Danny O’Brien writes: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s announcement of a new U.S. policy on global Internet Freedom included a bold new statement about the responsibilities of American technology companies: …We are urging U.S. media companies to take a proactive role in challenging foreign governments’ demands for censorship and surveillance. The private sector has a…
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AU: CommSec pays $55k after breaching Spam Act
Munir Kotadia reports: CommSec, the Commonwealth Bank’s stock trading arm, has agreed to pay a $55,000 to The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) after breaching the Spam Act during 2009. According to ACMA, CommSec customers complained that they had continued to receive commercial messages despite having withdrawn their consent. The watchdog “also identified that…
JM: Privacy breached: Flow clients rail against directory listings
Mark Titus reports: Subscribers to Flow’s telephone service are demanding explanations at the sudden appearance of their private information in the national telephone directory, produced annually by a third party. But they will have to wait at least a year before the problem can be rectified. The telephone directory, though distributed by LIME Jamaica/Cable and…
Barnes & Noble Reassures Customers That It Has Never Shared Credit Card Information with Discount Clubs
From Dow Jones Newswires: Barnes and Noble Inc. (BKS) confirmed it received a subpoena involving an investigation into alleged online retail fraud, although the company stressed it doesn’t turn over personal or credit-card information to online discount clubs. “Customers should be reassured that their personal information, including credit- and debit-card information is not and never…