Deborah Yao of Associated Press reports that: Parents who install a leading brand of software to monitor their kids’ online activities may be unwittingly allowing the company to read their children’s chat messages – and sell the marketing data gathered. Software sold under the Sentry and FamilySafe brands can read private chats conducted through Yahoo,…
Grade the Obama administration’s work on privacy!
From EFF: The Privacy Coalition is inviting the public to give the Obama Administration a grade on its privacy work thus far. Visit the Privacy Report Card page and vote to give the administration a grade anywhere from an “A” to an “F” — or, if you prefer, an “Incomplete.” https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/09/grade-obama-administrations Direct link to consumer…
Court: Employer not liable for worker’s online misdeeds
The Associated Press reports that 3rd District Court of Appeals has overturned a decision awarding 10 women $1.4 million for severe emotional distress after their Polaris Industries employee pictures were copied by an employee of Securitas Security Services (the security company providing security services to their employer) and then posted to porno sites on the…
Plaxo revises privacy policy
Plaxo‘s privacy policies are changing. According to a notice on their site, their privacy policy will be changing on October 6. They explain: Just as today we allow folks to sign up and sign in to Plaxo using identities from external websites, later this year we will allow you to sign up or sign in…