Ryan Calo writes: UPDATE: As told to Jules Polonetsky over at The Future of Privacy Forum, Capital One was engaging in “totally random” rate changes that were not related to browser type. On the other hand, according to the Wall Street Journal, Capital One was at one point using [x+1] data to calibrate what credit card offers…
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Watchdog Planned for Online Privacy
Julia Angwin reports: The Obama administration is preparing a stepped-up approach to policing Internet privacy that calls for new laws and the creation of a new position to oversee the effort, according to people familiar with the situation. The strategy is expected to be unveiled in a report being issued by the U.S. Commerce Department…
Google, Facebook duke it out over user data
Sharon Gaudin reports: Things are getting a bit heated between two of the largest Internet companies as they spar over users’ data. Google and Facebook, which increasingly seem to be rivals, have been engaged in a war of words this week over data portability. The issue boils down to the ability to move user data…
EU legal threat stirs Home Office on interception opt-ins
Ian Grant reports: People who use the internet may have greater protection from electronic eavesdroppers following a consultation on changes to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA). The Home Office recommendations include an explicit opt-in for information exchanged between a sender and receiver to be intercepted by a third party, and a civil sanction…