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Privacy groups call for action to stop Facebook's off site user tracking plans
2014-07-29 13:29:12| InfoWorld: Top News
U.S. and EU privacy and consumer groups called on privacy regulators to stop Facebook's plans to gather the Internet browsing patterns of its users while they visit other sites.
Here's how to stay safe until the Tails privacy tool is patched
2014-07-28 16:15:17| InfoWorld: Top News
Vulnerabilities in the Tails operating system could reveal your IP address, but you can avoid trouble by taking a couple of precautions. Tails, a portable operating system that employs a host of privacy-focused components, plans to patch flaws contained in I2P, a networking tool developed by the Invisible Internet Project that provides greater anonymity when browsing. It's similar in concept to Tor.
Google set for EU showdown over privacy
2014-07-24 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Regulators reportedly unhappy at search giant's implementation of right to be forgotten rules.
Google to face privacy suit over new user data policy
2014-07-23 13:50:05| InfoWorld: Top News
A California court has allowed a privacy class action suit against Google to continue, though only in part. After evaluating each claim of each sub-class in the suit, Magistrate Judge Paul S. Grewal has allowed two claims of the "Android Application Disclosure Subclass," which includes all persons and entities in the U.S. that acquired an Android-powered device between Aug. 19, 2004 and the present, and downloaded at least one Android application through the Android Market or Google Play.
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Stealthy Web tracking tools pose increasing privacy risks to users
2014-07-22 13:35:37| InfoWorld: Top News
Three stealthy tracking mechanisms designed to avoid weaknesses in browser cookies pose potential privacy risks to Internet users, a new research paper has concluded.
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