Michael Shields reports: U.S. social media group Facebook seems ready to publish categories of data it collects from users, an Austrian student group lobbying for stricter privacy rules said on Tuesday. Facebook had agreed in December to overhaul privacy protection for more than half a billion users outside North America after a three-month investigation found…
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US ISPs block hacker probes: Swedish police
The Swedish National Police Board (Rikspolisstyrelsen) has called for new international laws to catch hackers on the internet, after US internet service providers refused to divulge information on the weekend’s attack on government websites. “The problem is that the internet is an international phenomenon and legislation is national. It’s not limited to Sweden though, it…
Google: Here’s the real truth about Microsoft’s privacy claims about us
Preston Gralla reports: Microsoft has launched an all-out public assault on Google’s recent privacy changes, but Google is fighting back, claiming that Microsoft and other critics are spreading untruths about the new policy. It’s a fight that’s good for users. Read about it on Computerworld.
Lawmaker pushes consumer notification bill in wake of Carrier IQ concerns
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: U.S. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) has proposed a bill that would require all phone companies to notify consumers of any user tracking and monitoring software in their cell phones. Markey’s proposed Mobile Device Privacy Act is in response to the recent controversy surrounding the use of Carrier IQ’s user tracking software in millions of…