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…
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Wall Street Journal Revises its Privacy Policy
Julia Angwin reports: The Wall Street Journal revised its website privacy policy on Tuesday to allow the site to connect personally identifiable information with Web browsing data without user consent. Previously, the Journal’s privacy policy stated that it would obtain “express affirmative consent” to combine personal data with “click stream information” culled from the website. Read more…
Green Bay Packers to use TSA wands to check fans entering Lambeau Field starting with Sunday’s game against the Denver Broncos
More on a disturbing new policy of the NFL: Lambeau Field may seem a lot like an airport beginning Sunday. The Packers will use TSA hand-held wands to check fans entering Lambeau Field starting with the game against the Denver Broncos as part of the NFL’s enhanced security measures. Pat-downs also may be used for…
Under Fire, OnStar Revises Plan To Continue Tracking Former Subscribers
Devin Coldewey reports more on the OnStar kerfluffle that got some Senators involved: Faced with a flurry of criticism from users, sites like this one, and even Congress, OnStar has gone back on at least one of the changes. They relate the update in a brief press release: OnStar announced today it is reversing its proposed Terms and…