After reading some new research from Carnegie Mellon University CyLab, discussed previously on this blog, I e-mailed TRUSTe to ask them to respond to the concerns that the report had raised about their certifying sites that had erroneous, missing, or what might appear to be fraudulent compact policies that would essentially weaken privacy protections in…
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Privacy group sues to get records about NSA-Google relationship
Ken Dilanian of the L.A. Times reports on EPIC’s lawsuit to obtain documents relating to the relationship between the NSA and Google, as reported earlier today on this blog. “As of 2009, Gmail had roughly 146 million monthly users, all of whom would be affected by any relationship between the NSA and Google,” the privacy…
Is your browser being lied to? Survey says: “Maybe”
In a year when both Congress and the FTC have been making noise about regulating online advertising, you would think that the industry would be eager to show that such regulation is not needed. Yet a new study released last week by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University’s CyLab suggests that not only has the industry…
UK: Naughty hotel guests to be blacklisted
The HotelierMiddleEast.com web site notes: An online site has been set up in the UK that allows hoteliers to blacklist bad guests. The database, GuestScan, will allow hotelier to check a guest’s credentials in a bid to avoid thieves and those who break things in rooms. The system, which is already in place in Australia…