From nu.nl: Skype illegally distributed a user’s personal information to a private company during a police investigation into Anonymous-sanctioned cyberattacks on PayPal. It and several other payment companies were attacked out of retribution for blocking donations to Wikileaks in 2011. Skype handed over the personal information of a 16-year-old to an IT firm, which later…
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A Trail of Clicks, Culminating in Conflict
Natasha Singer reports: Washington is pushing Silicon Valley on children’s privacy, and Silicon Valley is pushing back. Apple, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter have all objected to portions of a federal effort to strengthen online privacy protections for children. In addition, media giants like Viacom and Disney, cable operators, marketing associations, technology groups and a…
Privacy experts criticize moves to sidestep IE10’s default Do Not Track settings
Taylor Amerding reports: … But so far, there haven’t been any loud complaints from advertising advocates about a lack of choice in systems (including Apple’s iO6) that have tracking enabled by default. It is when it is disabled by default — as is the case with IE10 — that “choice” becomes a very hot button. Read…
Ca: Google to MPs: No need to regulate online privacy policies Privacy issues online evolving too fast for regulation, Google tells MPs
Stephanie Levitz reports: Search engine giant Google says it feels no need for governments to regulate online privacy policies. A policy manager for the company’s Canadian operations told a House of Commons committee that it would be difficult to determine default positions for the policies. And Colin McKay says that’s because the online world is…