Due to privacy concerns, Apple depreciated access to UDID in applications, resulting in apps using UDID being rejected from the App Store. It can be removed or regenerated and is therefore much better aligned with privacy frameworks such as those...
The story sent app providers scrambling to define their privacy policies regarding user data. Because mobile carriers control cell data, marketers don’t have access to target on this basis. With UDID data access fading, app publishers are...
Piwik respects privacy so much that there are built-in privacy settings that allow you to anonymize visitor IP addresses and even delete raw visitor data – while still keeping your reports archived in a manner where you can still filter them.
These facts would not be as harmful if users limited profile access to friends and family, but according to the study many users are unaware that Facebook even has privacy settings. The study highlights Facebook users who are unknowingly giving out...
Congressman Ed Markey and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) have urged for a larger investigation into Google’s Street View data collection. Although Google appears to be clear of the Street View mess, the Federal Trade Commission is...
A group of U.S.state attorneys are speaking out against Google's planned overhaul to its privacy settings. No, this isn't about its app privacy policy or browser tracking, though lately it seems like you need a scorecard to keep track of all the...
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has confirmed it is in discussion with Google to ensure the search giant is complying with all necessary UK data laws following the reports about privacy settings being bypassed.
The company has come under fire from privacy advocates and and government officials following reports that iOS applications have been able to access user address books without notification or permission.
Another cool thing about ThinkUp is that allows you to customize your privacy settings. This is something that the WhiteHouse.gov has done and you can view their ThinkUp which allows you almost complete access to their Twitter and Facebook info here.
In additional to the third-party audits, Google will have to: show privacy warning in a more prominent position, especially when user information is shared without the user specifically requesting such sharing; simplify or provide easier access to...
As we move into the era of the Open Graph and apps that autopost your activities, users are raising serious questions about data collection and privacy. Dates of user name changes and historical privacy settings changes.
The new apps and profile, however, seem to have convinced him that sacrificing user data privacy is worth it in the long run. They have recently introduced in-line privacy settings to help users control how content is shared.
Email has always been good for one to one communication, whilst Facebook is good for one to many, but (despite privacy/friends list settings) no one has mastered one to few communication on Facebook. In short, Google Plus needs to make sure it does...
However, this bill ultimately may pit itself against Facebook's own Terms of Service, in which people give up some control of their IP rights: "For content that is covered by intellectual property rights, like photos and videos ("IP content"), you...
Many have voiced concerns about privacy breaches by applications that log users in to Twitter or access their account. Be smart about what sites you give access to, or else your private data will no longer be private.
Tweak Your Account Settings, and Use Advanced Privacy Options An imperative first step as soon as you sign up to a social media site is to check the privacy options available to you, and use any advanced settings offered.
Needless to say, privacy is to be taken more than seriously these days, with glitches being pointed at as well as enquiries (and sometimes lawsuits) being launched left and right across the globe on Facebook's privacy issues, Google's rogue Wi-Fi...
In both its statement and blog post, Yahoo anticipates on potential privacy issue criticism, brushing away any accusations of complexity or lack of transparency by launching its Yahoo Pulse one-stop dashboard for privacy settings across the whole...
CEO Mark Zuckerberg told the world on Monday that Facebook's "drastically simplified" privacy settings would roll out in the weeks to come and here they are. A new privacy page is already available and explains the changes.
In the context of Facebook privacy, "settings," "simplified," and "tomorrow" were all hot topics. After running the same search on Wednesday morning, "settings" was still a hot topic for Facebook privacy, but there was no mention of "tomorrow" any...
