Tom Warren writes: Microsoft admitted on Wednesday that the company has identified an “unintended behavior” in its Windows Phone 7 location services. Microsoft has been accused of tracking Windows Phone locations without explicit end user consent over the past few weeks. A lawsuit was filed in a Seattle federal court earlier this month, backed by analysis…
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Reddit users overwhelm Facebook with data requests
The floodgates have already opened, it seems. Emil Protalinski reports: Reddit users have flooded Facebook with personal data requests via the service’s official form. This appears to have overwhelmed Facebook’s Data Access Request Team, forcing the group to send out e-mails telling users there will be a significant delay. It all started with a Reddit…
Which Telecoms Store Your Data the Longest? Secret Memo Tells All
David Kravets writes: The nation’s major mobile-phone providers are keeping a treasure trove of sensitive data on their customers, according to newly-released Justice Department internal memo that for the first time reveals the data retention policies of America’s largest telecoms. The single-page Department of Justice document, “Retention Periods of Major Cellular Service Providers,” (.pdf) is…
Facebook addresses latest privacy concern over cookies
Richard Chirgwin follows up on the recent privacy flap over Facebook cookies tracking users who had logged out. Of note, Facebook sent The Register a statement, which says in relevant part: Nik Cubrilovic provided us with additional information that allowed us to identify three cookies on some users’ computers that inadvertently included unique identifiers when…