Facebook will be revamping their privacy controls over the next few weeks. The plan is to consolidate existing privacy pages more than two dozen settings into a single privacy page. But at least one person on the conference call today was left with nagging questions. Marshall Kirkpatrick of ReadWriteWeb comments: But it is pretty clear…
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UPC in court over ‘three strikes’ policy
Cable broadband provider UPC has confirmed that it has been served with a plenary summons by solicitors acting on behalf of the ‘Big Four’ record labels EMI, Warner, Universal and Sony over its refusal to implement a ‘three strikes’ against illegal downloaders. UPC told siliconrepublic.com that it is now preparing its defence and intends to…
McDonald’s can sue employee over naked pix
There was another development in court concerning the lawsuit (pdf) filed by Arkansas couple Tina and Phillip Sherman against McDonald’s, Matthews Mangement, and the franchise’s manager, Aaron Brummley after nude pictures on a cellphone accidentally left in the Fayetteville McDonald’s were uploaded to the web. Although the court wouldn’t dismiss the complaint (see Matthews Management’s…
Gartner: Firms still playing privacy catch-up
Even though most enterprises have created a position to oversee privacy in their IT operations, many of those programs miss the target, often owing to budget shortfalls, according to an industry analyst. “Privacy programs tend to be underfunded,” Gartner’s Arabella Hallawell said here at the research firm’s annual Information Security Summit. […] Privacy issues, concerning…