Ryan Singel gives clear voice to what many of us have felt: Twitter introduced a new feature last month without telling anyone about it, and the rest of the tech world should take note and come up with their own version of it. Twitter beta-tested a spine. […] But there’s not yet a culture of…
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Lawsuits Allege Apple Applications Sent Personal Information to Third Parties
In late December 2010, consumers filed two class action lawsuits against Apple Inc., claiming that several applications they downloaded from Apple’s App Store sent their personal information to third parties without their consent. Specifically, the consumers claim that Apple allowed third party advertising networks to follow user activity through the Unique Device Identifiers that Apple…
UK: MP slams privacy laws as ‘waste of money’
A Conservative MP has slammed Britain’s privacy laws as “as waste of public money”, and says search giant Google should hand footage from its Street View cars over to the police without a court order. The call by Tory MP for Derbyshire South MP, Heather Wheeler, follows the disclosure by police last November of a picture…
If Tracking Is Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Have Tracking
Kevin Lee writes, in part: Most people concur that the online ad industry has done a really poor job of educating consumers and providing disclosure that is clear, obvious, and easy to find. Privacy policies are nonsense. Are we really that surprised that the government (legislative and regulatory bodies) is stepping in? How will this…