Dan Rowinski writes: Facebook announced today that it is making it easier to share information with specific people in the platform through an inline sharing button and revisions to its tagging system. The options will be next to everything that can be shared on Facebook, allowing users to customize who does and does not get to see…
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Embarq Wins Privacy Suit Stemming From NebuAd Tests
Wendy Davis reports: A judge has dismissed a class-action privacy lawsuit against the Internet service provider Embarq, one of six companies that partnered with the defunct behavioral targeting company NebuAd. U.S. District Court Judge Julie Robinson in the District of Kansas ruled late last week that NebuAd alone was responsible for any wiretap law violations,…
Chris Hoofnagle discusses online privacy
James Temple writes: Despite widening criticism of online tracking, marketers are going to greater lengths than ever to ensure they can monitor online behavior even when consumers take steps to opt out. That’s the finding of a research paper written by academics at UC Berkeley and elsewhere. It comes at a critical time, when the…
Google fined in Brazil for refusing to reveal bloggers’ identities
Anna Heim writes: Google wants to force people to use their real names online, say many Google+ detractors. Yet, it’s precisely for defending three bloggers’ right to anonymity that its Brazilian subsidiary was fined this Thursday by a local judge. […] It all started at the beginning of the year, when Varzea Alegre’s mayor sued…