From EPIC.org: EPIC has asked the Federal Trade Commission to review Facebook’s decision to change the default email address of Facebook users. The company recently removed email addresses, selected by users, with a @facebook.com address assigned by Facebook. EPIC asked the FTC to review this practice as it finalizes the terms of a settlement with Facebook. “Facebook’s willingness to…
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Ad Biz Claims It Must Disregard User Privacy Choices to Safeguard “Cybersecurity”
Rainey Reitman and Lee Tien of EFF write: At a hearing yesterday, the Senate Commerce Committee took up the issue of online tracking, the browser-based Do Not Track flag, and, in an unlikely turn of events, cybersecurity. The hearing included testimony from Ohio State University Law School’s Prof. Peter Swire, Mozilla’s Alex Fowler, the Association of National Advertisers’ Bob…
Government slates meetings on mobile privacy standards
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is set to host the first of several meetings seeking input for its effort to develop new codes of conduct for handling private consumer date on the Internet and mobile networks. The meeting, scheduled for July 12 at the U.S. Department of Commerce building in…
Spying? No, we’re tracking for a web filter, says Telstra
With tongue firmly planted in cheek, Andrew Banks writes: It’s okay, Telstra’s Next G mobile users, you can carry on web surfing. No, really. All those rumours about Telstra spying on your web browsing activity have been put to rest. It turns out Telstra wasn’t spying at all – they were simply tracking what sites…