Tories under fire for Jewish New Year cards
CTV.ca – Canada
Canada’s Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart has investigated the lists and found that they don’t break any privacy rules. …
Faceless no more: Social networking comes with a price
Globe and Mail – Canada
While our digital footprint expands, privacy erodes. More and more, social networkers who are not obsessively careful face the prospect of identity theft, …
Your privacy, your responsibility says Ontario Privacy Commissioner
ITBusiness.ca – Scarborough,Ontario,Canada
Ann Cavoukian talks about working with Facebook on boosting user privacy, and has some cautionary words for job seekers using social networking. …
Microsoft defends IE8 ‘phone home’ feature, clarifies privacy policy
Computerworld – Framingham,MA,USA
Google made the change in response to criticism from consumers, European Union officials and others who were concerned over the possible privacy …
Browser Wars Heat Up as Firefox Adds ‘Privacy Mode’
NewsFactor Network – Woodland Hills,CA,USA
By Barry Levine Mozilla’s Firefox 3.1 will have a “privacy mode” when its released in beta in October. The move by Mozilla heats up the browser wars between …
Firefox 3.1 to gain modicum of privacy
CNET News – San Francisco,CA,USA
Now, Mozilla has announced through the Firefox 3.1 status tracker that a privacy toggle will be a baked-in feature. It turns out that Mozilla has had such a …
Security expert: Google anonymization not anonymous enough
Ars Technica – Boston,MA,USA
Google also discusses the privacy implications of ad-supported services relative to conventional commercial services. Google acknowledges that it uses the …
Google Chrome Loses Luster over EULA, Privacy Concerns
eWeek – New York, NY
Google’s Omnibox also raises privacy concerns, but these don’t seem to have much merit. Are you comfortable using Google Chrome? …
Google’s Supposed Enhancements to Privacy are ‘Totally Worthless’
U.S. News & World Report – Washington,DC,USA
Google got good play the other day for saying it would enhance privacy protections, reducing from 18 to nine months the time it would keep identifiable …