Kelly Hodgkins reports: An astute reader stumbled upon an interesting bug with the HTC Incredible. The Incredible, with Sense UI, will periodically store screenshots of the contents of your web browser. The screen captures are a function of the HTC Sense UI bookmark widget and are not the main issue; temporary screen grabs are understandable….
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Facebook Sued Again Over Allegedly Leaking Information To Advertisers
Wendy Davis reports: Facebook was hit with another lawsuit this week alleging that it improperly shared users’ personal information with advertisers. This case, the third such lawsuit in as many weeks, was filed in federal district court in Rhode Island by North Providence Facebook user Wendy Marfeo, who is seeking class-action status. As in the…
Facebook’s critics must curb their demands, says US privacy law expert
Privacy advocates this week wrote to social networking giant Facebook in the latest of a long line of criticisms of its privacy policies. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the ACLU of Northern California, and the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) complained in an open letter (3-page / 98KB PDF) to the company that it…
France joins probes into Google Street View
AFP reports: France became the latest country Thursday to probe Google for gathering personal data as its Street View bikes and cars photographed cities across the world for the controversial mapping service. The French data protection agency CNIL said it was examining private data collected for Street View, including emails and possibly banking details, to…