Most UK website users are choosing to allow the use of third-party advertising cookies, according to analysis of the impact of the so-called "cookie law". The UK regulation on the use of cookies, or small files containing browser ...
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The Information Commissioner's Office is to investigate claims that Tesco's website does not offer sufficient privacy protections to customers. The UK privacy watchdog's probe comes after security experts raised a number of privacy ...
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They say no one can hear you scream in space, but if you so much as whisper on the Web, you can be tracked by a dozen different organizations and recorded for posterity. Simply visiting a website can allow its operators to figure out your ...
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Instagram has denied that it will start selling its users' photos, and tried to explain its updated privacy policy as it aims to put its disillusioned user base at ease. The website, which has about 100 million users, with roughly a third ...
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The EU is to tell Google to change the way it gathers information on users to reduce the risk of infringing on their privacy. After a nine-month investigation into Google's business model, which depends on advertisements tailored to users ...
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Although analysts say Google's $22.5 million fine from the FTC is a simple slap on the wrist, they argue that the publicity about it may still push the company to change its ways. Ending an FTC investigation into allegations that Google ...
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Major high street banks are planning to impose new terms and conditions on customers that would make them squarely responsible for credit and debit card fraud. Further reading Seven-year glitch earns Bank of Scotland 4.2m fine Banks' IT ...
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A federal judge in California dismissed a privacy class-action lawsuit against LinkedIn that alleged the social media network violated provisions of the Stored Communications Act (SCA) when it disclosed the IDs and browsing histories of ...
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Facebook's store of data about its users holds some surprises, and not just in the sheer quantity of data it is sitting on. Among the surprises it held for me was SBupsk. One of 47 topics about which Facebook thinks I am interested in ...
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Instagram is preparing to start selling its users' own photos, according to its updated privacy policy published this week. The new policy for the photo-sharing service suggests that members' photos may be sold to advertisers in paid ...
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Today, search engine Metro5 has announced the launch of it's open BETA program. The idea behind Metro5 is to deliver a set of up to 50 relevant results for each web search query, while taking social influence into account when ranking these ...
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Millions of subscribers to Virgin Mobile's services in the United States are wide open to account hijacking because of the insecure manner in which the company authenticates users to their online accounts, an independent software developer ...
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Websites,mobile apps and online advertising networks targeting children will be required to follow new privacy regulations,including getting a parent's permission before collecting geo-location information and photographs from kids,under ...
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The online accounts of Virgin Mobile USA subscribers are vulnerable to brute force attacks because the company forces customers to use weak passwords on its website, according to a software developer. "Virgin Mobile forces you to use your ...
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