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The FCC Could Fine Google $ten million For Spying On Apple Safari Customers (GOOG)

on May 6, 2012

Remember when Google was busted in Feb for privately circumventing privacy configurations that Apple put in its internet browser, Safari?Appears like the U.S. Ftc has made the decision to fine Google for this, reviews Reuters. And also the fine may well be more than $ten million dollars.The Federal trade commission is originating after Google for fooling customers and breaking "relation to a consent decree signed using the commission this past year," states Reuters.Automatically, Apple does not let

How You Can Control Facebook's Confusing, 'Labyrinthian' Privacy Configurations (Facebook)

on May 4, 2012
How You Can Control Facebook's Confusing, 'Labyrinthian' Privacy Configurations (Facebook)Consumer Reviews lately known to Facebook's privacy controls as "labyrinthian" and hard for the typical user to regulate.Knowing that, let us have a look at just how to handle your privacy controls to create your profile as private or public as you would like.In the drop-lower menu within the top-right of Facebook, choose "Privacy Configurations"This goes towards the Privacy Configurations page, where one can help make your profile as private or public as you desire. Let us begin with "The Way You

Status Management, Privacy within the Social Networking World

on Apr 11, 2012
It appears the privacy training of social networking scams are finally sinking in, like a Pew Internet and American Existence Project survey finds more people are controlling their privacy configurations on internet sites and monitoring their online status a lot more than they did in '09. However, there's still progress to become acquired within the arena of privacy as lots of people aren't using the necessary safeguards to safeguard their reputations and private information. You will find some interesting

Why Hath Google Forsaken Us? A Meditation.

on Mar 6, 2012
Why Hath Google Forsaken Us? A Meditation.(image) Here’s a short overview of Google’s past few months: It’s angered policymakers and pundits with a sweeping change to its privacy settings. It’s taken a beating for favoring its own properties in its core search results. It’s been caught with its hands in Apple’s cookie jar, and despite the fact Facebook and others previously condoned the practice, it was savaged for doing so. It’s continuing to fight an expensive and uncertain patent war. And its blinkered

Senator Calls FTC to Probe Apple and Google on Mobile Privacy

on Mar 5, 2012
Senator Calls FTC to Probe Apple and Google on Mobile PrivacySen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has never met a chance to get in the headlines that he didn’t like. His latest effort comes in the form of a letter to the FTC chair and wants the agency to look into mobile phone privacy in general. He has “specific” concerns that he was certainly briefed on (I wonder if he has truly experienced anything himself) but in the end this is likely to bring Apple into the fray (which they usually steer clear of somehow) while just bringing Google to another hearing in

Google’s Very Public List of Privacy Management Options and Tools

on Mar 2, 2012
Google’s Very Public List of Privacy Management Options and Tools

There is a lot of talk about Google and privacy. The new privacy policy which has taken some 60 different policies and put them into one policy that addresses privacy across Google’s ever expanding universe of products and service. In this attempt to simplify things Google has created the usual turmoil that accompanies any discussion of online privacy.

On The State of Google’s Advertising Business: Neal Mohan at Signal SF

on Feb 29, 2012
On The State of Google’s Advertising Business: Neal Mohan at Signal SF

If you’ve been reading Searchblog, you know I’ve been writing quite a bit about Google, privacy, and the advertising business. All of those topics are going to be coming together in my interview with Neal Mohan, VP Product at Google, on the Signal SF stage next month.

Obama’s Framework for “Consumer Data Privacy” And My “Data Bill of Rights”

on Feb 26, 2012
Obama’s Framework for “Consumer Data Privacy” And My “Data Bill of Rights”It sort of feels like “wayback week” for me here at Searchblog, as I get caught up on the week’s news after my vacation. Late last week the Obama administration announced “Consumer Data Privacy In A Networked World: A Framework for Protecting Privacy and Promoting Innovation in the Global Digital Economy.”

A Sad State of Internet Affairs: The Journal on Google, Apple, and “Privacy”

on Feb 17, 2012
A Sad State of Internet Affairs: The Journal on Google, Apple, and “Privacy”The news alert from the Wall St. Journal hit my phone about an hour ago, pulling me away from tasting “Texas Bourbon” in San Antonio to sit down and grok this headline: Google’s iPhone Tracking.

Facebook and the FTC Announce A Deal, For Now

on Nov 29, 2011
Facebook and the FTC Announce A Deal, For Now

The Federal Trade Commission and Facebook have come to terms on consumer privacy, an issue the FTC formally raised in an eight-count complaintearlier this year. Both sides have announced the pact in their own particular way.

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