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InternetNews September 22, 2010 |
Senate Ponders Update of Electronic Privacy Act Twenty four years after the passage of the ECPA, much has changed in the way companies and governments collect, store and share electronic data. |
InternetNews May 24, 2010 |
Coalition Pushes for Privacy Law Overhaul Broad-ranging coalition of tech companies, advocacy groups from across the political spectrum dispatches representatives to Capitol Hill for congressional briefing on updating ECPA. |
InternetNews May 28, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Momentum Builds for Updating Privacy Act Government, advocacy groups call for Congress and agencies to modernize the way citizens' personal information is handled. |
PC Magazine May 1, 2010 Chloe Albanesius |
Another Look At Privacy Google, Microsoft, and AT&T have joined a coalition to push Congress to update electronic privacy laws. |
Information Today April 8, 2010 George H. Pike |
Digital Due Process Coalition Targets Privacy Laws A coalition of technology companies, public interest groups, think tanks, and academics has formed to push for updating federal privacy laws to address 21 st century privacy concerns. |
InternetNews October 12, 2010 |
Group Debuts Online Privacy, Security Campaign Common Sense Media, a nonprofit that works to protect kids from inappropriate media content, is launching an advocacy campaign to clamp down on online advertisers. |
InternetNews January 20, 2010 |
Microsoft: U.S. Must Weigh In on Cloud Computing Effort looks to encourage revised laws and industry and privacy protections as cloud computing takes off. |
InternetNews December 30, 2010 |
Looking Back on Web Privacy: 2010 Internet privacy was a favorite topic among regulators, lawmakers and advocacy groups, but for all the debate, how far did the government get toward reining in online data collection? |
InternetNews September 15, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
Waking Up to the Clouds Picking up on new study by Pew, panel of experts see cloud computing coming down to earth the next great computing revolution. |
InternetNews June 17, 2010 |
Microsoft Wants to Lead Cloud Privacy Charge The rise of cloud-based computing options has everyone scrambling to stake their claim. Microsoft, for now, says it wants to be a leader in protecting people and their data's privacy. |
IndustryWeek February 16, 2011 |
NIST Tackles Security Concerns on the Cloud Study includes recommendations for securely configuring and using full computing virtualization technologies. |
InternetNews December 3, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Privacy Advocates Press for Net Legislation A new effort by the Center for Democracy and Technology coincides with signs of movement in Congress on Internet privacy. |
InternetNews December 10, 2009 |
Facebook Users Still Upset at Security Changes New controls may expose even more personal data to the Web at large, charge critics. |
Salon.com September 14, 2001 Katharine Mieszkowski |
Send in the online spooks? In the aftermath of terrorism, civil libertarians are running for cover. But are they protesting too much? |
InternetNews March 29, 2010 |
Facebook Privacy Update Eyes Location Services Facebook turns a new page in its privacy policy with a fresh batch of updates that indicate it's getting serious about location-based services. |
InternetNews January 26, 2011 |
Privacy Concerns Weigh on Cloud Adoption A new poll of top executives ranks their objections to moving to cloud-computing systems, with nearly half saying that privacy worries are their biggest concern. |
InternetNews February 25, 2010 |
CTIA Calls for Location-Based Privacy Rules As the privacy debate turns to location-based services, wireless association seeks clarification from Congress on the rules for sharing data with law enforcement authorities. |
Information Today May 3, 2010 Paula J. Hane |
Celebrating Libraries and Promoting Choose Privacy Week (May 2-8) Choose Privacy Week, which takes place May 2-8, 2010, is about bringing information privacy issues out into the open and discussing them - and libraries are the perfect places for those conversations to take place. |
InternetNews July 10, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Online Ad Regulation a Threat to Journalism? As online privacy debate heats up in Washington, opponents of regulation make the case that better ads bankroll quality content. |
Information Today December 20, 2010 |
Commerce Department Calls for 'Privacy Bill of Rights' The report outlines a dynamic framework to increase protection of consumers' commercial data and support innovation and evolving technology. The Department is seeking additional public comment on the plan. |
InternetNews June 22, 2010 |
Cloud Services Boom Well Underway IT research firm Gartner predicts worldwide cloud services revenue will top $63.3 billion this year alone. What's driving the growth? |
InternetNews September 1, 2009 |
Consumer Groups Outline Privacy Law Wish List Privacy advocates pitch policy framework to House leaders drafting bill that could reshape online advertising. |
InternetNews June 17, 2010 |
Can the Feds Keep Data Private on the Cloud? The White House IT team has made its marching orders to the agencies clear: the cloud is the way to go. But with so much data in play, will privacy fall by the wayside? |
InternetNews December 9, 2009 |
Facebook Launches Privacy Overhaul Social networking giant to require all 350 million-plus users to edit and confirm privacy controls. |
InternetNews October 1, 2010 |
Ad Groups to Unveil Self-Regulatory Privacy Push Coalition of advertising associations plans to take the wraps off of a new umbrella organization to boost consumer privacy protections and preempt new federal regulations. |
Information Today February 12, 2001 Paula J. Hane |
Wider Access to U.S. Court Records Database Stirs Up Controversy The U.S. federal courts are quickly moving to create electronic case files and to provide public access to those files through the Internet... |
InternetNews August 23, 2010 |
Facebook Touts Places Privacy Controls Responding to early criticism about the privacy settings of its new location-based service Places, Facebook takes pains to point out the various ways that people can control their information. |
Information Today August 4, 2015 |
Organizations Introduce New Do Not Track Policy for Internet Browsing The Electronic Frontier Foundation, along with a coalition of partners, introduced a stronger Do Not Track policy standard for web browsing that aims to protect users from having their internet activity recorded. |
InternetNews December 10, 2009 |
Critics Blast Facebook's Latest Privacy Overhaul Advocates warn that new privacy controls will lead to inadvertent sharing of information. |
InternetNews April 20, 2010 |
Google Rebuked by Privacy Regulators Google is taken to task over lax privacy in the rollout of its Buzz social networking service as well as other services. |
InternetNews February 28, 2008 |
Google Eyes Medical Records, Data Sharing Business Google has unveiled a plan to help U.S. patients gain control of their medical records and is working with doctors' groups, pharmacies and labs to help them securely share sensitive health data. |
InternetNews April 11, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
Groups Spar Over Behavioral Web Ads FTC gets an earful in response to its proposal for self-regulatory behavioral ad targeting. |
InternetNews January 25, 2011 |
HP Expands Hybrid Public-Private Cloud Suite HP looks to bring "enterprise-class computing" to a cloud environment, courting businesses with new products and services that promise to modernize traditional IT deployments. |
InternetNews March 18, 2010 |
FTC Raps Weak Privacy in the Cloud, Social Media FTC officials remain adamant that the current privacy regime isn't working They also remain coy about action they will take following Wednesday's third and final privacy workshop. |
InternetNews December 8, 2010 |
IE 9 to Include Do-Not-Track Privacy Choice Amid ongoing talk among policymakers of mandating a do-not-track mechanism in Web browsers, Microsoft tries to get ahead of the curve with the next release of Internet Explorer. |
InternetNews February 13, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Advocates Blast FTC Guidelines on Web Privacy Agency refreshes self-regulatory best practices for behavioral targeting as privacy advocates call for tougher stance. |
InternetNews October 26, 2010 |
Obama Administration Forms Online Privacy Panel New Subcommittee on Privacy and Internet Policy includes representatives from a broad range of executive agencies, aims to help formulate administration policy on a hot-button Internet issue. |
InternetNews May 5, 2010 |
Advocacy Groups Slam House Privacy Bill Long-awaited draft of House privacy legislation appears, but leaves consumer advocacy groups warning about significant loopholes and enshrining current opt-out regime. |
CIO June 13, 2011 Bill Bulkeley |
What CFOs Care About Besides Your IT Budget CFOs need to understand more than the costs and financial benefits to adopting cloud and consumer technologies. They're also on the hook to protect against risk |
CIO September 23, 2009 John Brandon |
Cloud Computing: Is it Time to Invest in Cloud Storage? Cloud vendors are touting their storage offerings. IT leaders are intrigued, but wary. |
Wall Street & Technology March 5, 2010 Melanie Rodier |
Steve Ballmer: Microsoft Is "Betting Our Company" On The Cloud Speaking at the University of Washington, Ballmer spoke of the evolution of the Redmond-based company best known for its Windows and Office PC software, to a cloud computing company. |
Fast Company July 2001 Erika Germer |
Chief Privacy Officer Job Titles of the Future: It's no secret that consumer privacy is a weighty concern -- especially for a company with 90 million customers. That's why AT&T named Michael Lamb its first chief privacy officer. Lamb wants to make privacy a priority that's out in the open... |
InternetNews March 13, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
The Privacy Debate Beyond Google-DoubleClick The debate over consumer privacy and behavioral targeting in online advertising is far from over. |
InternetNews January 14, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Web Firms, Advocates Draw Lines in Privacy Fight With reforms to the Privacy Act looming on the congressional agenda, how will Internet companies be affected? |
InternetNews July 21, 2010 |
U.S. Agencies Inch Ahead on Federal Cloud The benefits of cloud computing are already reshaping enterprise IT planning. Now the federal government is aiming to similarly leverage the model's strengths - though plenty of obstacles remain. |
InternetNews June 14, 2005 Susan Kuchinskas |
IBM Addresses RFID Privacy Radio frequency identification technology promises to speed supply chain operations by automating the tracking of goods. But its potential to track people has privacy advocates crying foul. |
InternetNews June 3, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Microsoft, Google Cautiously Endorse Privacy Bill Privacy attorneys for leading Web firms offer support for a limited, general privacy bill as debate in Congress looms. |
InternetNews March 11, 2008 |
EU Approves Google's DoubleClick Buy Google won unconditional approval from the European Commission on Tuesday to buy Web advertising firm DoubleClick. |
InternetNews July 23, 2007 Nicholas Carlson |
Ask, Microsoft Talk Search Privacy The two search rivals ask Google and others to join their commitment to develop global privacy principles. |
InternetNews July 1, 2010 |
Federal IT's Cloud Efforts Probed by Congress U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra and others give an update on the progress, pros and cons of government's move to the cloud, as Congress weighs the benefits of data center consolidation against security considerations. |