Swedish furniture giant IKEA has responded to accusations it illegally accessed secret police files in France as part of its security operation. Reports in weekly newspaper Le Canard Enchaîné and investigative website Rue89 say the company used French security companies to gain access to documents held in the STIC system. Read more on The Local….
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Mary Bono Mack to lead privacy hearing
Paul C. Barton reports: As watchdog groups urge a slowdown in Google’s new privacy policy, Rep. Mary Bono Mack’s office on Tuesday announced she will hold a hearing on privacy issues in which Google will likely participate. […] Bono Mack will serve as chairwoman of the March 29 hearing in the subcommittee on manufacturing, commerce…
Google in EU showdown over privacy rules
Richard Waters reports that while Google’s new privacy policy changes are slated to go into effect tomorrow, EU regulators are not happy and have asked Google to postpone any adoption. Google doesn’t appear to be willing to do that, however. Read more on Financial Times and New York Times.
Twitter partners with Datasift to unlock tweet archive
So it has come to this. Dave Lee reports: Companies are now able to search and analyse up to two years of Twitter updates for market research purposes. Firms can search tweets back to January 2010 in order to plan marketing campaigns, target influential users or even try to predict certain events. Until today, only…