Emily Chasan reports: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is exploring reforms that could provide companies with more information about the identity of their shareholders, a top agency official said on Wednesday. Companies usually have little information about stockholders due to long-standing practices about shareholder anonymity, and many would like better ways to contact them….
Google Dashboard lifts curtain on stored data
Tom Krazit reports: Google is proving to be well aware of the uneasiness among the public over the increasing amount of data it stores from users of its services. Google is launching Google Dashboard, a service that lets you log into a console and see all the personal data that the company maintains on a…
Tight controls urged in use of personal data
Dick Ahlstrom reports: People are in effect giving up a piece of their bodies when they provide personal biometric data, meaning tight controls are needed to ensure the data is properly used, according to the Irish Council of Bioethics. The council this morning publishes a considered opinion, “Biometrics: Enhancing Security or Invading Privacy?” The substantial…
Texas Woman Sues Facebook for Privacy Violations (Updated)
Worried about your privacy online? So is a woman from Texas, who’s suing Facebook and Blockbuster for posting too much information about her online. Cathryn Harris found out after the fact that Facebook added a note every time she rented a movie from Blockbuster — a note that contained her full name and the name…