Well, okay, that wasn’t exactly Yahoo!’s blog headline, but in today’s episode of “Rationalization 101, the Sequel,” Yahoo! explains why it will ignore IE 10’s default Do Not Track: Yahoo! has been working with our partners in the Internet industry to come up with a standard that allows users to opt out of certain website…
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FTC Finalizes Settlements with Two Businesses that Exposed Consumers Sensitive Information Over P2P Networks
From the FTC: Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has accepted as final settlements with two operations it charged with illegally exposing the sensitive personal information of thousands of consumers by allowing peer-to-peer file-sharing software to be installed on their corporate computer systems. Settlements with Utah-based debt collector EPN, Inc., and Georgia…
Pandora User Seeks To Revive Privacy Lawsuit
Wendy Davis reports: A Michigan resident is preparing to ask a federal appeals court to reinstate his privacy lawsuit against Pandora, court records show. Peter Deacon alleged in a 2011 lawsuit that Pandora violated a Michigan privacy law by participating in Facebook’s “instant personalization” program. That program shares logged-in Facebook users’ names and photos with outside companies,…
Fleischer: Microsoft’s brilliant master class on how to change a privacy policy
Peter Fleischer writes: Privacy professionals are often asked how to change or update a Privacy Policy. There are really just two basic choices: openly or quietly. […] When Google announced its changes, Microsoft launched a worldwide PR campaign to discredit Google. So, it is striking that Microsoft quietly made similar changes to its privacy policies that it…