George Gombossy reports: Consumer Reports, the Bible for consumers, is accused of tracking visitors to its web site while warning its readers against the tracking practice. AdAge says Consumer Reports uses the same kinds of tracking codes as businesses, but instead of using it to sell advertising it’s used to help sell subscriptions. Read more on CTWatchdog….
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Privacy groups call for Facebook changes U-turn
BBC reports: Two US privacy groups have asked Facebook to reconsider proposed changes to its terms of service that they say violate commitments to protect users. The social network plans to end user voting on its privacy policy, and allow the sharing of information across its services. Facebook is also planning to get rid of…
Hewlett-Packard says its products weren’t knowingly sold to Syria
Ian Sherr reports: Hewlett-Packard Co. says its technology wasn’t knowingly sold to Syria. The Palo Alto, Calif., technology giant made that assertion to the Securities and Exchange Commission in response to a letter dated Sept. 6 and disclosed in a recent regulatory filing. Last year, news reports surfaced saying H-P’s technology was being used as…
Ireland Pushes Facebook to Clarify Privacy Changes
Stephanie Bodoni reports: Irish regulators are seeking “urgent” clarifications from Facebook Inc. (FB) after the social media company informed users of changes to its privacy policy overnight. Facebook, which is overseen by Irish data protection regulators in the European Union, said that it recently proposed changes to its data-use policy and its statement of rights and…