Affiliate Programs and Affiliate Reviews
Twitter has made an important overture to privacy advocates: It is giving users the ability to opt out of being tracked on the service by enabling the Do Not Track feature in the Firefox browser. Ed Felten, chief technology officer for the Federal Trade Commission, broke the news at an industry event Thursday morning in New York. The company later confirmed it in a message on Twitter.
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Social network MySpace settled with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission Tuesday over charges related to how the site was using members’ personal information. The social network had access to personal data from users, including their full names, ages and genders. MySpace promised users it would not share that information unless it received user consent.
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The U.S. Federal Communication Commission may have settled for a gentle slap to Google’s wrist after investigating alleged violations of the federal Wiretrap Act via its Street View program, but Google’s legal woes stemming from that issue are far from over. Europe reportedly is preparing to look at allegations that Google employees may have known the service would collect personal information.
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The FCC has taken action against Google, citing its efforts to impede the agency’s investigation into its Street View project’s possible privacy violations, and levying a fine on the company. However, the amount of the fine — a mere $25,000 — has astounded onlookers. “That does not even qualify as a slap on the wrist,” said independent telecom analyst Jeff Kagan.
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