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• in Technology
  Finally, A Company To Stop Online Web Browse Caching
  A Browser Plug-In To Promote Online Privacy Is Here
  by joshner / on Mar 29, 2012
• in Social Media
  Facebook Timeline Users Tightening Reins on Privacy
  In the post-world of Facebook Timeline, a growing number of social network users have been prompted to monitor online privacy and reputations much more closely.
  by hollymatheson / on Feb 27, 2012
• in Social Media
  European Regulators Weigh “Right to Be Forgotten” Internet Law
  This article reviews the "Right to be Forgotten" law that regulators in Europe are currently considering.
  by speters1001 / on Jan 31, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “online privacy”

 

• Poll: Do We Have a Right to Privacy Online?

  
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  There is a certain balance that the government has to maintain when it comes to our privacy online. Certain law enforcement agencies such as the FBI and Department of Justice might need to look at emails or private Facebook messages to catch terrorists or other criminals who inhabit digital worlds. But the ACLU ...
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• How to stay safe online

  
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  There are many different tips that one can utilize when they are browsing the Internet so that they can stay safe while they’re online. Furthermore, it’s also important that people monitor their children’s activity while they are online also. Taking these precautionary steps will help to ensure that people are ...
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• Online reputation site must defend itself after losing customer data

  
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  Online reputation services have a special responsibility to keep clients safe. How can you protect yourself when the very company you rely on is breached? Would you trust a site with your personal information after it suffered a breach? What if that site’s sole purpose is to protect your reputation? ...
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• Mediatwits #79: FBI Reads Emails Without Warrants; Henry Jenkins on ‘Spreadable Media’

  
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  Have we reached the point of a Big Brother state online? It sure seems that way with the recent revelation that the FBI and Department of Justice routinely read private emails, Facebook messages and Twitter direct messages without a warrant — flouting the Fourth Amendment. We’ll discuss that and more on this ...
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• Strengthen your Online Privacy: 5 Important Things to do

  
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  Regardless of how tough is the anti-virus you use, how strict you are at sharing and receiving files from others, how carefully you deal with the links in the emails you receive, and what kind of Operating System you use, criminal minds will always find ways to fool you. In recent times, most of... [[ This is a ...
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• Are Millennials ignoring online privacy protection?

  
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  The Millennial generation tends to have a lax approach to online privacy protection - and it might put all of our security in jeopardy. Those in their teens, 20s and early 30s - the “Millennials” - have widely prompted discussions as they enter and redefine the modern workplace. Recent information gives ...
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• Protecting Privacy or Enabling Fraud? Employee Social Media Password Protection Laws May Clash with FINRA Rules

  
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  Jessica Goldenberg As a growing number of states pass legislation which will protect individuals’ social media accounts from employer scrutiny, they have encountered a surprising adversary – FINRA and other securities regulators. To date, at least six states have enacted social media employee privacy laws ...
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• The Digital Afterlife – Managing Your Final Affairs

  
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  As you look towards the final stage of your life, you may realize that there is a certain amount of paperwork must be handled. We’ve even covered a great deal of this information in one of our past articles, Your Last Will & Testament – What Happens To Your Data When You Die? Let’s take a look at the ...
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• How to Stop Notifying Everyone When Updating Your LinkedIn

  
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  Do you know that every time you make a change on LinkedIn , your connections get an update of your tweaks? If you dont want your every move watched by your network, turn the notifications off. After all, not only do you want to avoid spamming your LinkedIn friends every time you change your profile picture, but you ...
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• How to Stop Notifying Everyone When Updating Your LinkedIn

  
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  Do you know that every time you make a change on LinkedIn , your connections get an update of your tweaks? If you dont want your every move watched by your network, turn the notifications off. After all, not only do you want to avoid spamming your LinkedIn friends every time you change your profile picture, but you ...
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• Some Data Brokers Are Willing Sell Information Illegally, FTC Warns

  
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  The Federal Trade Commission has warned ten data broker companies that their practices may violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act after a secret-shopping operation revealed that the companies were willing to sell consumer data without verifying consumer identities as required by law. The letters were warnings; they ...
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• A Darker Google: Shodan displays corporate internet privacy weaknesses

  
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  When was the last time you checked the internet privacy settings on your photocopier? Chances are your office is more vulnerable than you think. The search engine Shodan, in operation since 2009, allows  anyone  to search for all of the public devices we leave connected to the internet around the clock. In ...
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• EFF Report Reveals Who’s Naughty And Nice With Your Cloud Data

  
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  The Electronic Frontier Foundation, known to most people as the EFF, is out with their Who Has Your Back? report on which companies do the best job of keeping your data out of the hands of Big Brother. There are some surprise winners on the list that include Twitter, Dropbox, LinkedIn, SonicNet and Spideroak. ...
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• The Biggest Online Privacy Threats of 2013

  
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  Privacy Threats of 2013 According to a recent article published by PCWorld, new online privacy threats have awakened in 2013 due to more emerging technologies and regulatory efforts that could affect how our cyber lives are exposed or protected.  Every move we make using computers, smart phones and/or tablets, is ...
  3 weeks ago

• Twitter privacy expert John Sileo talking with 9News on the AP hack

  
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  This Tweet disrupted the stock market as well as gold and oil prices: “Two explosions in the White House and Barack Obama is injured”. The post Twitter privacy expert John Sileo talking with 9News on the AP hack appeared first on John Sileo, Privacy & Identity Theft Expert .
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• Update to Pending and New Online Privacy Laws Around the World

  
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  Editor’s Note:  Online privacy issues, for individuals and companies alike, are a growing concern and world-wide mission by officials. It is extremely important that we all keep current on, at the very least, the basics of these new laws as they form around the world. The following is an update by Judith Delaney , ...
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• Online identity nightmare: will Twitter meet the challenge? Will we?

  
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  The jaw-dropping attack on the Associated Press last week may finally cause Twitter to start safeguarding our online identity – and it may even jolt us out of our apathy. We’ve seen serious Twitter breaches for months. Hackers have damaged the digital reputations of major corporations and cultural groups. But ...
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• Living Social Hack and AP Twitter Account Hacked

  
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  The website, LivingSocial, a daily deals site, was hacked late yesterday.  The original report came from AllThingsD.com, and includes the text of an e-mail the CEO sent to staff and now the public. No credit card data or merchant financial information was accessed, which must mean that they stored them on a ...
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• The State of Privacy in 2013

  
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  An insightful infographic by HostGator depicts the state of privacy in 2013. The infographic draws attention to the similarity of current privacy to the totalitarian state of privacy described in George Orwell’s classic, 1984, which was published in 1949. Orwell portrays a society in which ...
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• DOJ Quietly Gives Companies Immunity From Wiretapping Law in Exchange for ‘Private Internet’ Surveillance

  
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  (Image: Shutterstock.com) As part of an expanding cybersecurity program, it has been revealed that the Department of Justice quietly gave some Internet service providers immunity from violations of wiretapping laws, allowing them to intercept communications in the name of protecting critical infrastructure. CNET ...
  3 weeks ago

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