Vodafone has been caught taking liberties with customer’s email accounts, and it seems at least some of the customers aren’t happy about the practice. The problem is with the password reminder feature on the “My account” section of the carrier’s website. All you have to do is enter the phone number of the person you’re interested…
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Privacy International open letter to European Commission on browser controls and consent
22/09/2010 Michael Shotter Legal Advisor to the Vice President Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship European Commission Dear Michael, I am currently writing a consultation paper in response to the BIS (Business, Innovation and Skills) paper published last week which lays out how the UK Government are planning to transpose the changes to 5(3) of the…
Canadian watchdog to weigh in on Facebook’s privacy changes
Sarah Schmidt reports: Canada’s privacy watchdog is set to reveal Wednesday whether the social media giant has done enough to protect the personal information of its 500 million users worldwide in a bid to stymie a battle over privacy rights. Following a yearlong investigation, privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddart determined in July 2009 that Facebook was…
Code That Tracks Users’ Browsing Prompts Lawsuits
Tanzina Vega reports: … Ms. Person Burns is one of a growing number of consumers who are taking legal action against companies that track computer users’ activity on the Internet. At issue is a little-known piece of computer code placed on hard drives by the Flash program from Adobe when users watch videos on popular…