LinkedIn users are being urged to contact the company to complain after it was revealed that a change in privacy policy now allows third-party advertisers to harvest users’ profile information and pictures in their ads by default. Blogger Steve Woodruff appears to have been the first to notice the changes to LinkedIn’s Terms of Use, which force…
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S. Korea plans to scrap online real-name system
It appears that a massive data breach affecting 35 million South Koreans who use popular portal and social networking sites Nate and Cyworld has served as a wake-up call for the government: The South Korea government will push ahead with plans to scrap the current real-name system for Internet users in the wake of the…
On Its Own, Europe Backs Web Privacy Fights
Suzanne Daley reports: MADRID — All 90 people wanted information deleted from the Web. Among them was a victim of domestic violence who discovered that her address could easily be found through Google. Another, well into middle age now, thought it was unfair that a few computer key strokes could unearth an account of her…
Will Drones Save Privacy Law?
Ryan Calo is guest-blogging on Concurring Opinions this month and starts off with a bang: Drones are coming to a city near you. On one view, they will further compromise our dwindling privacy. This post explores whether they might instead drag privacy law into the twenty-first century. Thanks to Danielle Citron for the charitable introduction and to…