Tag: Privacy
Avast Acquires Secure.me
Avast a consumer antivirus maker has just acquires the Facebook-focuesd security startup Secure.me in a move to widen there reach both to the online users and the users that just worry about their immediate systems. Secure.me was launched to the public in November of 2011 as a way that parents could see their children’s Facebook [...]
Randi Zuckerberg’s private photo from Facebook went public via Twitter
A private photo posted by Randi Zuckerberg on her Facebook account was posted by one of her subscribers using Twitter making it public for the world to see. The sister of Facebook’s CEO was not pleased by it calling the act “uncool.” According to her tweet, she posted the photo on Facebook exclusive to her [...]
Google’s Privacy Policy Becoming Subject Of Class Action Lawsuits
It seems that everyone is upset with Google’s new blanket privacy policy that went into effect the first of this month. Just the other day we reported that the French Data Protection Agency CNIL served a questionnaire to Google’s CEO with 69 questions on it. Google is also facing complaints from around the U.S. as [...]
France’s Data Protection Agency CNIL Grills Google Over New Privacy Policy And Android
Google has been served with a letter from the National Commission For Computing and Civil Liberties (CNIL) in France. It seems that French government had some issues with Google’s new blanketed privacy policy that took effect on March 1, 2012. After initially reviewing the proposed changes to Google’s policy, CNIL let Google know that they [...]
Plaintiff’s In Mobile App Privacy Suits Seeking Class Action
Earlier this year when Path came under fire for uploading the entire contents of users mobile address books (contacts) to their private servers, it launched a myriad of individual lawsuits. This week we’re hearing that 13 of those plaintiffs are seeking to build a class against a group of well known apps. The new class [...]
Facebook Updates “Rights & Responsibilities” Statement You Have Until March 22 To Respond
Social networking Giant Facebook has updated their Statement of Rights & Responsibilities for the first time since April 2011. Facebook’s “Statement of Rights & Responsibilities” is the governing document between Facebook users and the company itself. As a user of Facebook, accessing the site means that you agree to this statement, as you would a [...]
Smartphone Photo Controversy Prompts Senate Inquiry
As last week closed out, the safety and security of photos stored locally on your smartphone became an issue. At first it was iPhone only however Google freely admitted that photos on an Android device (and any smartphone for that matter) are stored in such a way that apps could access them, just like they [...]
17 Teens Privacy Violated In Facebook Porn Scandal
Seventeen high school girls, some as young as 14 years old, have been found on an East European child porn website. All seventeen girls attend the Bay Path Vocational Technical School in Massachusettes. In addition to photos, which featured the girls fully clothed, personal information, has also shown up on the site that is hosted [...]
Motorola Forgot To Wipe The Data On Some Refurbed Xooms
Motorola has made a mistake and wants to rectify it as soon as possible. We learned from a press release sent out on Friday that an allotment of Xoom tablets that were sent to Woot to be sold as “refurbished” were not properly wiped. The tablets in question were sold by Woot between October and [...]
Mobile Device Privacy Act To Prevent Carrier IQ Incidents In The Future
When Carrier IQ was first exposed by Geek.com’s Russell Holly it sparked a whirlwind of information and debate even at congressional levels. Key members of congress like Senator Al Franken and Congressman Edward Markey, both wanted to hear from Carrier IQ in regards to protecting citizens privacy. The debate over Carrier IQ sparked a new [...]
Google’s Eric Schmidt Responds To Government Concerns Over Privacy Policy
Google is in the process of changing their privacy policy. Rather than having 60+ different privacy policies that cover each of their products they’ve opted for one comprehensive policy that covers all of their products collectively. Congressman Ed Markey, along with seven other members of congress, sent a letter to Google expressing their concern over [...]
App Spotlight: Hide It Pro
Personal privacy is important to everyone made through our creation of things like blinds for our windows, etc. While we enjoy expressing our own opinions, it doesn’t mean we want people being able to see every aspect of our lives. This is especially true when it comes to our phones. For many people these devices [...]
Congress Concerned About Security In Kindle Fire’s Web Browser
Representative Ed Markey of Massachusetts, the co-chair of the bi-partisan privacy caucus has sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. The letter outlines the caucus’s concerns over the privacy of users who buy the recently announced Amazon Kindle Fire. Amazon has taken pre-orders for hundreds of thousands of Kindle Fire tablets (e-readers) that use [...]
