There’s a new page on this web site: the ThankTwitter page. The #ThankTwitter campaign is a grassroots, crowd-sourced effort to publicly acknowledge Twitter’s defense of its users’ privacy when served with a sealed court order to turn over some users’ information without even notifying the users. Instead of complying, Twitter filed a motion to unseal…
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Google In Legal Challenge Against Spanish Privacy Laws
David Jones reports: A legal case pitting Internet search giant Google Inc. (GOOG) against Spanish privacy laws will be heard by a Spanish court Wednesday, a Google spokeswoman said. The case, a significant test of tightening privacy laws in the developed world, stems from a 2008 Google challenge to Spain’s Agency of Data Protection, a…
Twitter, Wikileaks and the Broken Market for Consumer Privacy
Barton Gellman writes that Twitter deserves wider notice for its “remarkable display of backbone” when served with a sealed court order to produce records on users. I concur, as do a number of us in #privchat on Twitter who think everyone should #ThankTwitter. But Gellman’s article goes further, and reports what happened when he contacted…
Spokeo Draws Ire (and FTC Complaints) from Privacy Advocates for its Zombie Profiles
Over on Forbes, privacy blogger Kashmir Hill discusses complaints about Spokeo – including yours truly’s FTC complaint about the fact that deleted profiles reappeared. Unlike yours truly, who still has not gotten any response from Spokeo to my direct complaint/inquiry to them, Kashmir was able to get a response from them: A Spokeo spokesperson says:…