It was a case that started in 2008 when Phillip and Tina Sherman sued a McDonald’s after nude photos on their phone were uploaded to the Internet after they accidentally left the phone at the restaurant. The Sherman’s had realized their error and called the restaurant, and the manager had allegedly assured them that the…
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Angry Facebook Users Rip ‘Opt-Out’ Privacy for 3rd-Party Sites
In comments pouring in, Facebook users are condemning plans by the social media giant to share personal information with third-party websites as part of a planned venture. Many of the nearly 1,000 comments (as of this writing) posted on Facebook’s blog page blasted new privacy revisions and clarifications that apparently would only permit users to…
A big night out: drinking, dancing, fingerprinting
Saffron Howden reports: Somewhere in Perth’s central business district is a building containing the names, ages, addresses, photographs and unique fingerprint codes of thousands of revellers who danced and drank at Sydney’s Home nightclub last year. Home, in Darling Harbour, began trialling a biometric ID scanning entry system nine months ago. Patrons lined up before…
Your personal information posted online
Jeremy Wolf reports: It can list your address, a picture of your home, how much it cost, how long you have lived there, your approximate age and income, your relationship status and more. And it is online for anyone to see. Spokeo.com takes information from social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, and from phone…