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- Putting Online Privacy in Perspective
- by Tim O'Reilly, O'Reilly Radar, May 30, 2010. "... There are real privacy issues to be faced in the data collected by web companies. But they are part of a far bigger picture of how the world is changing. We need thoughtful understanding of what the real risks are, not finger pointing by the media (and even more frighteningly, by members of Congress) at companies that are easy targets because they make good political theater..."
Added: 1 June 2010;
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- What sites such as Facebook and Google know and whom they tell
- By Ariana Eunjung Cha. Washington Post Foreign Service, Saturday, May 29, 2010. "... Many online service providers over the past few years have been building huge dossiers with minute details of each user's online activities -- a practice that isn't usually mentioned in privacy policies. Some companies anonymize the data, while others do not. Some store detailed data for a month, while others keep it for years. At the same time, the ease with which outsiders can access the data is increasing, as corporations, insurance companies and parties in divorces or employment disputes make widespread use of subpoenas..."
Added: 1 June 2010;
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- Facebook warns govt users on privacy
- By Robin Hicks. FutureGov, 24 May 2010. "More than 2000 Facebook pages are used by 35 federal agencies in the United States. Many more government agencies in Asia are now on Facebook, amassing millions of fans. But government Facebookers should be mindful of privacy issues when archiving content, a Facebook spokesman has cautioned in an interview with FutureGov..."
Added: 27 May 2010;
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- How Unique Is Your Web Browser? - in pdf format (429kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). by Peter Eckersley? Electronic Frontier Foundation, May 2010. "Abstract. We investigate the degree to which modern web browsers are subject to "device fingerprinting" via the version and configuration information that they will transmit to websites upon request. We implemented one possible fingerprinting algorithm, and collected these fingerprints from a large sample of browsers that visited our test side, panopticlick.eff.org. We observe that the distribution of our fingerprint contains at least 18.1 bits of entropy, meaning that if we pick a browser at random, at best we expect that only one in 286,777 other browsers will share its fingerprint. Among browsers that support Flash or Java, the situation is worse, with the average browser carrying at least 18.8 bits of identifying information. 94.2% of browsers with Flash or Java were unique in our sample..."
Added: 19 May 2010;
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- Your Web browser's fingerprints can betray you, study finds
- Test reveals that unique browser configurations can allow tracking without the use of cookies, By Kevin McCaney. Government Computer News, May 18, 2010. "Browsers have fingerprints, too, which means that Web sites could be able to identify and track visitors even without the use of cookies or super cookies, according to a recent study by the Electronic Frontier Foundation..."
Added: 19 May 2010;
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- Google data gathering in NZ questioned
- Privacy issues raised over search engine's data collection methods, By Tom Fitzsinmons - The Dominion Post - Wellington, Friday, 14 May, 2010. "Google has collected personal wireless internet data from New Zealand homes through cars sent around the country for its Street View project. The internet giant confirmed the fact last night, after privacy watchdogs in Germany, Britain and Australia raised concerns about the practice. Fears include the possibility that Google could match people's mobile devices and internet behaviour to home addresses..."
Added: 14 May 2010;
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- Our letter to data protection commissioners on privacy
- Posted by Jane Horvath and Peter Fleischer, Global Privacy Counsel. Google Public Policy Blog, Friday, May 7, 2010. "Today, we responded to a letter that a group of data protection commissioners recently sent us about privacy at Google, relating to the launch of Buzz in particular. In our letter, we outlined the work we do every day to protect user privacy. In the spirit of transparency, we wanted to share our letter as it explains our ongoing efforts and outlines tools like the Google Dashboard that provide you with increased transparency and choice..."
Added: 12 May 2010;
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- Privacy online tool - test yourself - how aware are you about risks of ID theft
- Privacy Awareness Week 2 - 8 May 2010. Managed by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner, the online test looks at 11 situations in which you might be subject to ID theft. At the end you receive a score and an assessment of your answers for each situation.
Added: 6 May 2010;
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- Privacy is alive and well at Google
- Posted by Alma Whitten, Privacy Engineering Lead, Google. The Official Google Australia Blog, Wednesday, May 5, 2010. (Editor's note: Yesterday the New Zealand Herald ran this article by Google Privacy Engineering Lead Alma Whitten, about Privacy Awareness Week - we're reposting it here for you to enjoy). This week marks Privacy Awareness Week, the annual effort to put the spotlight on all things privacy-related. At Google, we're thinking about privacy every single day, across every level of our company. Why? Because privacy is both good for people who use our services and critical for our business..."
Added: 6 May 2010;
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- W3C Workshop on Privacy for Advanced Web APIs 12/13 July 2010, London
- Call For Participation. W3C. "This workshop serves to review experiences from recent design and deployment work on device APIs, and to investigate novel strategies toward better privacy protection on the Web that are effective and lead to benefits in the near term. The results from this workshop will provide direction and give input into ongoing and future technical work at W3C..."
Added: 4 May 2010;
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- How Privacy Vanishes Online
- By Steve Lohr. The New York Times, March 16, 2010. "If a stranger came up to you on the street, would you give him your name, Social Security number and e-mail address? Probably not. Yet people often dole out all kinds of personal information on the Internet that allows such identifying data to be deduced. Services like Facebook, Twitter and Flickr are oceans of personal minutiae — birthday greetings sent and received, school and work gossip, photos of family vacations, and movies watched..."
Added: 22 March 2010;
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- Google's Privacy Principles
- Posted by Alan Eustace, Senior Vice President, Engineering & Research. The Official Google Blog, 27 January 2010. "Thursday, January 28th marks International Data Privacy Day. We're recognizing this day by publicly publishing our guiding Privacy Principles: Use information to provide our users with valuable products and services; Develop products that reflect strong privacy standards and practices; Make the collection of personal information transparent; Give users meaningful choices to protect their privacy; Be a responsible steward of the information we hold..."
Added: 23 February 2010;
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- Google Oversells Privacy Dashboard
- by Wendy Davis, The Daily Online Examiner, Thursday, November 5, 2009. "... Google Dashboard lets users view information about their use of Gmail, Blogger, YouTube, Picasa and other similar Google offerings in one place. But all of this data has always been readily available to users. What Google Dashboard doesn't provide is any opportunity to view or control the type of user data that privacy advocates care about..."
Added: 10 November 2009;
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- Transparency, choice and control — now complete with a Dashboard!
- Posted by Alma Whitten, Software Engineer, Yariv Adan, Product Manager, and Marissa Mayer, VP of Search Products and User Experience. The Official Google Blog, 5 November 2009. "Today, we are excited to announce the launch of Google Dashboard. Have you ever wondered what data is stored with your Google Account? The Google Dashboard offers a simple view into the data associated with your account — easily and concisely in one location..."
Added: 10 November 2009;
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- Our commitment to privacy [Google]
- Posted by Iarla Flynn, Policy Team. Official Google Australia Blog, Sunday, October 18, 2009. "We get asked about privacy a lot. We recently held a roundtable in Australia to discuss Google's approach to privacy. Here is a summary of what we discussed..."
Added: 19 October 2009;
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