The Information Commissioner’s Office has a recap of findings from an international survey: An international project looking at websites and apps used by children has raised concerns over the personal information collected. The project raised concerns about 41% of the 1,494 websites and apps considered, particularly around how much personal information was collected and how…
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Windows 10 “Privacy” Feature ‘Rats’ Kids To Their Parents
Kavita Iyer reports: A new privacy feature in Windows 10 sends a weekly “activity update” to parents carrying all the details of children’s internet browsing and computer history. More importantly the information is sent to the parents in an unsolicited email. The new operating system, which was rolled out last month as a free upgrade for users of Windows…
Comcast releases username that suggested U.S. politician molested children
David Mercer of Associated Press reports: Comcast Cable Communications has given a northern Illinois politician the identity of an Internet service subscriber whose account was used to post an anonymous comment online suggesting the politician molests children. Comcast turned over the name of the subscriber on Aug. 14, attorney Andrew Smith said Thursday, almost two…
NZ: What you need to know about the Ashley Madison breach
Sam Grover of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of New Zealand has written a post about the Ashley Madison data leak and what New Zealand law says about the use or any data in the data dump. Here are some excerpts: My name is in the data dump and people are threatening to…