Nicole Friess writes: Consumers are more likely to purchase products from online retailers who are protective of consumer privacy, according to researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. The study, entitled “The Effect of Online Privacy Information on Purchasing Behavior: An Experimental Study” found that the availability and accessibility of information regarding online retailers’ privacy practices can affect…
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Kr: Apple may face class action over tracking
Did you know that Apple lost a court judgement in South Korea recently that required it to pay because of inadequate security protection of data? What they paid was not particularly significant but that they lost in a South Korean court may be a harbinger of things to come: A lawyer here announced Thursday that…
Nashville residents take on Google Wi-Spy, join privacy lawsuit
Brandon Gee reports: A group of Nashville residents and attorneys are part of a class-action lawsuit against Internet giant Google that could go down as the largest invasion-of-privacy case in history. The company is accused of breaking federal and state wiretap laws from 2007 to 2010. That’s when vehicles that were deployed nationwide to collect…
Skype and Google asked to cooperate with India surveillance
John Ribeiro reports: The controversy over India’s demand that it be allowed to monitor online and mobile communications resurfaced again on Wednesday, with an Indian minister telling reporters that the government had asked Skype, Google and several other companies to give it access. Google said that it had not received any communication on the issue…