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Google's Privacy Dashboard Doesn't Tell Us Anything We Didn't Know Before
Written by Frederic Lardinois / November 5, 2009 9:19 AM / 5 Comments

Earlier this morning, Google launched the Google Dashboard. This new feature gives users a quick overview of the

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Facebook Settlement Gets Judge's OK
Written by Sarah Perez / October 26, 2009 6:10 AM / 0 Comments

Proposal Would Kill Beacon, Have Facebook Paying $9.5 Million Late last week, a federal judge in California gave

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Don't Worry - Facebook is Not Going to Expose Your Private Messages to Search
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / October 23, 2009 8:55 AM / 13 Comments

Microsoft announced this week that it has made a deal to include public updates from Facebook in its

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iPhone Developer Steals Customers' Phone Numbers, Calls Them
Written by Sarah Perez / September 30, 2009 6:30 AM / 7 Comments

Company calls customers in attempt to sell paid version of mobile app Within iTunes' user ratings section of

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Facebook Data Mining: Truth in Association?
Written by Dana Oshiro / September 20, 2009 7:41 PM / 4 Comments

With a product as ubiquitous as Facebook, the public has raised a number of privacy-related concerns including optional

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Is This a Joke? eBay and Verizon Win Privacy Award
Written by Dana Oshiro / September 16, 2009 7:34 PM / 9 Comments

In a surprise announcement, eBay, and Verizon have been awarded the top titles of "Most Trusted Companies for

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5 Easy Steps to Stay Safe (and Private!) on Facebook
Written by Sarah Perez / September 16, 2009 8:05 AM / 28 Comments

When the President of the United States warns schoolchildren to watch what they say and do on Facebook,

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Facebook Backs Off Total Exposure Requirement to Use Apps
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / August 27, 2009 10:14 AM / 6 Comments

Facebook announced today that after facing legal pressure from the Canadian government, it will begin working on ways

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What Facebook Quizzes Know About You
Written by Sarah Perez / August 27, 2009 7:29 AM / 39 Comments

The Northern California chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has put together a campaign to raise

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Firefox 3.5: Browsing Privacy
Written by Dana Oshiro / August 26, 2009 11:00 PM / 9 Comments

In the age of transparency, it appears some of us are embarrassed to be ourselves. Maybe you're a

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Facebook to Address Privacy Concerns in Canada
Written by Dana Oshiro / August 17, 2009 5:40 PM / 4 Comments

A month ago, Canada's privacy commissioner Jennifer Stoddard announced that Facebook did not satisfy Canadian privacy law on

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Dear iPhone Users: Your Apps are Spying on You
Written by Sarah Perez / August 17, 2009 6:25 AM / 35 Comments

Recently, Palm came under fire when programmer Joey Hess discovered the Pre's smartphone OS was sending users' GPS

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EFF Calls on Companies to Encrypt Location-Based Data
Written by Dana Oshiro / August 5, 2009 8:00 PM / 1 Comments

The reason why Steven Seagal's 80's movies lack relevance for modern day audiences is because if a group

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Does that Facebook App Have a Privacy Policy? Probably Not.
Written by Sarah Perez / July 29, 2009 6:35 AM / 7 Comments

When you're installing a new Facebook application, you probably don't think about the app's privacy policy, but perhaps

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This Message will Self-Destruct: New Tool Makes Online Postings Disappear
Written by Sarah Perez / July 22, 2009 5:59 AM / 15 Comments

On the internet, data lives forever. Once you post something to the web, you see, you simply can't

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Canada Tells Facebook to Improve Its Privacy Practices
Written by Frederic Lardinois / July 16, 2009 8:21 AM / 4 Comments

If Facebook wants to comply with Canadian privacy laws, the company will have to make some changes to

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Facebook's New Events Publisher Demonstrates How Wrong the Site's New Privacy Strategy Is
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / July 8, 2009 11:34 AM / 22 Comments

"Dear Grandma, would you like to come out to the bar with my friends and I for a

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Facebook Wants You to Be Less Private - But Why?
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / July 1, 2009 1:56 PM / 31 Comments

Facebook held a conference call today about changes being made to the website's privacy features but we were

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Facebook's New Privacy Policies: Live Blogging the Press Call
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / July 1, 2009 9:32 AM / 3 Comments

Facebook is holding a press webcast and phone call this morning regarding upcoming changes to its privacy policies

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Social Network Users Reportedly Concerned About Privacy, but Behavior Says Otherwise
Written by Sarah Perez / June 30, 2009 9:02 AM / 5 Comments

Recently, new data from security solutions company Webroot revealed some interesting insights into the thoughts and behaviors of

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