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privacy
CNET.co.uk has 157 stories on privacy
eBay PC had 1 million bank customers' details
News We take customer privacy and data security very seriously. One million bank customers' details have turned up on a second-hand PC sold over auction Web site eBay. According to reports, the PC, originally owned by archiving company Graphic Data of...
Tags: credit, credit card, graphic, removed
27 August 2008, 8:38
Robocop on the beat by 2084?
News But in the wrong hands, as warned in the movie, robot law enforcement could be a major blow to individual privacy and basic human rights," he added. Robocop will become a reality within the next 75 years according to a top UK robotics expert.
Tags: human, expert, bank, cars
14 August 2008, 9:06
News.blog: YouTube, Viacom to mask user info
News Internet privacy and put Viacom on the defensive. Following the court's order, Viacom was widely criticised for intruding on people's online privacy even though the company had said it never asked to receive personally identifying information.
Tags: privacy, records, viewing, youtube
15 July 2008, 8:50
Google's Street View faces privacy concerns
News There could be privacy concerns if the people are identifiable, because the images are available to anyone who can log onto the internet. ICO was also waiting to hear from Simon Davies, the director of Privacy
Tags: face, privacy, international, street
9 July 2008, 9:03
News.blog: Google to turn over YouTube user activity
News Viacom to respect users' privacy and allow us to anonymise the logs before producing them under the court's order. Viacom is getting its hands on some of YouTube's sensitive user data as a result of the copyright infringement lawsuit the...
Tags: case, google, order, youtube
4 July 2008, 9:01
News.blog: Facebook adds Mini-Feed comments
News If members don't want friends commenting on their Mini-Feed items, they can turn the feature off in their privacy controls. Facebook has made it possible for members to leave comments on each others' 'mini-feeds' of activity, according to an...
Tags: friends, activity, feeds, feed
26 June 2008, 8:44
News.blog: Facebook enables ad ratings
News Facebook originally launched its 'social ads' strategy last November, and privacy concerns over the controversial 'Beacon' ads gave the program some pretty bad press. Finally, I can now do something about all those tacky speed-dating ads that show...
Tags: ads, facebook, dating, thumbs
6 June 2008, 9:23
News.blog: Facebook allows profile data sharing
News It's about giving users the ability to take their identity and friends with them around the Web, while being able to trust that their information is always up to date and always protected by their privacy settings.
Tags: profile, platform, post, countries
12 May 2008, 9:08
News.blog: MPAA wins $110m in TorrentSpy case
News The company closed its site on 24 March, citing financial hardship and a desire to protect the privacy of its users. He said he did not believe any data was intentionally destroyed, and that some actions were taken to protect the privacy of...
Tags: battle, addresses, orders, studios
8 May 2008, 8:28
Police force joins Facebook
News According to one privacy advocate, it is a move that raises significant privacy issues. However, users who add the application to their Facebook profile may be sharing more information about themselves with the police than they realise, according...
Tags: contacts, status, privacy, force
22 April 2008, 8:53
News.blog: Google Street View to hit Europe in 3D?
News Google has run into some privacy concerns with its street-level imagery. Google Earth and Maps could cover a lot more territory with a lot more detail soon, if some photos from Italy are anything to judge by.
Tags: google, earth, maps, scanning
22 April 2008, 8:45
News.blog: Flickr expands into video
News The videos, limited to 90 seconds and 150MB, will be shown as thumbnails alongside users' photos, and will inherit all the features of photos stored on the site: users can add comments, captions, geotags and privacy restrictions so only friends or...
Tags: youtube, yahoo, clips, video clips
9 April 2008, 10:19
News.blog: Google sued for invading privacy with Street View
News From the I-can't-believe-it-took-this-long file, a couple in Pittsburgh has sued Google, claiming that the Street View on Google Maps is a reckless invasion of their privacy. Concerns over invasion of privacy have been discussed since Google first...
Tags: privacy, google, address, street
7 April 2008, 9:09
Sex offenders face social network ban
News Privacy concerns about passing on the email addresses are likely to be easily surmountable, however. Registered child sex offenders could soon be legally obliged to supply local police with their email address to be passed on to social networking...
Tags: industry, environment, addresses, networking
4 April 2008, 10:21
TorrentSpy forced to close
News The legal climate in the USA for copyright, privacy of search requests and links to torrent files in search results is simply too hostile," said a note on TorrentSpy's front door. We spent the last two years, and hundreds of thousands of dollars...
Tags: case, orders, studios, united states
28 March 2008, 8:54
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