Federal Trade Commission (FTC), after it was found that the company used special code to get around Safari's built-in privacy controls, allowing it to track users' Internet activity. Google is set to pay a $22.5 million fine in relation to the...
Facebook is reportedly testing out controls that would allow users under the age of 13 to participate on the social network under parental supervision. Citing people who have spoken with Facebook executives about the project, WSJ.com reports...
A report from Consumer Reports indicates that 13 million Facebook users in the U.S.alone don't use or are unaware of the social network's privacy controls. The study highlights Facebook users who are unknowingly giving out information by not...
Whitten acknowledged, though, that there has been "chatter and confusion" around the changes, and as such sought to reassure users that despite the changes, the firm's privacy controls haven't changed.
Google] is pleased to join a broad industry agreement to respect the ‘do-not-track’ header in a consistent and meaningful way that offers users choice and clearly explained browser controls,” said Google Senior Vice President of Advertising Susan...
The motivations of those pushing for harsh online controls that extend beyond U.S.borders have been challenged and exposed. Despite the economic burden on ISPs, despite the fact that the bill requires data collection and retention on ALL users and...
When you read the document you can see it comes very close to the specifications even down to the age of users (13), privacy controls, and how you would interact with third parties through one provider without logging in once you log into the...
Private estates not only have better controls but are generally a little more geographically isolated so they are less likely to be hit by the residual effects of an attack elsewhere. Further, it would appear that they are working in concert with...
Because the corporation now controls what goes on that system, not you. What You Lose: Privacy If you buy what Google's selling, you stand to lose power, privacy, control, and freedom. This is about our future, our privacy and our rights as users...
It appears that Google is experimenting with new controls for users to navigate through maps. Facebook Praise Up, Value Up, Advertising Up, Scams Up, Privacy Gone by Frank Watson Google, Spain Clash in Court over Privacy by Danny Goodwin
We will also do more to educate people about privacy controls specific to Buzz. Google's attempt at challenging Facebook and Twitter in the social networking realm was greeted with hostility by privacy advocates after it shared personal data...
Federal Trade Commission has ended its inquiry into Google's wireless data grab, saying that the company has added better privacy controls into its corporate structure, Reuters reported. After two weeks of privacy complaints and threats of fines...
The growing outcry over privacy prompted Google to post another apology on their blog, which laid out new "privacy controls" to avoid future privacy breaches. He was interviewed by CNN about privacy concerns, and responded with another oddball...
Share And Care: Privacy Controls Facebook took time to explain at length the privacy controls for the new application. By default, the check-ins are visible to "Friends only" but Facebook is providing its users with a full privacy widget that can...
The key findings of the report include the following: percent of households with a Facebook account don't use the site's privacy controls or weren't aware of them.percent of social network users posted their full date of birth online, opening...
Each level in the tree view offers webmasters access to specific data management controls, such as URL blocking, cache blocking, and recrawl requests. Read: personal profiles whose privacy settings allow the sharing of their status updates with...
Today we're starting to roll out some changes that will make all of these controls a lot simpler. We've focused on three things: a single control for your content, more powerful controls for your basic information and an easy control to turn off...
In the coming weeks, we will add privacy controls that are much simpler to use. Simply put, many of you thought our controls were too complex. Our intention was to give you lots of granular controls; but that may not have been what many of you wanted.
Facebook's new privacy policy allows more individual controls, but it also allows for more openness at the same time. Ironically, as individual users of these tools, we often want the best of both worlds when it comes to the hotly debated topic of...
The emerging "world wide computer" both liberates us (giving us choice) and controls us in gross and subtle ways (often without our knowledge). There are also significant privacy implications as our personal data is stored centrally and aggregated.
