News tagged with personal data

The dark path to antisocial personality disorder

With no lab tests to guide the clinician, psychiatric diagnostics is challenging and controversial. Antisocial personality disorder is defined as "a pervasive pattern of disregard for, and violation of, the rights of others ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

EU probes new Google privacy policy

The European Union's data protection authorities have asked Google to delay the rollout of its new privacy policy until they have verified that it doesn't break the bloc's data protection laws.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

After IPO, Facebook will face new profit pressures

(AP) -- For all the huge numbers in Facebook's IPO papers, a surprisingly small figure stands out: $4.39, the amount the site generated per user last year.

Technology / Business

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

User privacy key as Facebook goes public

Respect for privacy and the personal data of of its hundreds of millions of users is going to be an even greater concern for Facebook as the booming social network prepares to list on Wall Street.

Technology / Internet

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US lawmakers seek Google answers on privacy

Two US lawmakers have asked Google chief Larry Page to brief congress on changes to the Internet search giant's privacy policies, citing concerns about collection and sharing of personal data.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Consumers in the middle of battle over Internet privacy

Google and Facebook might have finally gotten the average consumer riled up about privacy.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Report: Electronic health records still need work

(AP) -- America may be a technology-driven nation, but the health care system's conversion from paper to computerized records needs lots of work to get the bugs out, according to experts who spent months studying the issue.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

EU takes on Internet giants over people's personal data

The European Commission launches Wednesday a controversial bid to compel Internet giants such as Google or Facebook to give users more control over their personal data or face fines.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

San Fran college's computer network compromised

(AP) -- The computer networks of a San Francisco community college have been infected with software viruses that illegally transmitted personal data from students and employees overseas, school officials said Friday.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Belarus imposes tough new Internet curbs

Ex-Soviet Belarus unveiled tough new Internet restrictions on Friday that limit public access to opposition websites and impose fines on providers for failing to monitor their clients.

Technology / Internet

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook agrees to changes to improve transparency

(AP) -- Facebook Inc. has agreed to make several changes to its services to improve transparency and better protect the personal data of its millions of users outside of the U.S., following an in-depth audit of its international ...

Technology / Internet

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook fixes photo privacy bug

Facebook has fixed a bug that allowed the viewing of some private photographs of other members and which was reportedly used to access personal pictures of founder Mark Zuckerberg.

Technology / Internet

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 2

EU data protection reform to replace national laws

The European Union wants to replace a mishmash of national laws on data protection with one bloc-wide reform, updating laws put in place long before Facebook and other social networking sites even existed.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

The high price of data breaches

As consumers, we transmit valuable personal information to the companies with which we do business. In doing so, we trust that information will remain secure. Over the past year, however, we have learned of a number of instances ...

Technology / Internet

created Nov 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

eBay buys recommendation service Hunch

Internet auction giant eBay said Monday it has bought Hunch, an online service which provides users with personalized recommendations for products and services.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0