News tagged with federal policies

New lawsuit takes aim at Facebook privacy

A new lawsuit consolidating several complaints about Facebook's privacy policies was filed Friday in California, seeking damages for US users of the social network for improper tracking.

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created May 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Myspace settles privacy probe with FTC

(AP) -- Myspace, the once mighty social network, settled a privacy investigation by the Federal Trade Commission and agreed to submit to privacy audits over the next 20 years.

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created May 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lawsuit seeks to block Google's privacy changes (Update)

(AP) -- A consumer watchdog group is suing the Federal Trade Commission in an attempt to prevent Google from making sweeping changes to its privacy policies next month.

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created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook fixes photo privacy bug

Facebook has fixed a bug that allowed the viewing of some private photographs of other members and which was reportedly used to access personal pictures of founder Mark Zuckerberg.

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created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Google to kill Buzz, focus social efforts on Plus

Google is getting ready to press the mute button on Buzz, an online social networking service that turned into a massive faux pas.

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created Oct 14, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Websites fail to protect personal data, researchers contend

By signing in to many of the Web's most popular sites, consumers send their names, email addresses or other personal information to other websites and data-collection companies, according to a Stanford University study that ...

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created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4

Study links personal, corporate risk-taking

(PhysOrg.com) -- A CEO who enjoys the adrenaline rush of flying a private airplane is more likely than other chief executives to exhibit similarly bold management characteristics, according to a new study by finance professors ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wisconsin Poverty Report shows anti-poverty programs worked

The third Wisconsin Poverty Report released today (Wednesday, May 4), shows that expanded tax credits and food assistance programs helped shield the state's poorest residents from the worst effects of the recession.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Filtering truth?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Plans for mandatory internet filtering in Australia may see a wide range of material disappear from computer screens, according to research led by a UNSW academic.

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created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Google to draw up new privacy policy for books

(AP) -- Google has agreed to draw up a separate privacy policy for its digital library in response to a request from the Federal Trade Commission.

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created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Research: No evidence for 'too big to fail' policies

The U.S. economy would be better served by letting failing firms file for bankruptcy rather than by bailing them out under presumptive federal policies that deem them to be "too big to fail," according to ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 2