"British officials are set to question Facebook over its data retention methods after a user complained that personal information remained on its severs after he deactivated his account.
Facebook's current system still retains some data even after an account is deleted. So...
Online, not all 'friends' are created equal.In fact, the rapidly evolving concepts of 'friendship' and privacy have been radically transformed by the use of social networks.But Facebook and Myspace are finally...
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Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell wants full access to cyberspace. This might already be happening. Soon the government will want a camera up everyones a**..."Spychief Mike McConnell is drafting a...
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"Katrina claims add up to quadrillionsby The Times-PicayuneMonday January 07, 2008, 7:46 PMBy Sheila Grissett, East Jefferson bureau
The most expensive Katrina claims filed so far against the Army Corps of Engineers -- those specifying damages of at least $1 billion each --...
It would be hard enough to get the privacy to grieve with a mother as famous as his, but when half the country is looking at you to lead it must take an enormous toll on Bhutto."Benazir Bhutto’s 19-year-old son...
I'm not particularly excited to participate in the 'Decline of the Britney Empire' hype machine, so let's keep this brief. In a celebrity saga that grows ever more disheartening with each narrative turn,...
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WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service today released final regulations and a related revenue procedure giving taxpayers greater protection and control over their tax return information held by tax return preparers. Treasury...
New Print Control Software Aids HIPAA and Data Protection Acts Security Compliance with Launch of Print Manager Plus Release Station 2008New release from Software Shelf protects confidential patient records,...
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Lunch with Vancouver
VO: Are we being watched?
Richard Smith: Yes. The world is becoming a very
highly surveilled place and Vancouver is kind of at the edge of
tumbling into the world of very surveilled...
Wired has an interesting article on Facebook's display advertisements that are known as "Social Ads":
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"These ads, bought by participating
businesses, insert your name and profile picture directly into...
""The general trend is that privacy is being extinguished in country after country," said Simon Davies, director of Privacy International. "Even those countries where we expected ongoing strong privacy protection, like Germany and Canada, are sinking into the mire."...
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The popular social networking site Facebook has recently expanded
public access to information about Facebook members, making the site an
even greater bonanza for finding personal information on millions of
people.
"And it makes me smi-i-ile...""Chart-topping pop singer Lily Allen is pregnant with her first child, it was confirmed today.
The 22-year-old is "thrilled" to be expecting a baby with Chemical Brothers musician Ed Simons, 37. The couple have been dating since September.
A...
This is essentially a case study highlighting a Facebook success story--successful in that thousands of people quickly mobilized around an issue and had their voices heard.Note the use of the NowPublicism...
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"A federal judge in Vermont has ruled that prosecutors can't force a criminal defendant accused of having illegal images on his hard drive to divulge his PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) passphrase.
U.S. Magistrate Judge Jerome Niedermeier ruled that a man charged with transporting...