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Most people are familiar with the original form of extortion marketing on the internet. The scam was to register someone’s domain name and then try to sell it to the owner of the trademark or brand for a profit. That practice has largely ended with the application of [...]
Some people thought we were exaggerating when we wrote Your TV will be spying on you next.
Well, it is happening much faster than even we anticipated. Today, May 07, 2010, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued an order in favour of the corporate movie industry lobby, Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). The order grants [...]
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This alert is directed at anyone who may have reason to provide information to the National Retail Federation, particularly retailers and employees of retailers who are members of that federation. If you have at any point provided any information that you considered sensitive or private, you should immediately [...]
Recently we have received numerous communications challenging the warning in our Privacy & Identity Overview (among other places) that Google scans and indexes private email sent from or to any GMail email address.
The claim is not an idle paranoia, but merely a reporting of Google’s own public statements.
"Like most email services, Gmail uses software to [...]
People have largely accepted that privacy is difficult to protect on the internet, if it they believe it is possible at all. Tips and tools on this site can go a long way to making privacy on the internet much easier than is commonly thought, but far too few people are either aware or care [...]
During November hearings by the Canadian Radio television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC, equiv to U.S. FCC), the CEO of Rogers revealed in an offhand side comment that the company has plans to uniquely identify the activities of television viewers in the future.
The CRTC is holding hearings, primarily concerning the massive content piracy being perpetrated by [...]
FreeCreditReport.com is owned by Experian, the credit reporting bureau through its ConsumerInfo.com properties.
Our review of the ConsumerInfo.com Privacy Notice resulted in the following ratings: CYA, Good Disclosure, Avoid.
The Avoid rating represents a fail. In their policy, this Experian company asserts:
“We may disclose information about you to affiliated and non-affiliated third parties.”
Through a recent complaint against Windows Live, TRUSTe has demonstrated that it has standards that are far below what is expected to provide minimum standards of privacy protection.
It is essential for users and businesses to understand the unacceptably weakness of TRUSTe standards so that false sense of security is not had when seeing the TRUSTe [...]Others in this GroupComplaint filed with TRUSTe – August 19, 2009Microsoft TRUSTe Complaint Closed – September 30, 2009Microsoft lies to TRUSTe? – September 29, 2009TRUSTe not to be trusted (This post) – October 16, 2009TRUSTe starts complaints process against Microsoft – August 20, 2009
One sentence inn the MySpace Privacy Policy reveals there is a Fox in the chicken coup, specifically Rupert Murdoch’s Fox and other other media holdings under the umbrella of NewsCorp or News America Group.
That sentence is:
“MySpace also may share your PII with Affiliated Companies if it has a business reason to do so.”
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CrystalTech Web Hosting Inc fails the most basic criteria for a responsible Privacy Policy, so much so that the Secure Surfing Organization advises individuals and businesses to exclude this company from any consideration. Stay away from this company unless and until it publishes a Privacy Policy that actually [...]
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