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RFID: Security, Privacy, and Good Public Policy - Part 2 of a 2 Part Analysis
White Papers This paper delves into the specific security, privacy, and policy concerns associated with widespread usage of RFID. Critics often downplay the benefits of RFID while exaggerating its risks to personal privacy and security.
[May 10, 2006, 1:00]
RealNetworks rewrites privacy policy
News The three new paragraphs, added to the company's privacy policy, admit that RealNetworks had, until now, been quietly collecting information about the music to which its users had listened. Real Networks uses GUIDs for statistical purposes and to...
[November 2, 1999, 14:12]
Amazon to revamp privacy policy
News Online retail giant Amazon.com plans to revamp its privacy policy in an attempt to address concerns raised by customers, consumer advocates and state regulators. Massachusetts attorney general Tom Reilly hailed Amazon's decision, saying in a...
[September 26, 2002, 8:02]
Google explains privacy policy on YouTube
News Google has posted a video on YouTube that explains aspects of its privacy policy. In the video, entitled "Google Privacy Policy: Plain and Simple", Maile Ohye, a senior support engineer, says: "To improve [Google] search results, as well as...
[August 9, 2007, 15:10]
Google privacy policy 'is vague'
Blog Speaking to the BBC, Peter Fleischer, Google's global privacy counsel, has said that elements of Google's privacy policy are 'vague' and need to be made more precise in response to European Union privacy concerns.
[May 31, 2007, 13:26]
Europe questions Google's privacy policy
News A privacy advisory group composed of representatives from all of the European Union countries sent Google a letter expressing concern over the search giant's new privacy policy announced in March. We believe it's an important part of our commitment...
[May 29, 2007, 9:05]
Yahoo! updates privacy policy
News has revised its privacy policy to more clearly describe how personal data will be treated in certain circumstances, company executives said. will transfer user information if it is acquired by another company and abide by the acquiring company's...
[March 28, 2002, 16:24]
Auction site backs off privacy-policy change
News EBay is backing off of a controversial revision to its privacy policy. The revision had said that eBay might make statements regarding privacy rules on its site that conflict with its official privacy policy.
[March 19, 2002, 16:05]
Google fleshes out Book Search privacy policy
News Google has released a more detailed privacy policy for its Google Books product, a move demanded in recent weeks by several critics of its settlement with publishers and authors. To provide all users with a clear understanding of our practices, and...
[September 4, 2009, 8:55]
Campaigners call for Google privacy policy link
News A conglomerate of privacy groups has called for Google to link to its privacy policy from its homepage, claiming not to do so contravenes Californian law. California law requires the operator of a commercial website to 'conspicuously post its...
[June 5, 2008, 11:29]
Facebook adopts revised privacy policy
News Facebook on Tuesday announced that it has decided to adopt a revised privacy policy designed to be more accessible and easier to understand. For more on this story, see Facebook adopts new privacy policy on CNET News.
[November 18, 2009, 7:48]
PC Expo: Microsoft outlines privacy protection policy
News In particular, Microsoft is making available a new Privacy Wizard that uses a set of guidelines created by the W3C to help Web sites craft privacy policies. To encourage the proliferation of privacy policies, Microsoft will make the Privacy Wizard...
[June 24, 1999, 9:41]
Watchdogs bark at eBay's privacy update
News EBay is updating its privacy policy and user agreements, making it easier for the company to disclose members' personal information or to ban people from the site. It was a bad privacy policy before, and it's an even worse policy now.
[February 27, 2002, 15:47]
Disney shares customer Web data
News Walt Disney has revised its online privacy policy to allow the sharing of user information to third parties, the company confirmed on Tuesday. New registrants who accept Disney's privacy policy during registration also accept all marketing options...
[December 24, 2003, 8:40]
Facebook backs down on privacy terms
News Social-networking site Facebook has backed down over a new privacy policy, reverting to its former terms of use on Tuesday night after complaints from users and a leading US data-protection group. The new privacy policy, introduced two weeks ago...
[February 18, 2009, 15:02]
AOL is keeping an eye on you
News A recent addition to America Online's privacy policy clears the way for the company to use online tracking tools, including cookies and Web bugs, to compile anonymous data about its members and measure the effectiveness of advertising.
[October 8, 2001, 10:46]
Windows Media: Watching you watching DVD
News Microsoft on Wednesday amended the privacy policy for its Windows Media Player after a noted computer security expert warned that the software keeps track of the DVD titles people watch. Smith went on to criticise the Windows Media privacy policy...
[February 21, 2002, 12:06]
UK Web sites fare badly on consumer rights
News Many European Web sites lack basic such consumer-protection measures as a privacy policy and information about order cancellations, despite EU directives requiring them, according to a new pan-European study.
[April 30, 2003, 16:45]
Yahoo! sued over private user data
News ordering it not to publish its privacy policy until the suit is resolved. s privacy policy, which allows consumers to control who may have access to its data. A Dallas judge Monday granted a temporary restraining order against Yahoo!
[December 30, 1999, 11:19]
US privacy groups call Amazon policy 'deceptive'
News Amazon.com's new privacy policy deceives consumers and violates laws against unfair business practices, privacy groups wrote Monday in a letter to the Federal Trade Commission. The initial wording in Amazon's privacy policy gave assurances it would...
[December 5, 2000, 14:14]
