Kenneth Corbin writes: Representatives of some of the leading social sites on the Web today urged federal regulators to resist calls to establish heavy-handed rules that would set limits on the use of consumer data on social networks, warning that far-reaching regulations would threaten to choke off a fast-growing sector of the digital economy. The…
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Google Fixes Toolbar Privacy Flaw – or Does It? (Updated)
Oops… although I reported concerns about Google’s toolbar identified by Ben Edelman, I seem to have missed the follow-up that Google subsequently addressed his concerns. Thomas Claburn of Information Week reported: Indeed, Google has acknowledged that its Toolbar wasn’t working as it should have been and has issued fix. “To be clear, this is only…
Happy Data Privacy Day!
Happy Data Privacy Day — or Data Protection Day, depending on where you are. This year, there seems to be many more events to celebrate DPD, and more blogs and news sites at least mentioning the day. That’s a Good Thing, but of course, there’s still much to be done in terms of creating a…
Canada’s Privacy Commissioner launches new Facebook probe
In response to a new public complaint, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada is once again launching an investigation into Facebook, the social networking site whose privacy policies and practices were the subject of a comprehensive probe by her Office last summer. The complaint focuses on a tool introduced by Facebook in mid-December 2009, which required…