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Web site tracks policy changes at popular sites

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created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A new Web site unveiled Thursday will track policies imposed by popular Internet sites such as Facebook and Google, hoping to help users spot potentially harmful changes.





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Privacy watchdog files complaint against Facebook

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created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- A Washington-based privacy advocacy group has filed a complaint against Facebook over the social network's latest privacy changes.


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Facebook change gives users more privacy controls

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created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Facebook is giving users better control over who sees information on their personal pages.


Laws regulating web privacy vary greatly around the world

Experts meet to hash out web privacy rules

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created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Hundreds of privacy experts from around the world met in Madrid on Wednesday for a three-day conference which aims to arrive at a global standard for the protection of personal data.


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Facebook outlines new privacy policy

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created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Facebook outlined changes to its privacy policy on Thursday and asked for feedback from the social network's more than 300 million users.


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Facebook tops 350 million users, tightens privacy

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created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook is enhancing privacy controls and eliminating its regional framework for online communities as the Internet's most popular social networking service tops 350 million users.


Lawyers: Google execs not liable for abuse video

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created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Four Google executives should not be held responsible for a video posted online that showed teenagers abusing an autistic youth in Turin, their lawyers argued Wednesday in an Italian court.


Google to draw up new privacy policy for books

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created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Google has agreed to draw up a separate privacy policy for its digital library in response to a request from the Federal Trade Commission.


Web ad group launches privacy education campaign

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A group of leading Internet publishers and digital marketing services on Thursday launched an online campaign to educate consumers about how they are tracked and targeted for pitches on the Web.


Congress to hold hearing on cable advertising

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created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Cable operators will sit in the hot seat Thursday as Congress reviews their plans to roll out targeted advertising amid fears that consumer privacy could be infringed if the companies were to track and record viewing ...


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US engineer defends Google in defamation trial

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created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

An American engineer sought to clear Google of defamation charges at a trial over the broadcast in Italy of video showing the bullying of a teenager with Down's Syndrome, a lawyer for the Internet search provider ...



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