Following up on the recently disclosed FCC investigation of Google Street View, David Streitfeld and Kevin J. O’Brien have an article in the New York Times about how inquiries into the Google Street View breach got little cooperation from Google. Johannes Caspar, a German data protection official, comes across as a bit of a privacy…
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STUDY: Internet privacy concerns could stymie economic growth
Theresa Seiger writes: While civil rights and privacy groups battle against and work with lawmakers to create user-friendly online data policies, a study found clarification on privacy rights is key to keeping the online economy robust. Read her re-cap of some recent surveys and reports on MyFox Alabama. I’ve left their headline intact, but it…
IKEA fires four managers for spying on staff, clients
I’ve covered the allegations against IKEA in previous blog posts. From the time allegations were first made public in French media, things moved quickly. Now France24 reports: Swedish furniture manufacturer IKEA said Friday that it was firing its risk management director and three former managers at its French division over allegations they paid for access…
ZTE confirms security breach in U.S. phone model
ZTE Corp, the world’s No.4 handset vendor and one of two Chinese companies under U.S. scrutiny over security concerns, said one of its mobile phone models sold in the United States contains a vulnerability that researchers say could allow others to control the device, Reuters reported. The hole affects ZTE’s Score model that runs on…