Tag: Stuff

Microsoft: Google Bypasses Privacy Settings On Internet Explorer
Lately you have to imagine that Larry Page and the rest of the Google leadership wake up every morning and, before the grogginess of the morning has even flaked off, make a wish th...
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Congress Gets Involved In Google’s Latest Privacy Scandal
Google made news in a big way last week with the revelation that...
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FTC Responds To EPIC Google Privacy Suit
Two weeks ago we brought you news that the Electronic Privacy Inf...
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Interview: What the FBI’s Social Media Monitoring Tool Could Look Like
In January, the FBI openly requested help from the tech community in the development of a social media...
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Google Exploited Loophole To Track Safari Users’ Browsing Habits
Google has made plenty of news lately over concerns with how they handle user privacy. Now it looks like they may have been circumventing privacy settings in Apple’s Safari browser...
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Posting Someone’s Photo To Facebook Without Permission Is Rude, Says Majority
I'm sure plenty of you know the feeling: You wake up after a night of partying a little too hard and the first thing that you think (other than how much you need a glass of water)...
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Porn Site Caught Using Teens’ Facebook Photos
Girls at a Boston area Vocational High School are a little more than upset after it was discovered that a porn site had been using their Facebook photos without their knowledge or...
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FTC Totally Concerned About Privacy On Mobile Apps For Kids
In all likelihood, mobile app developers probably don't discriminate when it comes to sponging information from kids and adults alike. To most of them, private info is a bunch of l...
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Apple to Require “Explicit User Approval” For Contact Data Access
As previously reported, Apple received a letter from Congress questioning t...
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Twitter Caught Storing Users’ Phone Contacts For 18 Months (Or More)
Is it even surprising anymore to find out that social media companies have been covertly plumbing personal information from users? Maybe it's because I've become so acclimated to h...
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Google Responded To the FTC On Privacy Issues Before EPIC Sued
Yesterday we brought you news that the Electronic Privacy Informa...
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Underage Girls Targeted For Sex In Intricate Facebook Fake Identity Scam
Since the advent of the internet, people have always cited the relative "anonymity" that it provides as both a strength and a danger. Are people really who they say they are? Any...
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EPIC Google Privacy Suit Gets Expedited
Yesterday we brought you news that the Electronic Privacy Informa...
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Google Responds To EPIC Lawsuit
Earlier this afternoon we brought you news that the Electronic Pr...
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Privacy Watchdog EPIC Sues To Block Google’s New Privacy Policy
The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has filed suit to block Google’s new unified privacy policy. They claim that the new policy violates a consent order issued in Octo...
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