items tagged with Privacy
iTunes Plus scaremongering
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-05-31 18:40:58
The arrival of iTunes Plus - DRM-free content from Apple's iTunes Store - has triggered hysteria in some quarters.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-05-31 18:40:58
The arrival of iTunes Plus - DRM-free content from Apple's iTunes Store - has triggered hysteria in some quarters.
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Google takes care of its privates
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-05-28 14:36:03
Dogged by questions from the EU over Google’s data retention and privacy policies, Google say they’re following the rules.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2007-05-28 14:36:03
Dogged by questions from the EU over Google’s data retention and privacy policies, Google say they’re following the rules.
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Google bristles over EU data probe
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-05-25 20:30:47
The EU's data privacy watchdog has launched an investigation into the personal data retention policies of Google, querying whether the search leader is breaking privacy laws. In its defence, Google has fired back a salvo defending its policies and asking whether the other main search players Yahoo and Microsoft are being similarly scrutinized.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2007-05-25 20:30:47
The EU's data privacy watchdog has launched an investigation into the personal data retention policies of Google, querying whether the search leader is breaking privacy laws. In its defence, Google has fired back a salvo defending its policies and asking whether the other main search players Yahoo and Microsoft are being similarly scrutinized.
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US Reps pass spyware bill - again
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2007-05-22 20:59:02
The US House of Representatives has passed the Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act, which provides for sentences of up to five years imprisonment for those who introduce certain types of software onto a computer without authorisation.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2007-05-22 20:59:02
The US House of Representatives has passed the Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act, which provides for sentences of up to five years imprisonment for those who introduce certain types of software onto a computer without authorisation.
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GoFinder brings budget vehicle tracking
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Mobiles
2007-04-30 02:06:47
A sub-$A500 vehicle GPS tracking system is about to reach the Australian market.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Mobiles
2007-04-30 02:06:47
A sub-$A500 vehicle GPS tracking system is about to reach the Australian market.
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Google boosts searchability of state data
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2007-04-30 00:55:47
Google is working with the governments of four US states to improve the accessibility of public information.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2007-04-30 00:55:47
Google is working with the governments of four US states to improve the accessibility of public information.
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Google Web History helps find what you've seen
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2007-04-22 19:34:25
A decade ago, Microsoft asked "where do you want to go today". Now Google is offering to answer the question "where did you go yesterday, and the day before, and..."
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2007-04-22 19:34:25
A decade ago, Microsoft asked "where do you want to go today". Now Google is offering to answer the question "where did you go yesterday, and the day before, and..."
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63,000 individuals in massive USDA info data leak
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-04-21 12:10:14
Up to 100,000 people were thought to have had their social security numbers and other private data exposed via the US Dept of Agriculture’s website in a shocking privacy breach, with 37,000 now officially off the hook.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-04-21 12:10:14
Up to 100,000 people were thought to have had their social security numbers and other private data exposed via the US Dept of Agriculture’s website in a shocking privacy breach, with 37,000 now officially off the hook.
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Google DoubleClick buyout attacked in complaint filed with FTC
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2007-04-20 23:31:27
Three privacy groups have filed a complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission saying the acquisition of DoubleClick by Google will injure consumers by invading their privacy and harm the public interest. Google and DoubleClick, however, claim that their respective data sets cannot be combined to gain more information on consumers.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2007-04-20 23:31:27
Three privacy groups have filed a complaint with the US Federal Trade Commission saying the acquisition of DoubleClick by Google will injure consumers by invading their privacy and harm the public interest. Google and DoubleClick, however, claim that their respective data sets cannot be combined to gain more information on consumers.
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Second Life charges for real names, increases identity theft risk
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana
Category: The Digital Lounge Room
2007-04-04 21:08:22
For $50 a year you'll soon be able to christen your Second Life avatar with your actual name, but Linden Labs seems to be doing little to stop someone else masquerading as you.
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Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Seeking Nerdvana
Category: The Digital Lounge Room
2007-04-04 21:08:22
For $50 a year you'll soon be able to christen your Second Life avatar with your actual name, but Linden Labs seems to be doing little to stop someone else masquerading as you.
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ICANN may offer domain registrants more privacy
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-22 03:33:29
At present, people registering domains must allow their contact details to appear in a public database - but that may change if the recommendations of ICANN's task force on whois services are accepted.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2007-03-22 03:33:29
At present, people registering domains must allow their contact details to appear in a public database - but that may change if the recommendations of ICANN's task force on whois services are accepted.
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China displaces Britain as botnet epicentre
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-03-19 08:06:12
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-03-19 08:06:12
China has displaced Britain as the home of the greatest concentration of compromised (zombie) PCs.
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Anti-spyware bill could mean tougher fines
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-03-18 06:37:14
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: World Watch
Category: The Register
2007-03-18 06:37:14
On Thursday, the anti-spyware bill - which has twice passed the U.S. House of Representatives only to be rejected by the Senate - got its third hearing in the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
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Google adopts tougher privacy safeguards
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2007-03-14 21:14:58
Google is making it harder to link search requests back to the person who made them, in an effort to hamper efforts by governments to trawl search logs in search of wrong doers.
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Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2007-03-14 21:14:58
Google is making it harder to link search requests back to the person who made them, in an effort to hamper efforts by governments to trawl search logs in search of wrong doers.
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