Daniel Fisher writes: Florida attorney Larry Joe Davis didn’t like his listing on Avvo.com, a website that purports to rate lawyers according to a proprietary scale. He rates 3.7 out of 10 and has a “caution” warning because he wasdisciplined by the Florida Bar in 2007 over a matter involving failure to pay child support. First Davis…
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Facebook Phone Rumors Raise Privacy Concerns
Why wait until something is confirmed when we can panic early, right? Tony Bradley reports: Rumors are circulating that Facebook may be working on a Facebook-branded mobile phone. Facebook has denied that it is “building” a mobile phone, but that is a semi-semantic denial that still leaves ample room for partnering with a manufacturer to…
Would Monetizing Our Personal Data Ease Privacy Concerns?
Kashmir Hill writes: One of the big issues at the heart of the privacy debate is data aggregation and how companies profit from it. In a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, fifth grader Jenna elegantly described what bothered her about advertisers tracking her online activity, “I don’t like everyone knowing what I’m doing…
Miami Heat will require personal security info from media covering training camp
Paula Duffy reports that there media covering the Miami Heat will have to provide a lot of personal info: … The Miami New Times blog reported the information that needed to be disclosed and the procedures put in place for media organizations and journalists alike. The Heat press release contained this: “Each affiliate must fill out one…