News tagged with internet privacy policy

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

Consumer groups urge Google to delay privacy revamp

A coalition of European and US consumer advocacy groups made a last-ditch appeal to Internet search and advertising giant Google on Wednesday to delay changes to its privacy policies.

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created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

S. Korea urges Google to improve privacy

South Korean regulators Tuesday voiced concerns over Google's controversial plan to merge user data from YouTube, Gmail, Google+ and other services in individual comprehensive profiles.

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created Feb 28, 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 can get you fired: Research reveals the perils of social networking for school employees

School administrators are facing a growing dilemma resulting from social networking that goes beyond preventing cyber-bullying among students. They're also faced with balancing the rights of privacy and free speech of educators ...

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created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US lawmakers seek Google answers on privacy

Two US lawmakers have asked Google chief Larry Page to brief congress on changes to the Internet search giant's privacy policies, citing concerns about collection and sharing of personal data.

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created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Google revising privacy policies, data use

Google said it is revising its privacy policies and changing how it uses data from users of its services to provide more personalized search results and advertisements.

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created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Online consumers willing to pay premium for Net privacy, study says

Online consumers thought to be motivated primarily by savings are, in fact, often willing to pay a premium for purchases from online vendors with clear, protective privacy policies, according to a new study in the current ...

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created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Web site tracks policy changes at popular sites

(AP) -- A new Web site unveiled Thursday will track policies imposed by popular Internet sites such as Facebook and Google, hoping to help users spot potentially harmful changes.

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created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Report: Widespread data sharing, 'Web bugs'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley's School of Information released a report late Monday (June 1) showing that the most popular Web sites in the United States all share ...

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created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0