Aside from the very real need to worry about outright identity theft, there is a growing need to be concerned about privacy and reputation protection.
If you think all the concern about privacy threats on the internet is just a bunch of hype, you should seriously do some homework. The threats to privacy are more pervasive [...]
Blogger Terms of Service
Welcome to Blogger! Before you begin using Blogger, you must read and agree to these Blogger Terms of Service (“Terms of Service”) and the following terms and conditions and policies, including any future amendments (collectively, the “Agreement”):
* Google Terms of Service – Google’s general terms and conditions (http://www.google.com/terms_of_service.html)
* Google Privacy Policy – [...]Others in this Group An Introduction – Terms of Service – June 25, 20091and1 Terms and Conditions – August 4, 2009A9.com Conditions of Use – July 25, 2009Amazon.com Conditions of Use – July 25, 2009Anonymizer Terms of Use – July 10, 2009Aol Registered User Terms Of Service – August 2, 2009Aol.com Terms of Use – August 2, 2009Authorize.Net Terms of Use – …Read the rest – Blogger Terms of Service
by Glenn Caleval
No not the kind of crock that contains cookies. The kind that tells you you’re being fed a crock… The intensive campaigning against computer cookies is, for the most part, hype and fear-mongering.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that reside on your own computer. They contain basic information that makes web sites [...]
Gmail Program Policies
Updated as of September 12, 2008
To uphold the quality and reputation of Google Gmail, your use of Gmail is subject to these program policies. If you are found to be in violation of our policies at any time, as determined by Google in its sole discretion, we may warn you or suspend or [...]Others in this Group An Introduction – Terms of Service – June 25, 20091and1 Terms and Conditions – August 4, 2009A9.com Conditions of Use – July 25, 2009Amazon.com Conditions of Use – July 25, 2009Anonymizer Terms of Use – July 10, 2009Aol Registered User Terms Of Service – August 2, 2009Aol.com Terms of Use – August 2, 2009Authorize.Net Terms of Use – …Read the rest – Google – Gmail Program Policies
Google Maps/Earth Terms of Service
By downloading, installing, or using the Google Earth software, accessing or using the Google Maps service (together, the “Products” or “Services”), or accessing or using any of the content available within the Products, you agree to be bound by the following: (1) the Google Terms of Service (the “Universal Terms”); (2) [...]Others in this Group An Introduction – Terms of Service – June 25, 20091and1 Terms and Conditions – August 4, 2009A9.com Conditions of Use – July 25, 2009Amazon.com Conditions of Use – July 25, 2009Anonymizer Terms of Use – July 10, 2009Aol Registered User Terms Of Service – August 2, 2009Aol.com Terms of Use – August 2, 2009Authorize.Net Terms of Use – …Read the rest – Google Maps/Earth Terms of Service
The New York Times and other media are reporting Google has rebuffed demands by privacy advocates that the search engine commit to protecting reader privacy when it launches its new “digital library.”
For some time Google has been building a massive database of books that it will make available to users of its search engine. Authors [...]
In testimony before Canada’s Parliamentary committee studying the privacy implications of Google street-level mass photography, Jonathan Lister, Head of Google Canada testified that Members of Parliament should not be concerned about Google storing personal information about Canadians on U.S. servers because the U.S. could get it anyway.
The concern about where the data is physically stored [...]
Google Terms of Service – United States
Welcome to Google!
1. Your relationship with Google
1.1 Your use of Google’s products, software, services and web sites (referred to collectively as the “Services” in this document and excluding any services provided to you by Google under a separate written agreement) is subject to the terms of a legal agreement [...]Others in this Group An Introduction – Terms of Service – June 25, 20091and1 Terms and Conditions – August 4, 2009A9.com Conditions of Use – July 25, 2009Amazon.com Conditions of Use – July 25, 2009Anonymizer Terms of Use – July 10, 2009Aol Registered User Terms Of Service – August 2, 2009Aol.com Terms of Use – August 2, 2009Authorize.Net Terms of Use – …Read the rest – Google Terms of Service – U.S. & Canada
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 [...]
Proceedings of Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics
Verbatim Transcript
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
[Recorded by Electronic Apparatus]
(1545)
[English]
The Chair (Mr. Paul Szabo (Mississauga South, Lib.)):
Order.
This is the 29th meeting of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics. Our order today, pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), is a study of the privacy [...]
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