New York Times Louise Story New York lawmakers are considering a bill that would prohibit Web companies from using without permission consumers' personal data for targeted advertising purposes.
3/20/2008 I.S.P. Tracking:  The Mother of All Privacy Battles New York Times Saul Hansell In what is being described as the "Mother of all Privacy Battles," The New York Times this week wrote that the looming privacy debate over tracking consumers online will likely dwarf all other privacy discussions to date.
3/20/2008 Wells Fargo plans to sell online safes for storing vital records Globe and Mail Associated Press Wells Fargo & Co. plans to roll out an online vault service, vSafe, this summer. Called vSafe, the service aims to provide an online alternative to the safe deposit box, where customers can store digital versions of their most important files. 
3/20/2008 College gossip site totally busted MSNBC Matt Haynes The Web site with the tagline "Always Anonymous. Always Juicy." finds itself on the radar of New Jersey prosecutors, who subpoenaed JuicyCampus.com company records after receiving complaints from alleged victims of malicious gossip. 
3/20/2008 A Push to Limit the Tracking of Web Surfers' Clicks New York Times Louise Story New York lawmakers are considering a bill that would prohibit Web companies from using without permission consumers' personal data for targeted advertising purposes.
3/18/2008 Facebook adds privacy controls, plans chat feature Reuters Eric Auchard Facebook has enhanced its privacy controls to give users more control over their online profiles. Effective today, Facebook's 67 million users worldwide will have the option to exercise preference among "friends" lists by adjusting the level of personal details various friends have access to.
3/18/2008 Facebook adds privacy controls, plans chat feature Reuters Eric Auchard Facebook has enhanced its privacy controls to give users more control over their online profiles. Effective today, Facebook's 67 million users worldwide will have the option to exercise preference among "friends" lists by adjusting the level of personal details various friends have access to.
3/17/2008 ValueClick to Pay $2.9 Million to Settle FTC Charges Federal Trade Commission Claudia Bourne Farrell According to an agency press release, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will collect $2.9 million from online advertiser ValueClick, Inc., in the largest settlement to date based on the 2003 CAN-SPAM Act. The agency charged that ValueClick made deceptive advertising and e-mail claims and violated federal law.
3/17/2008 Web creator rejects net tracking BBC News Rory Cellan-Jones Internet and World Wide Web pioneer Sir Tim Berners-Lee said this week that he is opposed to technologies that track Web users' activities online and would change his Internet service provider if it introduced such capability. 
3/17/2008 ValueClick to Pay $2.9 Million to Settle FTC Charges Federal Trade Commission Claudia Bourne Farrell According to an agency press release, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will collect $2.9 million from online advertiser ValueClick, Inc., in the largest settlement to date based on the 2003 CAN-SPAM Act. The agency charged that ValueClick made deceptive advertising and e-mail claims and violated federal law.
3/17/2008 Web creator rejects net tracking BBC News Rory Cellan-Jones Internet and World Wide Web pioneer Sir Tim Berners-Lee said this week that he is opposed to technologies that track Web users' activities online and would change his Internet service provider if it introduced such capability. 
3/14/2008 Trend Micro hit by massive web hack Network World Robert McMillan An attack on Trend Micro's site last week affected more than 20,000 legitimate Web pages 
3/14/2008 Trend Micro hit by massive web hack Network World Robert McMillan An attack on Trend Micro's site last week affected more than 20,000 legitimate Web pages 
3/12/2008 Zoning the Internet: A New Approach to Protecting Children Online redorbit Cheryl Preston Cheryl Preston lays out a new approach to protecting children online by reducing or eliminating minors' access and exposure to Internet pornography. The Internet Community Ports Concept uses technology to "zone" the virtual world into ports, which Internet users may opt-into. 
3/12/2008 Zoning the Internet: A New Approach to Protecting Children Online redorbit Cheryl Preston Cheryl Preston lays out a new approach to protecting children online by reducing or eliminating minors' access and exposure to Internet pornography. The Internet Community Ports Concept uses technology to "zone" the virtual world into ports, which Internet users may opt-into. 
3/7/2008 Show Me Your Cyberspies, I'll Show You Mine Forbes.com Andy Greenberg Forbes' Andy Greenberg writes that the Bush Administration, typically furtive on issues of security, has given hints that it may be willing to open up on issues of cyber-security and begin to share information with private industry in an attempt to coordinate efforts at thwarting cyber-terrorism. 
2/25/2008 Phishing Crusader Lauds Senate Bill Congress Daily Andrew  According to the National Journal's Tech Daily Dose, the Anti-Phishing Working Group's Peter Cassidy has offered his praise of a new bill introduced in the Senate by senators Ted Stevens, Olympia Snow and Bill Nelson. 
2/25/2008 Phishing Crusader Lauds Senate Bill Congress Daily Andrew  According to the National Journal's Tech Daily Dose, the Anti-Phishing Working Group's Peter Cassidy has offered his praise of a new bill introduced in the Senate by senators Ted Stevens, Olympia Snow and Bill Nelson. 
2/19/2008 Facebook woes hit privacy officer San Francisco Gate Carla Marinucci Facebook dominated the headlines this week due to changes in its Terms of Service agreement that users and privacy advocates found disconcerting, and that the company has since rolled back. 
2/18/2008 Facebook Says It Has Fixed Deletion Issue New York Times Maria Aspan Enduring backlash from subscribers and critics for an account deletion process that was both difficult to navigate and which some alleged did not completely erase a former subscriber's data, Facebook says they have fixed the problem.
2/18/2008 Opinion: Facebook & Google Have Different Data Problems The Huffington Post Ari Melber While Facebook continues to draw the ire of critics over its account deletion process because of the difficulty users face when they decide to unsubscribe, Google's problems stem from its data retention policies which make it impossible to recover when account data is lost.
2/18/2008 Opinion: Facebook Still Working Through Privacy Issues  New York Times Adam Cohen In an editorial in The New York Times, Adam Cohen comments on the privacy issues that continue to dog popular social networking utility Facebook.
2/18/2008 Facebook Says It Has Fixed Deletion Issue New York Times Maria Aspan Enduring backlash from subscribers and critics for an account deletion process that was both difficult to navigate and which some alleged did not completely erase a former subscriber's data, Facebook says they have fixed the problem.
2/18/2008 Opinion: Facebook & Google Have Different Data Problems The Huffington Post Ari Melber While Facebook continues to draw the ire of critics over its account deletion process because of the difficulty users face when they decide to unsubscribe, Google's problems stem from its data retention policies which make it impossible to recover when account data is lost.
2/18/2008 Opinion: Facebook Still Working Through Privacy Issues  New York Times Adam Cohen In an editorial in The New York Times, Adam Cohen comments on the privacy issues that continue to dog popular social networking utility Facebook.
2/11/2008 Online Dating Services Contend With Background Checks Associated Press David Crary The Associated Press' David Crary looks at the ongoing debate within the online dating services industry as the major players balance the issue of client safety and privacy. 
2/11/2008 Online Dating Services Contend With Background Checks Associated Press David Crary The Associated Press' David Crary looks at the ongoing debate within the online dating services industry as the major players balance the issue of client safety and privacy. 
2/8/2008 Challenges, Successes As Facebook Evolves Info World Juan Carlos Perez Facebook Chief Privacy Officer Chris Kelly discusses the ongoing evolution of the popular social networking utility, including controversies surrounding its Beacon behavioral targeting system and efforts to protect users from sexual predators.
2/8/2008 Challenges, Successes As Facebook Evolves Info World Juan Carlos Perez Facebook Chief Privacy Officer Chris Kelly discusses the ongoing evolution of the popular social networking utility, including controversies surrounding its Beacon behavioral targeting system and efforts to protect users from sexual predators.
2/5/2008 Career Impact Of Chronicling Personal Exploits Online law.com  Harry Valetk IAPP member Harry Valetk examines the professional implications of engaging in online activities such as blogging and social networking. 
2/5/2008 Career Impact Of Chronicling Personal Exploits Online law.com  Harry Valetk IAPP member Harry Valetk examines the professional implications of engaging in online activities such as blogging and social networking. 
2/1/2008 Opinion: Privacy Critical Factor in Microsoft-Yahoo Merger Center for American Progress Peter Swire Peter Swire says privacy issues will be a critical factor in the review and approval process for Microsoft's proposed $44.6 billion bid for online news and search service, Yahoo.
2/1/2008 Microsoft-Yahoo Merger Faces Anti-Trust Hurdle The Mercury News Pete Carey Microsoft has expressed confidence that its proposed $44.6 purchase of online news and search service Yahoo will be approved this year.
2/1/2008 Opinion: Privacy Critical Factor in Microsoft-Yahoo Merger Center for American Progress Peter Swire Peter Swire says privacy issues will be a critical factor in the review and approval process for Microsoft's proposed $44.6 billion bid for online news and search service, Yahoo.
2/1/2008 Microsoft-Yahoo Merger Faces Anti-Trust Hurdle The Mercury News Pete Carey Microsoft has expressed confidence that its proposed $44.6 purchase of online news and search service Yahoo will be approved this year.
1/30/2008 FTC Announces COPPA Settlement With Imbee.com  Federal Trade Commission Claudia Bourne Farrell Last week the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it had reached a settlement with Industrious Kid Inc. for violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Industrious Kid operates imbee.com, a social networking site designed for children between the ages of 8 and 14. 
1/30/2008 FTC Announces COPPA Settlement With Imbee.com  Federal Trade Commission Claudia Bourne Farrell Last week the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it had reached a settlement with Industrious Kid Inc. for violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Industrious Kid operates imbee.com, a social networking site designed for children between the ages of 8 and 14. 
1/29/2008 Majority Of Europeans Worried About Online Privacy Theage.com.au   European Union Commissioner of Justice and Home Affairs, Franco Frattini, says that three out of four Europeans are worried about posting personal information online.
1/29/2008 Majority Of Europeans Worried About Online Privacy Theage.com.au   European Union Commissioner of Justice and Home Affairs, Franco Frattini, says that three out of four Europeans are worried about posting personal information online.
1/25/2008 EU Likely To OK GoogleClick Reuters David Lawsky The European Commission is likely to okay the pending merger between search engine giant Google and interactive advertising metrics firm DoubleClick.
1/25/2008 EU Likely To OK GoogleClick Reuters David Lawsky The European Commission is likely to okay the pending merger between search engine giant Google and interactive advertising metrics firm DoubleClick.
1/24/2008 Ask.com Responds To AskEraser Critics  Computer World Jaikumar Vijayan Ask.com, with help from the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), has responded to critics who claim that the company's AskEraser feature presents a privacy risk by tracking user activity online and providing that data to advertisers. 
1/24/2008 Ask.com Responds To AskEraser Critics  Computer World Jaikumar Vijayan Ask.com, with help from the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), has responded to critics who claim that the company's AskEraser feature presents a privacy risk by tracking user activity online and providing that data to advertisers. 
1/23/2008 Facebook App Dev Program Is Privacy Risk CNET News.com Chris Soghoian Social networking utility Facebook may be facing a new privacy crisis.
1/23/2008 Facebook App Dev Program Is Privacy Risk CNET News.com Chris Soghoian Social networking utility Facebook may be facing a new privacy crisis.
1/22/2008 Groups Claim Ask.com's Eraser Not As Advertised Wired Blog Network Ryan Singel A number of privacy watchdog groups have complained to the Federal Trade Commission that the AskEraser feature of Ask.com, which is supposed to facilitate anonymous use of the company's search engine, does not function as advertised.
1/22/2008 Groups Claim Ask.com's Eraser Not As Advertised Wired Blog Network Ryan Singel A number of privacy watchdog groups have complained to the Federal Trade Commission that the AskEraser feature of Ask.com, which is supposed to facilitate anonymous use of the company's search engine, does not function as advertised.
1/15/2008 MySpace Strikes Safety Deal With State AGs The Boston Globe Jonathan Saltzman Social networking utility Web site MySpace has reached an agreement with the attorneys general of 49 states to implement rules designed to provide greater parental controls and protect children from the actions of sexual predators. 
1/15/2008 MySpace Strikes Safety Deal With State AGs The Boston Globe Jonathan Saltzman Social networking utility Web site MySpace has reached an agreement with the attorneys general of 49 states to implement rules designed to provide greater parental controls and protect children from the actions of sexual predators. 
1/14/2008 Connecticut Considers Search Engine Opt-Out Registry DM News Dianna Dilworth Responding to constituent complaints over the appearance of personal information in search engines and online informational services, Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell has called for an "opt-out" registry for Nutmeg State residents. 
1/14/2008 Connecticut Considers Search Engine Opt-Out Registry DM News Dianna Dilworth Responding to constituent complaints over the appearance of personal information in search engines and online informational services, Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell has called for an "opt-out" registry for Nutmeg State residents. 
1/10/2008 MySpace Subpoenaed In Teen Suicide Case vnunet.com Iain Thomson A federal grand jury has subpoenaed MySpace in the ongoing investigation into the online harassment and suicide of teenager Megan Meier.
1/10/2008 MySpace Subpoenaed In Teen Suicide Case vnunet.com Iain Thomson A federal grand jury has subpoenaed MySpace in the ongoing investigation into the online harassment and suicide of teenager Megan Meier.
1/3/2008 Opinion: Sharing Responsibility For Protecting Personal Information Online Cerosmedia.com Scott Charney Scott Charney, Corporate Vice President, Trustworthy Computing, shares his views in this WorldFinance op-ed on the shared responsibility of governments, businesses and individuals to protect sensitive information online.
1/3/2008 Opinion: Sharing Responsibility For Protecting Personal Information Online Cerosmedia.com Scott Charney Scott Charney, Corporate Vice President, Trustworthy Computing, shares his views in this WorldFinance op-ed on the shared responsibility of governments, businesses and individuals to protect sensitive information online.
1/2/2008 Anti-Spyware Researcher Finds Fault With Marketing Software business.ca Robert MacMillan Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ben Edelman has written a critical analysis of Sears's marketing software on the basis that it does not meet Federal Trade Commission (FTC) standards that require notification of users about what exactly results when they download the software.
1/2/2008 Anti-Spyware Researcher Finds Fault With Marketing Software business.ca Robert MacMillan Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ben Edelman has written a critical analysis of Sears's marketing software on the basis that it does not meet Federal Trade Commission (FTC) standards that require notification of users about what exactly results when they download the software.
12/30/2007 Facebook Enhances Choice In Response To Beacon Complaints The ClickZ Network Zachary Rodgers Facebook has changed the way its new online advertising program works by giving users more control over which online activities will be broadcast to their friends.
12/30/2007 Peter Fleischer's Privacy Mission For Google San Francisco Chronicle Verne Kopytoff A profile of Peter Fleischer, Google's Global Privacy Counsel, about his privacy agenda during a year that launched the "Internet privacy wars." 
12/30/2007 Facebook Enhances Choice In Response To Beacon Complaints The ClickZ Network Zachary Rodgers Facebook has changed the way its new online advertising program works by giving users more control over which online activities will be broadcast to their friends.
12/30/2007 Peter Fleischer's Privacy Mission For Google San Francisco Chronicle Verne Kopytoff A profile of Peter Fleischer, Google's Global Privacy Counsel, about his privacy agenda during a year that launched the "Internet privacy wars." 
12/20/2007 FTC Releases Online Behavioral Ad Guidelines Information Week K.C. Jones The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is asking for comments on its just-released guidelines for online behavioral advertising.
12/20/2007 Google Turns To YouTube Privacy Channel To Reach Users CNET News.com Elinor Mills Google's YouTube privacy videos are helping users to better understand online privacy issues.
12/20/2007 FTC Releases Online Behavioral Ad Guidelines Information Week K.C. Jones The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is asking for comments on its just-released guidelines for online behavioral advertising.
12/20/2007 Google Turns To YouTube Privacy Channel To Reach Users CNET News.com Elinor Mills Google's YouTube privacy videos are helping users to better understand online privacy issues.
12/18/2007 Google-DoubleClick Merger Continues to Draw Opposition PC Magazine Chloe Albanesius Critics of the Google-DoubleClick merger are expecting the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to review the privacy implications of the deal.
12/18/2007 Tech Workers To Government: Keep Out Of Internet Regulation, Including Privacy CNET News.com Anne Broache A recent poll of 600 information technology workers conducted for the Computing Technology Industry Association has found that its members are generally hands-off when it comes to government regulation of the Internet.
12/18/2007 Google-DoubleClick Merger Continues to Draw Opposition PC Magazine Chloe Albanesius Critics of the Google-DoubleClick merger are expecting the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to review the privacy implications of the deal.
12/18/2007 Tech Workers To Government: Keep Out Of Internet Regulation, Including Privacy CNET News.com Anne Broache A recent poll of 600 information technology workers conducted for the Computing Technology Industry Association has found that its members are generally hands-off when it comes to government regulation of the Internet.
12/17/2007 Pew Study: People Sharing More Personal Information Online San Francisco Chronicle Ellen Lee A Pew Internet & American Life Project survey indicates that nearly half of the online adult population has researched themselves or someone they know online. 
12/17/2007 Pew Study: People Sharing More Personal Information Online San Francisco Chronicle Ellen Lee A Pew Internet & American Life Project survey indicates that nearly half of the online adult population has researched themselves or someone they know online. 
12/14/2007 Profile Of An Expert Data Miner  Business Week.com Catherine Holahan A profile of Usama Fayyad, Yahoo's Chief Data Officer, who is responsible for achieving ways to make money from the mega amounts of information the search engine collects from the 500 million users who visit its site monthly.
12/14/2007 Report: Security Becoming Business Tool Wall Street Technology Kelly Jackson Higgins Compliance, privacy and data protection, and meeting business objectives are top three drivers for security
12/14/2007 Profile Of An Expert Data Miner  Business Week.com Catherine Holahan A profile of Usama Fayyad, Yahoo's Chief Data Officer, who is responsible for achieving ways to make money from the mega amounts of information the search engine collects from the 500 million users who visit its site monthly.
12/14/2007 Report: Security Becoming Business Tool Wall Street Technology Kelly Jackson Higgins Compliance, privacy and data protection, and meeting business objectives are top three drivers for security
12/13/2007 Congressman Says Google Is Resisting Deal Inquiry New York Times   Google representatives gave aides to the House Energy and Commerce Committee a "chilly response" when they sought a meeting with the company on its proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick. 
12/13/2007 Congressman Says Google Is Resisting Deal Inquiry New York Times   Google representatives gave aides to the House Energy and Commerce Committee a "chilly response" when they sought a meeting with the company on its proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick. 
12/11/2007 Ask.com Pitches Privacy To Users The Boston Globe Associated Press Ask.com is unveiling a new privacy control known as AskEraser, which kills users' search requests from the search engine's systems within a few hours.
12/11/2007 Google's Street View Launches In Boston Today The Boston Globe Robert Weisman Internet users today will be able to see street images of Boston and surrounding communities on Google Maps. Privacy advocates have expressed concerns about the service, which already is up and running in 15 other cities across the U.S.
12/11/2007 Ask.com Pitches Privacy To Users The Boston Globe Associated Press Ask.com is unveiling a new privacy control known as AskEraser, which kills users' search requests from the search engine's systems within a few hours.
12/11/2007 Google's Street View Launches In Boston Today The Boston Globe Robert Weisman Internet users today will be able to see street images of Boston and surrounding communities on Google Maps. Privacy advocates have expressed concerns about the service, which already is up and running in 15 other cities across the U.S.
12/10/2007 Flirting With An Information Disaster vnunet.com Ian Williams Online security firm PC Tools is warning that a new software program developed in Russia is masquerading as a flirtatious potential partner in a ruse to quickly collect personal information from unsuspecting users who frequent online dating sites.
12/10/2007 Flirting With An Information Disaster vnunet.com Ian Williams Online security firm PC Tools is warning that a new software program developed in Russia is masquerading as a flirtatious potential partner in a ruse to quickly collect personal information from unsuspecting users who frequent online dating sites.
12/6/2007 Facebook Founder Apologizes To Users For Beacon Roll-Out New York Times Louise Story Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and Chief Executive of Facebook, has apologized to users in a blog post for the way it unveiled Beacon, a service that tracks its members' online behavior and then alerts other users about the activities.
12/6/2007 Facebook Founder Apologizes To Users For Beacon Roll-Out New York Times Louise Story Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and Chief Executive of Facebook, has apologized to users in a blog post for the way it unveiled Beacon, a service that tracks its members' online behavior and then alerts other users about the activities.
11/28/2007 Privacy Groups May File FTC Complaint Against Facebook Media Post Publications Wendy Davis The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and the Center for Digital Democracy are planning to file complaints with the FTC protesting Facebook's SocialAds, which alert members when their friends have signed on as "fans" of certain marketers, and Beacon ads, which alert members to their friends' off-site purchases.
11/28/2007 Changes To Facebook's Beacon Service Under Discussion Business Week Catherine Holahan Criticism of Facebook's planned changes to a new advertising tool that would publicize users' Web activities and purchases to their friends has forced discussions about possible changes to the new service.
11/28/2007 Privacy Advocates Express Concerns About Google's New Online File Storage newsfactor.com Frederick Lane Google has declined to comment on a report in the Wall Street Journal about a new service it is offering to users that involves storing their information on the company's servers. The story indicated that the new service would allow users to store photos and files on the company's servers.
11/28/2007 Privacy Groups May File FTC Complaint Against Facebook Media Post Publications Wendy Davis The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and the Center for Digital Democracy are planning to file complaints with the FTC protesting Facebook's SocialAds, which alert members when their friends have signed on as "fans" of certain marketers, and Beacon ads, which alert members to their friends' off-site purchases.
11/28/2007 Changes To Facebook's Beacon Service Under Discussion Business Week Catherine Holahan Criticism of Facebook's planned changes to a new advertising tool that would publicize users' Web activities and purchases to their friends has forced discussions about possible changes to the new service.
11/28/2007 Privacy Advocates Express Concerns About Google's New Online File Storage newsfactor.com Frederick Lane Google has declined to comment on a report in the Wall Street Journal about a new service it is offering to users that involves storing their information on the company's servers. The story indicated that the new service would allow users to store photos and files on the company's servers.
11/26/2007 Microsoft's Peter Cullen and IAPP's Trevor Hughes Discuss Data Governance The Data Privacy Imperative Brendon Lynch J. Trevor Hughes, CIPP, Executive Director of IAPP and Peter Cullen, CIPP, Chief Privacy Strategist of Microsoft, recorded a video at the IAPP Privacy Academy last month, discussing how different roles within organizations are collaborating to protect personal information. The video also touches on other challenges facing privacy professionals today. 
11/26/2007 Microsoft's Peter Cullen and IAPP's Trevor Hughes Discuss Data Governance The Data Privacy Imperative Brendon Lynch J. Trevor Hughes, CIPP, Executive Director of IAPP and Peter Cullen, CIPP, Chief Privacy Strategist of Microsoft, recorded a video at the IAPP Privacy Academy last month, discussing how different roles within organizations are collaborating to protect personal information. The video also touches on other challenges facing privacy professionals today. 
11/23/2007 Research: The Relationship Between Trust And Self Disclosure Online  The Economic Times   Research conducted as part of a project titled "Privacy and Self-Disclosure Online," has found that users who previously were reluctant to reveal personal information online, would accept losses to their privacy if they trust the recipient of the personal information, according to Dr. Adam Joinson, who led the study.
11/23/2007 Research: The Relationship Between Trust And Self Disclosure Online  The Economic Times   Research conducted as part of a project titled "Privacy and Self-Disclosure Online," has found that users who previously were reluctant to reveal personal information online, would accept losses to their privacy if they trust the recipient of the personal information, according to Dr. Adam Joinson, who led the study.
11/20/2007 ICO Confirms Facebook Probe The Redgister John Oates Following up on a television report earlier this week, The Register has confirmed that a British user has encountered difficulty deleting his account details, leading to the lodging of a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). 
11/20/2007 Facebook, MoveOn.org Tangle Over New Social Advertising Feature CNET News.com Caroline McCarthy After criticism from MoveOn.org about its new social advertising feature known as Beacon, Facebook is fighting back, saying in a statement that the service "gives users an easy way to share relevant information from other sites with their friends on Facebook."
11/20/2007 ICO Confirms Facebook Probe The Register John Oates Following up on a television report earlier this week, The Register has confirmed that a British user has encountered difficulty deleting his account details, leading to the lodging of a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). 
11/20/2007 Facebook, MoveOn.org Tangle Over New Social Advertising Feature CNET News.com Caroline McCarthy After criticism from MoveOn.org about its new social advertising feature known as Beacon, Facebook is fighting back, saying in a statement that the service "gives users an easy way to share relevant information from other sites with their friends on Facebook."
11/13/2007 Groups Ask FTC To Investigate Online Advertising Plans Computer World Heather Havenstein The Center for Digital Democracy and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group are challenging new advertising schemes announced by MySpace and Facebook, saying the plans fail to take into account consumer privacy.
11/13/2007 Groups Ask FTC To Investigate Online Advertising Plans Computer World Heather Havenstein The Center for Digital Democracy and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group are challenging new advertising schemes announced by MySpace and Facebook, saying the plans fail to take into account consumer privacy.
11/12/2007 Opinion: Social Networking Site Leverages Users For Advertising Purposes Sci-Tech Today Frederick Lane Reaction to Facebook's Social Ad system, which has the capability to report to others what product or service a particular user bought online. 
11/12/2007 Opinion: Social Networking Site Leverages Users For Advertising Purposes Sci-Tech Today Frederick Lane Reaction to Facebook's Social Ad system, which has the capability to report to others what product or service a particular user bought online. 
11/6/2007 Congressman Calls For Hearing To Explore Privacy Implications Of Google-DoubleClick Merger Reuters Julie Vorman Rep. Joe Barton R-Texas, said that Congress should hold a hearing to examine the privacy impacts of the proposed Google-DoubleClick merger. Barton, who is the ranking Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said in a statement that the merger would "produce a single commercial entity that can know more about you and me than nearly everybody but mom and the IRS." 
11/6/2007 Congressman Calls For Hearing To Explore Privacy Implications Of Google-DoubleClick Merger Reuters Julie Vorman Rep. Joe Barton R-Texas, said that Congress should hold a hearing to examine the privacy impacts of the proposed Google-DoubleClick merger. Barton, who is the ranking Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said in a statement that the merger would "produce a single commercial entity that can know more about you and me than nearly everybody but mom and the IRS." 
11/2/2007 Debate Persists On Effectiveness Of Privacy Policies  Mac World Grant Gross Panelists discussed the need for more effective privacy policies on Web sites during a FTC workshop on targeted online advertising, according to this IDG article. 
11/2/2007 Debate Persists On Effectiveness Of Privacy Policies  Mac World Grant Gross Panelists discussed the need for more effective privacy policies on Web sites during a FTC workshop on targeted online advertising, according to this IDG article. 
11/1/2007 Opinion: The Challenges Of Identity  Cnet News.com Gordon Haff Gordon Haff writes in this CNETnews.com blog about anonymity on the Internet in response to a Facebook decision to ban someone for using a pseudonym. 
11/1/2007 Opinion: The Challenges Of Identity  Cnet News.com Gordon Haff Gordon Haff writes in this CNETnews.com blog about anonymity on the Internet in response to a Facebook decision to ban someone for using a pseudonym. 
10/31/2007 Online Marketers Joining Internet Privacy Efforts New York Times Louise Story AOL is launching a new Web site that will allow consumers to opt-out of lists run by the largest online advertising networks. Consumers who opt out of the lists will be able to prevent marketers from using their Web surfing habits to tailor ad content for them. 
10/31/2007 Nine Groups Seek Do-Not-Track List  New York Times Louise Story Consumer groups are proposing a do-not-track list that would allow consumers to avoid behavioral targeting practices that assist marketers in tailoring advertising content to specific users based on their Web surfing habits. 
10/31/2007 Google Explains Privacy Policies on New YouTube Privacy Channel Webware Elinor Mills On the eve of a two-day FTC town hall meeting on behavioral ad targeting and its privacy implications, Google launched a privacy channel on YouTube in an effort to educate consumers about its privacy practices. 
10/31/2007 Online Marketers Joining Internet Privacy Efforts New York Times Louise Story AOL is launching a new Web site that will allow consumers to opt-out of lists run by the largest online advertising networks. Consumers who opt out of the lists will be able to prevent marketers from using their Web surfing habits to tailor ad content for them. 
10/31/2007 Nine Groups Seek Do-Not-Track List  New York Times Louise Story Consumer groups are proposing a do-not-track list that would allow consumers to avoid behavioral targeting practices that assist marketers in tailoring advertising content to specific users based on their Web surfing habits. 
10/31/2007 Google Explains Privacy Policies on New YouTube Privacy Channel Webware Elinor Mills On the eve of a two-day FTC town hall meeting on behavioral ad targeting and its privacy implications, Google launched a privacy channel on YouTube in an effort to educate consumers about its privacy practices. 
10/29/2007 Data Encryptions Adoption Grows Network World Cara Garretson This NetworkWorld article on the activity around encryption technology suggests that companies are increasingly embracing it as a major aspect of their security infrastructure. 
10/29/2007 Data Encryptions Adoption Grows Network World Cara Garretson This NetworkWorld article on the activity around encryption technology suggests that companies are increasingly embracing it as a major aspect of their security infrastructure. 
10/23/2007 Microsoft pitches collaboration on data privacy to 2 allied groups San Francisco Chronicle Tom Abate Microsoft this week delivered a coordinated cybercrime message in two locations - to privacy pros attending the IAPP Privacy Academy 2007 in San Francisco and to a data security group meeting in London. 
10/23/2007 Microsoft pitches collaboration on data privacy to 2 allied groups San Francisco Chronicle Tom Abate Microsoft this week delivered a coordinated cybercrime message in two locations - to privacy pros attending the IAPP Privacy Academy 2007 in San Francisco and to a data security group meeting in London. 
10/22/2007 Privacy & Security Law Report     Two authorities on Internet Protocol version 6, which will transform the Internet and create a new realm of data and security considerations, are joining other speakers today on a panel at the IAPP's Privacy Academy 2007 in San Francisco.
10/22/2007 Privacy & Security Law Report     Two authorities on Internet Protocol version 6, which will transform the Internet and create a new realm of data and security considerations, are joining other speakers today on a panel at the IAPP's Privacy Academy 2007 in San Francisco.
10/19/2007 Consumers lack trust in e-mail, but still use it daily: Habeas report DM News Dianna Dilworth A study by reputation services firm Habeas and IPSOS has found that while email is one of the most popular consumer solutions, they do not entirely trust it, partly because of privacy concerns, according to this DMNews article.
10/19/2007 Consumers lack trust in e-mail, but still use it daily: Habeas report DM News Dianna Dilworth A study by reputation services firm Habeas and IPSOS has found that while email is one of the most popular consumer solutions, they do not entirely trust it, partly because of privacy concerns, according to this DMNews article.
10/17/2007 Facebook agrees to More Safeguards New York Times Anne Barnard As part of a settlement with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, Facebook has agreed to "post sterner warnings about the dangers to children using the site" and to more quickly respond to complaints about inappropriate messages.
10/14/2007 Chris Hoofnagle on Privacy & Search Engines O'Reilly Radar Tim O'Reilly This article highlights a lecture on Privacy and Search Engines that Chris Hoofnagle gave earlier this week to a class at Berkeley. 
10/14/2007 Chris Hoofnagle on Privacy & Search Engines O'Reilly Radar Tim O'Reilly This article highlights a lecture on Privacy and Search Engines that Chris Hoofnagle gave earlier this week to a class at Berkeley. 
10/3/2007 Facebook Privacy Settings Put Users At Risk Information Week Sharon Gaudon Sophos researchers are recommending that Facebook make changes to its default privacy settings after reaching a determination that far too many users are leaving exposed too much personal information.
10/2/2007 NY AG targets Facebook on Privacy Issues DM News Diana Dilworth New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is conducting an investigation into representations Facebook is making to its users about the site's safety and privacy safeguards.
10/1/2007 Job websites misuse data on resumes, break privacy rules Boston Globe Ross Kerber This Boston Globe article profiles a problem that is on the rise: job seekers who post their resumes online are becoming targets of unwanted marketing pitches.
10/1/2007 Google proposes 'crumbled cookies' in privacy pledge The Register Out-law.com Google's Chief Legal Officer David Drummond submitted a document to the U.S. Senate last week that proposes a number of measures to mitigate privacy concerns that have escalated since the announcement of the company's proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick. 
9/27/2007 eBay:  Phishing likely to blame for members' data theft Info World Juan Carlos Perez Security experts for eBay have determined that the information of 1,200 members that was stolen earlier this week was likely obtained through an online phishing scam. On Tuesday, a fraudster posted confidential information, including names, addresses, user IDs and credit card numbers on an eBay discussion forum. 
9/26/2007 Who Best Safeguards the Privacy of your Web Mail? PC World Eric Larkin This PC World story examines the privacy policies of three of the major free email services -- Google, Microsoft and Yahoo -- to determine how much personal information is collected, how that information is used for ad targeting and how long it takes to completely delete an email. 
9/23/2007 Seeking the key to web privacy FT.com Kevin Allison This comprehensive Financial Times article looks at the recent efforts of search engine companies to differentiate themselves on privacy practices in the face of increasing criticism from consumers and regulators. 
9/18/2007 Facebook, MySpace users will trade privacy for features ComputerWorld  Heather Havenstein New research from Pace University has found that Facebook and MySpace users will allow the sites to sell their personal information in exchange for use of the sites' social networking offerings.
9/13/2007 Google proposes global privacy standard CNET News.com Elinor Mills Peter Fleischer, Google's Global Privacy Counsel and a member of the IAPP board, briefed reporters Thursday on Google's proposal to "create minimum global standards, partly by law and partly by self-regulation."  The proposal, which is closely modeled on the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Privacy Framework, is intended to promote privacy standards that "focus on actual harms to consumer privacy," according to Fleischer.
9/11/2007 Microsoft gets patent for automated privacy updates Information Week Paul McDougall The federal patent office released documents this week that indicate Microsoft has received a patent for a system that notifies users automatically of any changes to their application's privacy policies. 
9/11/2007 Facebook Parts Walled Garden, Triggers Privacy Concerns eweek.com Clint Boulton Facebook's recent announcement that non-members will be able to search for a Facebook user's name and picture by using search engines such as Google, Yahoo or MSN is prompting some criticism from people concerned about privacy.
9/6/2007 TRUSTe offers alternative for displaced Better Business Bureau Privacy Seal Program Participants The Earth Times Morgan McDowell The Better Business Bureau has announced that it is rolling its BBBOnline Privacy seal program into its BBBOnline Reliability program, which shifts its focus from validation and certification of privacy practices to general business practices.
9/4/2007 People search engine Rapleaf revises privacy policy CNET News.com Stefanie Olsen Rapleaf, a specialized search engine that allows users to obtain names, ages and social network memberships of individuals, has changed its privacy policy in response to inquires from CNET News.com. The new language now reveals the relationship between the search engine and TrustFuse, which was a separate part of the business that sells personally identifiable data about Internet users.
8/29/2007 ICANN's Privacy Reforms for WHOIS Stalled Again PC World Jaikumar Vijayan Its mission was to chart a course of reform over privacy changes to the WHOIS database. However, a working group set up by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has been unable to agree on a plan to move forward with changes.
8/24/2007 WHOIS privacy reform reaches dead end ARS Technica Jacqui Cheng Reforms to the WHOIS registry are unlikely "as long as the registrars have a commercial interest in the outcome," writes Jacqui Cheng of ARS Technica. The WHOIS Working group recently released its Final Outcomes Report, which describes the negotiations and disagreements among 70 users, service providers and law enforcement personnel.
8/23/2007 Encryption strategies for preventing laptop data leaks SearchSecurity.com Lisa Phifer Lisa Phifer, Vice President of Core Competence, describes the different kinds of encryption and their advantages and drawbacks. 
8/23/2007 Google charges Street View privacy policy Out-law.com   Marissa Mayer, Google's Vice President of Search Products and User Experience, told CNET News.com that the company has changed its privacy policy to accommodate requests from users to remove faces or car license plates from its Street View product. 
8/17/2007 CIA, FBI computers used for Wikipedia edits CNET News.com Reuters A new tracing program known as WikiScanner has detected use of CIA and FBI computers to make edits to entries about the Iraq war the Guantanamo prison, according to this Reuters article. 
8/16/2007 Lack of Online Privacy can be a Good Thing CNBC Julia Boorstin This CNBC post lauds a new company's efforts to bring accountability to Wiki edits by uncovering the people and the companies behind the changes. Julia Boorstin writes in her MediaMoney post that despite the concerns about the lack of online privacy, "sometimes our actions online should be transparent."
8/14/2007 Electronic Communications, Privacy, Data Protection, and More:  Court Issues MySpace Injunction Against Wallace SPAMNOTES.com Venkat A federal district court judge recently issued an injunction against Sanford Wallace for allegedly using MySpace to send 400,000 spam messages and to post 890,000 spam comments on MySpace users' profiles.
8/9/2007 Google explains privacy policy on YouTube ZDNET.co.uk Tom Espiner Attempting to reach "non-techies," Peter Fleischer, Google's Global Privacy Counsel and an IAPP Board member, wrote in a blog post that the company posted a YouTube video to explain "cookies, IP addresses, and logs." 
8/8/2007 Search Engine Privacy Policies Improving PC World Grant Gross The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) is giving a thumbs-up to recent changes search engine companies are making to their privacy policies, including new limits on data retention.
7/25/2007 Yahoo joins Google, Microsoft in changing privacy policy ComputerWorld Linda Rosencrance  
7/19/2007 Long Inquiry Road Ahead for Google - DoubleClick InternetNews.com Roy Mark In a letter to Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras, U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., said the proposed Google-DoubleClick merger is causing "widespread concern."
7/17/2007 Google tries to tame its 'cookie monster' TimesOnline Ryhs Blakely In the next few weeks, Google will change its policy on the longevity of its cookies. In recent months, as EU privacy watchdogs took aim at search engines' privacy policies, the company has announced changes intended to bolster its privacy practices.
7/17/2007 Google cookies will 'auto delete' BBC News   Google has announced that its cookies will delete automatically after two years, significantly cutting the former deletion date of 2038.
7/3/2007 Yahoo Unveils Personalized Ads Washington Post Kendra Marr Yahoo now will be able to offer personalized advertisements to users based on their searches, according to The Washington Post. The goal is to offer users content that is more relevant to them while allowing marketers to more easily target their audience with better results. 
6/12/2007 Poor privacy grade reflects Google's Growing Power Wired Blog Network Ryan Singel Simon Davies, Privacy International's Director, said in this Wired story that Google's rating at the bottom of 28 online companies whose privacy and data retention policies it rated is in large part a reflection of the company's power and influence. 
1/31/2007 Privacy Changes To Internet's Domain-Name System Put On Hold Washington Post.com Brian Krebs The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) did not act on a proposal to limit the amount of personal information in the WHOIS database, which records information about Web site registrants. 
1/31/2007 Privacy Changes To Internet's Domain-Name System Put On Hold Washington Post.com Brian Krebs The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) did not act on a proposal to limit the amount of personal information in the WHOIS database, which records information about Web site registrants. 
 
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