Wow. I just caught up with an article by Grant Gross that says that Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) is not honoring Do Not Track headers. Because his article appeared a few days ago, I went to ITIF’s site to see if they were still rejecting DNT headers. They were, as this is what…
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Ca: Privacy Commissioner should name leaky websites
Michael Geist writes that the Privacy Commissioner of Canada should be more transparent and name the web sites that were leaking consumer information. Commissioner Stoddart had declined to do so: The Privacy Commissioner has not exercised her discretion to publicly name the specific tested organizations at this time. The research was designed to offer a…
Facebook Gifts could encourage users to expose more private information
Lucian Constantin reports: Facebook Gifts, the new social gifting service launched by Facebook on Thursday, might encourage users to expose information like their home addresses, birth date, clothing or shoe size that could pose security and privacy risks, according to security experts. Facebook used to have a Gift Shop application that allowed users to send…
EPIC FOIA Uncovers Google’s Privacy Assessment for Consent Order Compliance
From EPIC: Through a Freedom of Information Act request to the Federal Trade Commission, EPIC has obtained Google’s initial privacy assessment. The assessment was required by a settlementbetween Google and the FTC that followed from a 2010 complaint filed by EPIC over Google Buzz. The FTC has withheld from public disclosure information about the audit process, procedures to assess…