Untangling The Incredibly Complicated, Puzzling World Of Online Privacy
Senators Al Franken and Richard Blumenthal introduced a bill yesterday that takes direct aim at online privacy. After it was reported recently that tech giants like Apple and Google might be collecting location data from unwitting customers, public officials raced to put together legislation that would give the public more control over personal information. If passed, the bill would require ...
Privacy Concerns: Business Over Government
According to a new survey, 48 percent of Internet users ages 16 and older are worried about companies checking their actions on the Internet. "Many of us are worried that the Big Brother in our lives is actually Big Business," Jeffrey I. Cole, director of the Center for the Digital Future at USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, said in a statement referring to the figure that ...
How to Disable Facebook Facial Recognition
Beyond the "big brother is watching you" type conspiracy theories of Facebook's technology, there's one recurring concern. Facebook rarely tells users that they have changed the account privacy settings and nearly always automatically opts users...
Americans worry about online corporate snooping
More than half of Internet users in the US worry that they're being stalked online. It's not the Government or an ex-lover they fear, it's big business.
Hackers Claim They Stole 2011 Census Data
The Office of National Statistics' entire 2011 Census, containing the personal information of millions of Britons, has reportedly been hacked.
