As a quick update to news stories yesterday reporting that keylogger software had been detected in new Samsung laptops: Ben Grubb of The Age reports: Late this afternoon, Samsung Australia said the allegations were “not true”. “Our findings indicate that the person mentioned in the article used a security program called VIPRE [antivirus software] that mistook…
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AdChoices? Compliance with Online Behavioral Advertising Notice and Choice Requirements
A new research report from CMU’s CyLab: Online behavioral advertisers track users across websites, often without users’ knowledge. Over the last twelve years, the online behavioral advertising industry has responded to the resulting privacy concerns and pressure from the FTC by creating private self-regulatory bodies. These include the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) and an umbrella…
Is your Samsung spying on you? (update2 – NO!)
Earlier today, M. E. Kabay and Mohamed Hassan Mohamed Hassan reported that some Samsung laptops were being sold with pre-installed keylogger software called StarLogger. If you’re using a Samsung laptop, you will probably want to read their report. Bob McMillan of IDG News Service followed up and reports that Samsung is investigating the allegations: Hassan,…
FTC Charges Deceptive Privacy Practices in Google’s Rollout of Its Buzz Social Network
From the FTC: Google Inc. has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it used deceptive tactics and violated its own privacy promises to consumers when it launched its social network, Google Buzz, in 2010. The agency alleges the practices violate the FTC Act. The proposed settlement bars the company from future privacy misrepresentations,…