LifeLock issued a press release in which it says that it has filed a motion to reconsider in California’s U.S. District Court in the case of Experian v. LifeLock. Last month, the court had granted Experian’s motion for partial summary judgment and had blocked LifeLock from placing fraud alerts for customers. The court held that…
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Kr: Customer Database to Get Better Protection
Korea is increasing the number of businesses and entities required to provide better data protection. Despite a strengthening of privacy protection, skeptics say that the root cause is the current practice in which businesses and organizations require people to submit their resident registration codes and other verifiable data for accessing even the simplest Web applications….
Facebook ‘Fans:’ Hack Exposed Private Profile
FBHive, a new site covering news and opinions about Facebook started by ‘two twenty-something guys’ who are self-proclaimed ‘avid fans’ of the social networking service, is launching today with a bang. According to the website owners, a security loophole allows anyone to view private profile information even if that information has been shielded off by…
Social networks subject to EU laws
Social networking sites are legally responsible for their users’ privacy, Europe’s privacy watchdogs have confirmed. A committee of data protection regulators has said that the sites are ‘data controllers’, with all the legal obligations that brings. Users of the sites are also data controllers with legal obligations when they are posting on behalf of a…