From EPIC.org: EPIC and other privacy groups sent a letter to the federal judge overseeing a class-action settlement against Facebook in California, opposing the settlement as unfair and unreasonable. As proposed, the settlement does not provide any benefit for Facebook users whose private data was illegally exposed by Facebook “Beacon.” Instead, the deal would create…
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Ca: Privacy complaint filed against youth-oriented social networking site Nexopia
Michael Oliveira reports: Canada’s privacy commissioner should investigate how a youth-oriented social networking site uses the personal information of its members, an Ottawa-based consumer advocacy group said Tuesday. The Public Interest Advocacy Centre has filed a complaint with Jennifer Stoddart about Nexopia’s alleged “unnecessary and non-consensual use and disclosure of personal information.” Nexopia boasts that…
CAPAPA celebrates Data Privacy Day across Canada – Mark Your Calendars
In addition to all the events previously listed for Data Privacy Day, which is January 28, CAPAPA sends this press release of all the privacy-related events being held in Canada: CAPAPA (Canadian Association of Professional Access and Privacy Administrators), Canada’s leading association of privacy and access professionals, is leading the nation-wide Data Privacy Day campaign…
Virgin Media to trial piracy-detection software
Barry Collins reports: For Alan Ellis, last week was a good one: he was acquitted of conspiracy to commit fraud. The prosecution had argued that the 26-year-old received at least £190,000 in donations to Oink, his filesharing website. Until Oink was shut down in 2007, it had, the crown claimed, helped 200,000 users illegally to…