privacy

We all like to think that companies guard our personal data. After all, that is what the Data Protection Act is there for. But is it ever acceptable for companies to share your data with others? Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal reported that Google gave the contacts list and IP address data of [...]

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Google announced yesterday a major change to the way signed-in users, i.e. those logged in with a Google account, will search within Google. The short version is that “many” signed-in users will be redirected to the secure (SSL) version of Google, i.e. https. Google have offered privacy and security concerns as the driver behind this. [...]

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Facebook has been criticised for social network privacy issues, now it’s the turn of the business social network, LinkedIn. Although not directly a privacy issue, their decision to include names, profile pictures and information in connection with advertising has sparked furious debate. Rather than enabling their users to opt in, it launched with an opt [...]

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