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…
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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…
UK: Google ordered to remove search results by ICO
Google Inc. has been ordered to remove nine search results after the ICO ruled that they linked to information about a person that was no longer relevant. Of note, this relates to a case where Google had agreed to delist original search results, but then refused to delist search results to media sites that reported…