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Privacy Groups Target Amazon Again

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In a letter the groups plan to send Tuesday to consumer protection regulators in 14 states, the District of Columbia and at the Federal Trade Commission, Junkbusters and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) praise state regulators for discussing privacy issues . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 10, 2002

Spam Blocker Has Opposite Effect

Users of SpamNet, a popular peer-to-peer unsolicited e-mail filtering service, had grown accustomed to virtually junk-free inboxes. So when spam suddenly started pouring in last week, SpamNet users weren't very happy. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 09, 2002

The Great Security Self-Assessment Test

As the laws governing the use of employee and customer data become ever more complex, IT directors are having to spend more time creating legally watertight privacy policies. But there is much evidence to suggest that many aren't fully aware . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 08, 2002

Search Firm Caves In To Privacy Pressure

Fast Search and Transfer's AlltheWeb.com bowed to pressure from a consumer advocate this week by adding a first-ever privacy policy disclosing its data-sharing practices. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 03, 2002

NSA to Upgrade Monitoring and Eavesdropping Abilities

The largest U.S. intelligence agency will spend millions to upgrade the technology it uses to sift through the huge volume of telephone conversations, e-mail and other worldwide communications chatter it monitors, under a new contract. The National Security Agency has signed . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 02, 2002

U.S. tech protests EU privacy laws

A group of American companies is attempting this week to persuade the European Union to relax its rules governing data protection, claiming they are bad for business. The 10 companies, who dub themselves the Global Privacy Alliance (GPA) and whose members include IBM, Oracle and VeriSign, believe that the EU has put too much emphasis on the protection of individuals' privacy, and not enough on ensuring the free flow of information between companies. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 30, 2002

Amazon To Tune Privacy Policy

Two years after it angered privacy advocates by altering its privacy policy, Amazon.com has told a group of state attorneys general that it will change the guidelines again to make them more consumer-friendly. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 27, 2002

ID Theft: Authentication Not Enough

In Shakespeare's Othello, Iago laments that "he that filches from me my good name/Robs me of that which not enriches him/And makes me poor indeed." In the modern world, by contrast, filching someone else's good name through identity theft can significantly . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 24, 2002

Who's letting the spam in?

According to operators of spam-filtering lists, an alarming number of people are unwittingly helping junk mailers shuttle spam, or unsolicited bulk e-mail. Those unassuming victims are running software meant to allow multiple connections over a LAN (local area network) to the . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 23, 2002

Attacking Spam With "Spamlets"

Free Web-based e-mail services have long used customers as marketing mules, adding an unobtrusive tag line at the end of each message to tout their products. Now, an anti-spam company is drawing fire for using the same tactic. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 20, 2002

Identity theft: Fact and Fiction

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 18, 2002

Privacy leak reported in Mozilla-based browsers

A "serious" privacy leak in Mozilla and other browsers based on the open-source technology, such as Netscape and Galeon, discloses users' Web surfing information, according to a recent report.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 16, 2002

Privacy Losses Around the World

One year after September 11, personal privacy is an international casualty in the war on terror. It has now been one year since the horrific events of September 11th, 2001. It is often said that "everything has changed." That includes privacy, . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 16, 2002

Spammers Tapping Into E-Mail Lists?

E-mail management company Lyris Technologies on Wednesday said it is investigating spam complaints that may involve hundreds of thousands of compromised customer e-mail addresses. At least three current and former Lyris customers this week complained that recipients of their e-mail . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 12, 2002

Spam Versus Technology: The Battle Rages On

Everyone with an e-mail account receives the entreaties: A deposed prince needs a reliable bank account in which to stash his loot; a marketing genius wants to share his method for securing easy riches; and, of course, an amateur cameraman has . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 06, 2002

Security Trumps Privacy in New Laws

Governments have made it easier for authorities to plumb databases and eavesdrop on telephone and online conversations, a survey of privacy regulations released this week found. The report, from the Electronic Privacy Information Center and Privacy International, shows that many countries . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 05, 2002

An Open Letter to the U.S. Privacy Officer

Over the summer, the Bush Administration revealed plans to appoint the first-ever U.S. chief privacy officer as part of the proposed Department of Homeland Security. This is significant because our government has generally resisted appointing a privacy officer. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 05, 2002

Setting the Rules for Spam and Net Privacy

Swindle, 65, is one of five commissioners at the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC's responsibilities involve policing the Internet for fraud and privacy violations; the agency recently compelled Microsoft to make changes to its Passport authentication system. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 05, 2002

One effect of 9/11: Less privacy

Governments worldwide have made it easier for authorities to augment citizen databases and eavesdrop on telephone and online conversations in order to fight terror, according to a survey of privacy regulations released Tuesday. The report, written by privacy activists Electronic Privacy Information Center and Privacy International, show the United States was not alone in passing new laws that value increased security over personal privacy.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 04, 2002

An International Survey of Privacy Laws and Developments

This annual report by EPIC and Privacy International reviews the state of privacy in over fifty countries around the world. It outlines legal protections for privacy, new challenges, and summarizes important issues and events relating to privacy and surveillance. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 03, 2002

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