Understanding the Privacy Space
From the peer-reviewed Internet journal First Monday, Understanding the Privacy Space this report reviews “133 different privacy-related software tools and services.”
Category «Privacy»
Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act Passed By House
H.R. 4561, the “Federal Agency Protection of Privacy Act” now moves to the Senate. The legislation would require all federal agencies when promulgating new rules to consider their impact on the privacy of individuals.
Key Logging Programs v. Anti-Key Logging Programs
Key logging software has been around for quite awhile. Companies use it to ‘virtually’ stand over the shoulders of employees and read every letter typed on their keyboards. But this software is also used by hackers to commit identity theft, as was the case with nefarious installations on the computer systems of major universities throughout …
Ohio State Criminal Records Remain Online After Being Expunged
This Cincinnati Post article chronicles the inevitable privacy hazards that result from lack of coordination between state agencies and courts and inappropriate database management of potentially damaging online personal data.
JunkBusters Continues to Challenge Amazon's Privacy Policy
On October 8, JunkBusters sent a letter to the attorneys general of 15 states and the FTC, elaborating on their continued concerns about Amazon’s collection, transfer and disclosure of personal data collected on its customers. The JunkBusters site is free, and the organization seeks to promote worldwide the extensive resources it makes available to fight …
Amazon Posts New Privacy Policy
On October 4, Amazon posted their new privacy policy indicating what personal data the site collects from customers, as well as how and what personal data it repurposes for third party use.
2nd Circuit Rules Against Netscape in Privacy Case
The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in Specht v Netscape on October 1, according to this InternetNews article. This facts of the case were the topic of previous article on July 2000, Lawsuit Accuses Netscape of Eavesdropping. Netscapes’ SmartDownload http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/getcase/2nd/case/017860&exact=1 http://www.atnewyork.com/news/print.php/1474381 http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3_410521
Personal Data and Privacy Rights
An Online Journalism Review article posted on October 3, focuses on the intensifying debate over the availability of personal data on the Web, and specifically on the evolution of California case law on privacy rights. It is important to note that personal data finds its way to the Web through a number of database streams, …
Recording Industry Battles Verizon Over Music Trader
Declan McCullagh’s coverage of the RIAA v. Verizon cases notes that at issue are copyright, privacy and free speech arguments. The two companies are battling over access to the identity of a subscriber accused of file trading. Declan links to an amicus brief filed on behalf of Verizon by high profile advocacy groups that include …
MIT Researchers and Unmonitored Web Access
Researchers from MIT have developed a scheme, called Infranet, that ensures anonymity and access to Web content that has been blocked or censored, for users around the world. An abstract of their paper titled Infranet: Circumventing Web Censorship and Surveillance provides links to the full-text of the paper in HTML, PDF and PostScript. See also …
AllTheWeb Search Engine Adds Privacy Policy
This privacy policy, added on 10/1/2002, clearly states that the site uses cookies and web beacons. The addition of this privacy policy is a result of a recent controversy discussed in my posting “Search Engine AllTheWeb Collects and Sells User Data,” on 9/21/02.
NueStar's Vast Database of Telephone Numbers
NeuStar.com, manager of the “.kids.us” domain, has another government contract that highlights its competitive edge in the realm of data collection, according to a July 8, 2002 article in Forbes. The company owns a database of 160 million telephone numbers for North American customers, and it routinely updates telecom companies when changes and additions occur. …
