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FTC settles with Facebook, alleges promises weren’t kept

30

Nov

2011

The United States Federal Trade Commission announced a proposed settlement with Facebook Inc. over their alleged deceptive practices regarding privacy. The FTC launched an investigation into Facebook after a complaint was filed by the Electonic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and a coalition of other privacy groups. The FTC’s investigation resulted in an eight-count complaint against […]

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Will Do Not Track make a difference to web privacy?

17

Nov

2011

Earlier this week the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) released the first drafts of two new privacy standards aimed at simplifying and standardising how websites read and comply with web users’ privacy settings. The Tracking Preference Expression and Tracking Compliance and Scope standards define a ‘Do Not Track’ (DNT) mechanism that will allow users to […]

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Divorcing couple ordered to hand over Facebook and dating site passwords

15

Nov

2011

Do you, Facebook user, take your privacy, as stated in Terms of Service, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, through scams and through flirtations with high school sweethearts, in viral malware and in health, to love and to shield your adulterous licentiousness, till death do you part? Forget […]

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