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Changes to Facebook privacy controls
Toronto :: Canada | about 17 hours ago
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Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg Photograph: Craig Ruttle/AP Facebook has outraged civil liberties campaigners after introducing new privacy settings that could dramatically increase the amount of personal information people expose online.
Tags: privacy settings, Craig Ruttle/AP Facebook, privacy control, gives users, social networking, allows users, million members, facebook rolled, million users, personal information, Canada, Toronto, Technology Internet, Facebook, Online social networking, Web 2.0, Privacy, Social information processing, Criticism of Facebook, Blog hosting services, Blog software, Social media, Microblogging, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook features, Internet, Social network service, Twitter, Internet privacy, Marc Rotenberg
Gear up to protect personal info
Boston :: MA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility S tarting in March, Massachusetts will have what is arguably the nation’s strictest regulations protecting personal information such as Social Security numbers. That’s great news for those of us who don’t want to have our identity stolen, but it’s a burden...
Tags: Dave Wilson, protection personal, personal information, Boston, Identity management, Privacy, Law, Personally identifiable information
Holiday shoppers must be cautious
Bowling Green :: KY :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility The Daily News, jmink@bgdailynews.com /783-3246 Saturday, December 5, 2009 12:11 AM CST As retailers heavily promote online sales and customers rush to get cyber deals, consumer advocates are offering advice for safe Internet shopping...And as holiday...
Tags: Better Business Bureau, shopping bags, credit cards, Reanna Smith-Hamblin, personal information, Bowling Green, Theft, Identity theft, Online shopping, Shoppers Drug Mart, Payment systems, Credit card, Retailing, Electronic commerce
Take precautions when shopping online this season
Tallahassee :: FL :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility With the growing usage of the Internet as a means of holiday shopping come the hazards of computer viruses, spyware and loss of your personal information. The advice this season from computer and security experts: Be careful out there in cyberland. ...
Tags: personal information, shops online, Blake Dowling, Tallahassee, Online shopping, Computer network security, Malware, Rogue software, Embedded systems, Technology Internet, Debit card, Electronic commerce, Spyware
Beware text message scam in Merced County
Merced :: CA :: USA | 14 days ago
Credibility A new text message scam has been reported in Merced County -- and sheriff's investigators are warning residents to beware...Customers with AT&T cell phone accounts have been targeted, according to Sheriff Mark Pazin...To reactivate the card, the message...
Tags: text message, Mark Pazin, MERCO Credit Union, Mike Malone, personal information, message scams, Merced, Istria, Pazin, Spamming, Social engineering, Credit union
RCMP slow to fight child porn: report
Ottawa :: Canada | 15 days ago
Credibility Internet child-porn offenders has been bogged down by technological setbacks and a chronic shortage of officers, says a newly released report. The Mounties have also failed, for four years running, to spend about 40 per cent of the money budgeted for...
Tags: RCMP, child porn, Canada, Signy Arnason, personal information, Ottawa, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Child pornography, Social Issues, Child abuse, Law Crime, Cybertip.ca
Brumby's department 'not secure'
Melbourne :: Australia | 15 days ago
Credibility Auditor-General Des Pearson is scathing in a report tabled to parliament on Wednesday over the lack of effective and coordinated measures to protect personal information used by the public service. He has particularly directed criticism at the premier's...
Tags: personal information, information secure, Mr Pearson, Australia, Melbourne, Computer security, Security, Business Finance, Crime prevention, United States Department of the Treasury, Data security, Information security, National security
Wheat board shared farmers' ‘personal data' with companies
Winnipeg :: Canada | 18 days ago
Credibility C ompanies that buy grain may be getting more than they paid for. The Canadian Wheat Board, apparently for no reason, shared “sensitive information” about farmers with companies that buy and handle grain, says a newly released document.
Tags: personal information, CWB, sensitive information, handle agents, Canada, Winnipeg, Audit, Wheat, Canadian Wheat Board, Wheat pool
Health Net takes 6 months to alert 450K of ID breach
Bridgeport :: CT :: USA | 21 days ago
Credibility Shelton-based Health Net of the Northeast Inc. surprised state officials and regulators Wednesday when it admitted private information on 450,000 Connecticut residents has been missing for about a half-year. According to the company and state regulators,...
Tags: Health Net Inc., disk drive, Thomas Sullivan, personal information, id breach, Bridgeport
ID theft laws stuck in queue
Sydney :: Australia | 23 days ago
Credibility It would also allow victims to obtain a magistrate's certificate confirming misuse of their personal information, to assist in their negotiations with banks and other authorities. But the bill has made no progress since March, when Senator Ludwig warned...
Tags: personal information, Victorian, Australia, Sydney, Social Issues, Law Crime
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