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How to Reclaim Your Digital Privacy From Online Tracking
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SecurityYou can log out, but you can’t hide
A new study from Ghostery, an ad-tracking tool, shows that an overwhelming majority (79%) of websites globally are tracking visitors' data — with 10% …
SecurityYes, that Netflix tweet is creepy — and raises serious privacy questions
Netflix's ability to extrapolate detailed and specific viewing habits from its vast data set leaves troubling questions about its employees' access …
SecurityISPs can do what they want as long as they disclose it, under new FCC/FTC agreement
• The FCC and FTC have drafted a set of rules for ISPs to follow after the net neutrality repeal on Thursday<br>• The agreement is said to ensure ISPs “live up to the promises they make to consumers”<br>• Under the new rules, ISPs would be able to employ throttling, paid prioritization and website blocking, so …
InternetNetflix accused of spying on users after 'creepy' tweet
Referencing A Christmas Prince, a film Netflix produced and is extensively promoting, the company claimed 53 users had watched it every day for the …
UK NewsEFF to Court: LinkedIn is wrong about accessing publicly available information online
EFF is fighting another attempt by a giant corporation to take advantage of our poorly drafted federal computer crime statute for commercial advantage—without any regard for the impact on the rest of us. This time the culprit is LinkedIn. The social networking giant wants violations of its …
SecurityLinkedIn Presses For Right To Ban HiQ From Scraping Data
Pushing back against arguments that its website is public, LinkedIn says it's entitled to prevent outside companies that violate its policies from …
Advertising IndustryUber completely mishandled data breach disclosure: Former Ontario privacy commissioner
Uber has disclosed that 815,000 Canadians may have had their personal data compromised, after the federal privacy commissioner launched an …
SecurityProtecting Your Data When Using Browser Extensions
<b>Q</b><b>.</b> <i>I was installing a browser extension the other day, and the software said it needed to “read and change all the data on the websites you visit.” Why is this, and should I be worried?</i><p><b>A.</b> Browser extensions meant to perform tasks — like finding coupon deals or stopping videos from automatically …
SoftwareUber says 815,000 Canadians affected by data breach as investigation launched
Uber Canada said late Monday that 815,000 Canadian riders and drivers may have been affected as part of its worldwide data breach announced in …
Identity TheftHow Good Privacy Practices Help Protect Your Company Brand
Follow these five guidelines to keep your organization's data protected.<p>Your brand can be one of your company's most valuable assets. It can command …
SecurityHIV patients accuse city of violating privacy by giving out personal data without notice
The city of Portland is apologizing to more than 200 patients previously enrolled in its HIV-positive health program for not telling them it planned …
SecurityUnderstanding the Data Protection White Paper Part XI: Establishing proper deterrent consequences for privacy violations
<i>This article is Part 11 of a multi-part series explaining the recently issued white paper on data protection in India. The responses to the white</i> …
SecurityLegal Aid Demands Info on NYC’s Use of Social Monitoring
MANHATTAN (CN) — The Legal Aid Society has sued the Manhattan district attorney for refusing to divulge whether he buys information from social-media …
Social MediaDate Night Sweepstakes - LA Kings Giveaway
<b>LA KINGS DATE NIGHT SWEEPSTAKES</b><p><b>OFFICIAL RULES</b><p><b>NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT REQUIRED TO ENTER OR WIN.<br>SWEEPSTAKES VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.</b><p>The details of the …
NHLWhat Price Privacy?
As promised, I’m picking up the thread from last week’s column on why we seem OK with trading privacy for convenience.<p>The simple -- and most …
SecurityCo-Working Startups Eye New Growth Driver: Accounting Change
Co-working firms like WeWork have historically relied on sleek office designs and amenities like beers on tap to bring in new business. Now, they are …
BusinessIndia's markets regulator probes prescient messages in WhatsApp groups
India’s market regulator is “seriously” looking into the issue of prescient messages on company results circulated by market insiders in private …
SecurityBig tech wants the ICO on EU data protection board in Brexit fallout
The advertising lobby and tech megacorps including Facebook and Twitter are pushing for the UK's data protection watchdog to have full voting rights …
SecurityMarket regulator SEBI to probe data leaks via WhatsApp | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis
The markets regulator is "seriously" looking into the complaints about some individuals allegedly circulating key financial details and other market …
Business (India)Proposed Law Would Criminalize Failures to Report Data Breaches
Dianne J. BourqueRyan J. CuthbertsonJurisdiction: All FederalType of Law: Communications, Media & InternetCorporate & Business Organizations
LawInsurance Commissions Approve Data Security Model Law
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) has approved its draft of the Insurance Data Security Model Law (Model Law) via a meeting …
CybersecurityPrivacy Edition
As smartwatches gain in popularity, innovative uses for the wearable technology, along with privacy concerns, continue to pop up. In this roundup, we …
LawHow Email Open Tracking Quietly Took Over the Web
"I just came across this email," began the message, a long overdue reply. But I knew the sender was lying. He’d opened my email nearly six months …
SecurityPeople losing it over this 'creepy' Netflix tweet really don't understand the internet
Yesterday Netflix freaked out some subsets of internet culture with a relatively harmless tweet some are now calling ‘creepy.’ The tweet read:<p>‘A Christmas Prince,” starring… doesn’t matter, you’ve never heard of them, is a Netflix original about an undercover reporter that… again, doesn’t matter. …
Bad ScienceWhat Would You Pay to Keep Your Digital Footprint 100% Private?
Last year, the rather ironic rumor that Mark Zuckerberg covers his laptop camera and mic made the rounds. As Antonio Garcia Martinez points out in <i>Chaos Monkeys</i>, a provocative new book on the Facebook founder, “it’s not the rats who first abandon a sinking ship. It’s the crew members who know how to …
SecurityThe GDPR Will Fundamentally Change Marketing
Make no mistake about it: the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is coming to the business world — including the North American business world …
SecurityNetflix silent about ridicule as it discusses user's viewing habits
A tweet sent in jest from Netflix's official Twitter account on Sunday evening has called the company's data practices into question.<p>"To the 53 …
SecuritySupreme Court is right to protect privacy of text messages
The Supreme Court of Canada last week acquitted an Ontario man convicted of trafficking handguns. And as distasteful as that ruling may sound, it was …
SecurityTHE (NOT SO) SAFE HARBOR DEFENSE
Dealing with a financially distressed customer? Considering how to avoid a fraudulent transfer a claw-back in the customer were to seek bankruptcy …
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