Apple Inc. released a free software update that corrects a security flaw in the iPhone, a day after a researcher showed how hackers could exploit the vulnerability to seize control of the device. “No one has been able to take control of the iPhone to gain access to personal information,’’ Tom Neumayr, an Apple spokesman,…
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Model says Medtronic’s ad scared his mom
The man in an ad a for prostate device wears a smile on his healthy- and happy-looking face. He isn’t smiling now. Ubaldo Dominguez Ramos, a 58-year-old model from Brooklyn Center, claims that Fridley-based Medtronic defamed him by illegally using his photograph in an ad touting its prostate device next to the words, “Now I…
Privacy Commissioner’s office releases strata corporation guidelines
B.C.’s Privacy Commissioner’s office today released ‘Privacy Guidelines for Strata Corporations and Strata Agents’. These new guidelines support B.C.’s strata corporations in meeting their privacy obligations under the Personal Information Protection Act and the Strata Property Act. Read more on Kelowna.com. Related: Privacy Guidelines
Ads get much more personal
For all the concern and uproar over online privacy, marketers and data companies have always known much more about consumers’ offline lives, like income, credit score, home ownership, even what car they drive and whether they have a hunting license. Recently, some of these companies have started connecting this mountain of information to consumers’ browsers….