Category: Misc

January 28th is  international Data Privacy Day, and many companies, firms, and groups are hosting events to increase public awareness. You can find out more about what’s going on here. So what are you doing?  Have you created your own tradition for the day? If not, how about making January 28th a day when you…

Here’s a great new service for San Francisco residents that I think you’d be nuts to use.  Elizabeth Harrington reports:  Don’t like the way that car is parked? A new service allows individuals in San Francisco to anonymously send text messages to strangers through their license tag numbers. “Helping neighbors avoid the pitfalls of parking…

From Concerned Privacy Advocates, Internet Activists, Journalists & Other Organizations: Skype Division President Tony Bates Microsoft Chief Privacy Officer Brendon Lynch Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith Dear Mr. Bates, Mr. Lynch and Mr. Smith, Skype is a voice, video and chat communications platform with over 600 million users worldwide, effectively making it one of the…

The General Petraeus- Paul Broadwell – Jill Kelley – General Allen scandal in the media has died down, but it took a tremendous toll on four individuals and their families- and for what? General Petraeus resigned after news of his past relationship with Broadwell went public, and General Allen’s character and conduct were called into…