The U.S. Federal Trade Commission should analyze Facebook's relationship with a data marketer to ensure it doesn't violate the social networking site's recently approved settlement, the Electronic Privacy Information Center said Monday. ...
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Two privacy watchdogs filed a joint letter with the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday alleging Facebook may already be skirting an agreement to be more clear over how it handles user data. A partnership with a data collector called ...
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Computerworld - The specter that Congress will reauthorize the controversial FISA Amendments Act of 2008 without any changes to its sweeping spying provisions is evoking cries of alarm from advocacy and privacy groups. Many say the law, ...
A local couple has helped give a boost to a company's Movember campaign in a big way. Heather Turner, owner of Toppers Pizza Barrie along with her husband Brett, have donated all of the pizzas for the "Armour Lip Charmours" Movember pizza ...
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Two digital rights group urged Facebook on Tuesday to halt changes to its governance and data use policies, warning the modifications could increase privacy risks. Facebook said last Wednesday it would no longer allow users to vote on ...
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Disney rocked the world this week by announcing it will acquire Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion – AND release Star Wars Episode 7 in 2015. The entertainment giant has come a very long way since its 1928 black and white Mickey Mouse film ...
After pencilling in birthday celebrations, extensive press trips, events and launches and other shenanigans my diary for the coming weeks looks do-able (apart from two jam-packed days at BLE next week). But recently, Toyology has been ...
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Magasins de jouets sans frontières? Do you remember the TV game show It’s A Knockout or the Peter Gabriel song Jeux Sans Frontières? Now it’s toy shops’ turn to expand beyond traditional frontiers. ...
Tags: jon salisbury, Toys, toy shop, dream toy
The Fall/Winter 2013/2014 Los Angeles International Textile Show (LA Textile) took place October 22-24, 2012 at the California Market Center (CMC) with a solid flow of traffic that included an array of prominent designers, manufacturers, ...
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Privacy advocates this week said they are dismayed, but not surprised about a New York Criminal Court judge's decision ordering Twitter to hand over all the data it has on an Occupy Wall Street protester being investigated for disorderly ...
Plessey, a manufacturer of technology based electronic components and products, is set to launch a hand-held ECG monitoring device at Electronica 2012. The device, imPulse, features PS25201 sensors and two sensor pads which hold patients ...
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Samaritan Health Services has selected iSirona's device connectivity software to deliver quality patient data into its Epic electronic medical record (EMR). With the implementation of iSirona's connectivity solution, Samaritan Health ...
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Samsung said Tuesday it will"take all necessary measures"to keep its products available for sale in the U.S. The statement comes one day after Apple filed a request in federal court for a ban on eight smartphones that Samsung sells. "We ...
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Ancient Songs of the Miao Minority is the myth of poetic style that takes creation as its main contents. It is popular in the residence area of Miao, an ethnic group of China. The folk oral literary work is an epic created by the ...
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An executive order issued by the White House last Friday seeks to bolster the government's ability to keep its emergency communications capabilities intact during national emergencies. But one privacy advocacy group expressed concern that ...
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