From their press release: The social networking service Facebook has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers by telling them they could keep their information on Facebook private, and then repeatedly allowing it to be shared and made public. The proposed settlement requires Facebook to take several steps to make sure it lives up to…
Category: Breaches
UK: Met arrests man in newspaper computer hacking investigation
The Metropolitan Police (MPS) have arrested a man on suspicion of committing offences under the Computer Misuse Act as part of an ongoing investigation into computer hacking, it has said. The 52 year old man was arrested in Milton Keynes on Thursday and taken to Thames Valley police station. The man was arrested as part…
In: PFC publishes investor data on the web, raising privacy concerns
In yet another instance that proves the government and its units are insensitive to issues of transparency and privacy, Power Finance Corp (PFC) has published complete data of its investors on the web. This too when, concerns are being raised about the government’s unique identification (UID) program that not only collects detailed information, but also…
Caricatures of Putin Banned Over Privacy Breach
Elections authorities in Nizhny Novgorod prohibited the Communists from satirizing Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in caricatures because he did not give him permission for it, Kommersant reported Wednesday. Putin’s likeness was featured in leaflets that the party distributed in the region ahead of the State Duma vote on Dec. 4, the report said. But the…