Scott Graham writes: Plaintiffs appear to be in the driver’s seat in two big privacy class actions against Google. The suits over Gmail and Street View have survived motions to dismiss, and the Ninth Circuit has emphatically rejected Google’s appeal in the Street View case. This is a point where settlement discussions would typically intensify….
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Stanford researchers discover ‘alarming’ method for phone tracking, fingerprinting through sensor flaws
James Temple writes: One afternoon late last month, security researcher Hristo Bojinov placed his Galaxy Nexus phone face up on the table in a cramped Palo Alto conference room. Then he flipped it over and waited another beat. And that was it. In a matter of seconds, the device had given up its “fingerprints.” Code running on…
Hundreds of US companies make false data protection claims
Nikolaj Nielsen reports: Hundreds of US-based companies handling EU citizens’ data have lied about belonging to a data protection arrangement known as the Safe Harbour Framework. Christopher Connolly, a director at Galexia, an Australian-based consulting company on internet law and privacy, told the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee on Monday (7 October) that “many claims…
Privacy advocates slam Google, Facebook changes
Marie Szaniszlo reports: Privacy advocates were dealt a one-two punch this week as Google announced plans to sell some of its users’ information for use in advertisements, and Facebook said it’s removing the privacy setting for Timeline searches. Read more on Boston Herald. Kristin Burnham has more on the Facebook changes on InformationWeek.