The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which is responsible for ensuring that web technology is based on an agreed set of technical standards, has been working on developing a new ‘do not track’ (DNT) controls system for operation within web browser settings. It has said that the controls should not to be set by default….
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Israeli experts: LinkedIn app transmits user data without consent (updated)
As if LinkedIn didn’t have enough problems this week, following the disclosure that they had been hacked and millions of passwords posted on a Russian server, Israeli experts point out they have another security problem. Sagi Cohen reports: International social network LinkedIn is collecting personal information from its users without their consent, according to Israeli…
Swiss Court Orders Modifications to Google Street View
Kevin J. O’Brien and David Streitfeld report: Switzerland’s highest court on Friday upheld Google’s basic right to document residential street fronts with its Street View technology, but imposed some limitations on the kinds of images the company can take. The ruling leaves the service legally intact in Switzerland, which has some of the strictest privacy safeguards…
NJ sues mobile app company for sharing personal info of children with marketers
New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa and the state Division of Consumer Affairs have filed suit in federal court in Newark to stop an educational mobile app developer from collecting personal information from children, then passing on the information to marketers without telling parents. The lawsuit — the first lawsuit filed by the state…