privacy

Report warns of RFID risks

News Radio frequency identification is becoming increasingly popular inside the U.S.government, but agencies have not seriously considered the privacy risks, federal auditors said. However, only one of 23 agencies polled by the GAO had identified any...

31 May 2005, 10:15

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

One million act to block nuisance calls

News One million households have hung up on nuisance calls by signing up to BT's privacy service. The BT privacy service gives its customers a free caller display (for which the company usually charges £1.75 per month) and registers them with the...

22 August 2005, 9:57

Google speed bump draws scorn

News Google has raised privacy and security hackles once again, this time by developing an application that accelerates Web surfing but can also delete pages or serve up password-protected content. The business they're in here with this new product is...

9 May 2005, 9:02

'BadApple' podcasts first in iTunes

News Unlike most basement-hacker projects, the software comes with a sophisticated privacy policy and terms of use that may indicate bigger plans for the future. The privacy policies displayed by MP3Tunes.com and BadFruit are also identical in almost...

21 June 2005, 10:55

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

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

Yahoo releases e-mails of deceased Marine

News The case highlights uncertainty about the privacy of people's digital life in the event of their death, and about the responsibilities Internet service providers have towards family members. If an ISP's terms of service run contrary to what would...

25 April 2005, 13:59

ID cards bill slammed by Lords

News He said in the report: "The Committee firmly rejects government claims that, in respect of privacy, ID cards are comparable to driving licences and passports. A separate report out on the same day by the House of Lords and House of Commons joint...

25 October 2005, 10:32

Academia's quest for the ultimate search tool

News The principal areas of focus will be privacy, fraud, multimedia search and personalisation. Jaime Carbonell, director of CMU's Language Technologies Institute, said his research team is perfecting a technology for personalised search that would...

16 August 2005, 9:04

World Cup tickets all RFID-tagged

News Cord Bartels, business development manager at Philips, said the tickets are "bulletproof" but admitted that without installing more privacy-invasive measures, it would be impossible to kill off the black market in World Cup tickets altogether.

20 June 2006, 9:18

Facebook users warned on cybercrime

News You use such developer applications at your own risk," Facebook states on its privacy statement. Developers require users to agree to their own terms of service and privacy policies as a condition of using their applications.

31 July 2007, 9:00

These walls (and teddy bears) have eyes

News In any event, the privacy issues are being examined in detail. Clearly, there are privacy issues. Nonetheless, privacy is taken into consideration. Intel Research has developed the ultimate baby monitor for neurotic parents.

10 June 2005, 9:35

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

US passports to be fitted with RFID chips

News The objections mostly focused on security and privacy concerns. In regulations published on Tuesday, the State Department claims it has addressed privacy concerns. A letter to the State Department from privacy groups says that there is "no...

26 October 2005, 8:42