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Polish prof discovers way to encrypt secret messages into silence on Skype (even if the FBI is listening)
January 6, 2013 4:02 PM
John Koetsier
Skype calls use 256-bit advanced encryption by default, but that's not secure enough for some people. So a prof at the Warsaw University of Technology has created a way to communicate even more privately on Skype -- by using silence.
Foursquare will publicly display users’ full names (but don’t be alarmed)
December 31, 2012 9:23 AM
Ricardo Bilton
Not long after Instragram's messy privacy policy changes, Foursquare is making a few policy tweaks of its own.
Instagram will share user data with Facebook starting next month
December 17, 2012 8:44 AM
Ricardo Bilton
Marking the next big step for Instagram, the photo-sharing service will begin sharing data with Facebook in January.
Privacy groups to Facebook: Let us vote
November 27, 2012 2:45 PM
Meghan Kelly
Two privacy organizations sent Facebook a letter urging it to reconsider its new stance on passing privacy changes. The company recently announced that it was striking its previous practice of allowing the Facebook community to vote on privacy changes.
Facebook puts privacy changes up for member vote
June 1, 2012 1:44 PM
Jennifer Van Grove
Facebook’s newest proposed governing documents — its Statement of Rights and Responsibilities and Data Use Policy — are now in the hands in of the nearly one-billion-member Facebook public who use the social network.
Today, the company announced that its …
Facebook amending statement of rights and responsbilities, here’s a rundown of the changes
March 22, 2012 1:06 PM
Meghan Kelly
Facebook is updating its statement of rights and responsbilities tomorrow, but don’t completely freak out yet. We’ve looked through the amendments and pulled out the ones you should know about.
Disagree with anything you see? The social network is letting …
Google in trouble in Europe and U.S. for Safari privacy violations
March 16, 2012 12:37 PM
Sarah Mitroff
Google is being investigated by regulators in the United States and the European Union for circumventing Safari’s privacy controls, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday.
The story starts about a month ago, when the WSJ broke the news that Google …
Uh oh: Google’s new privacy policy might be illegal in the EU
March 1, 2012 3:24 PM
Sean Ludwig
Google’s controversial new privacy policy went into effect today, but resistance to the sweeping changes still appears strong, with a judge in the EU saying it violates EU law.
In late January, Google announced it would change its privacy policy …
Attorneys general fear Google’s new privacy policy is an “invasion of privacy”
February 22, 2012 6:02 PM
Jennifer Van Grove
More than three-dozen state attorneys general expressed fear, in a letter to Google CEO Larry Page, that Google’s soon-to-be enacted, one-size-fits-all privacy policy is an invasion of consumer privacy and trust.
In a choicely worded missive sent to Google’s chief …
New privacy policy agreement forces apps to disclose data use
February 22, 2012 3:03 PM
Meghan Kelly
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris has struck a privacy agreement with the top six companies she believes facilitate the creation of the most mobile applications: Apple, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Amazon, Microsoft, and Research in Motion. The agreement states that all …
European regulators want Google to delay new privacy policy
February 3, 2012 8:13 AM
Sean Ludwig
European regulators have asked Google to delay a new, controversial privacy policy change because they want more time to investigate how well user data will be protected.
Google announced last week that it would change its privacy policy by combining …
Google defends its new privacy policy in letter to Congress
January 31, 2012 11:59 AM
Meghan Kelly
Google is defending its privacy policy changes yet again, this time to the United States Congress.
“Last week we heard from members of Congress about Google’s plans to update our privacy policies by consolidating them into a single document on …
Google responds to privacy policy criticisms
January 27, 2012 9:19 AM
Meghan Kelly
Google is defending its new privacy policy, stressing that the company isn’t collecting more data, just collecting it in a new way.
“We’re making things simpler and we’re trying to be upfront about it. Period,” said Google’s policy manager Betsy …
Google+ gives teens some privacy, unless they don’t want it
January 26, 2012 11:08 AM
Meghan Kelly
It’s two in the afternoon, do you know where your kids are? Evidently, they’re on Google+ but don’t worry, Google has put in some privacy policies to police their raucous Internet partying.
“We think the best strategy is to equip …
Google changes privacy policy to make the company one big product
January 24, 2012 3:15 PM
Meghan Kelly
Google is changing its privacy policy, consolidating 60 different policies into one. You cannot opt-out of it unless you stop using all Google products.
Many of us know that Google is not just a web search company. It creates a …
Under pressure, Facebook updates its privacy principles
November 29, 2011 12:02 PM
Meghan Kelly
The Federal Trade Commission and Facebook’s relationship status won’t read “it’s complicated” anymore, since the two companies settled a longstanding privacy suit today.
The social network has often come under fire for its privacy policies, a spark which fully ignited …
Groupon changes privacy statement, merchants have free reign
July 10, 2011 11:48 PM
Meghan Kelly
Deals giant Groupon e-mailed its users Saturday to announce changes to its privacy statement. The changes are expected to bring more transparency to Groupon as well as make the language more accessible to the general public.
Notable changes include the …
