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Net Blamed for Identity Theft Spike

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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says it has seen complaints of identity theft triple so far this year, and claims at least part of the increase can be attributed to the Internet.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 31, 2000

Caution urged on Australian e-privacy bill

In an attempt to plug the gaps in the Federal government's proposed legislation on data privacy, the Senate Select Committee on IT will meet again early next week to further its inquiry. Amongst those giving their views on the draft . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 30, 2000

Free Speech On The Web? Don't Even Talk About It

If you weren't paying attention, U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan last week slapped hacker site 2600.com with a major defeat. He ruled that source code doesn't get the protection of free speech. The ruling is just another shot in . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 24, 2000

Security group says major privacy organization tracks users

TRUSTe, a privacy advocate organization that runs a privacy seal-of-approval program for retail Web sites and shows companies how to write effective privacy policies, itself has tracked users with means not mentioned in its own privacy policy, a security group says.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 24, 2000

Protect your Internet privacy by lying

The battle over Internet privacy has a new faction: the Web privacy hawk using guerilla tactics such as lying about their identities when trading profile information for free services, the Pew Charitable Trust found in its latest survey. The number . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 24, 2000

Sony exec: We will beat Napster

"Sony is going to take aggressive steps to stop this," Heckler told the Summer Forty-Niner. "We will develop technology that transcends the individual user. We will firewall Napster at source -- we will block it at your cable company, we will . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 23, 2000

Internet Privacy Hashed Out At Aspen Summit

Maybe John Palafoutas said it best. "People are not concerned about privacy, they're hysterical about privacy," the head of the American Electronics Association said during a spirited debate at the Aspen Summit Monday night. The debate will rage on in . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 23, 2000

Infosec Experts: Carnivore Bite Too Big?

Surveillance technology called Carnivore has the Internet community on the look out. Used by the FBI, Carnivore raises a variety of legal and privacy issues. One group, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), sought a court order to get the operational . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 23, 2000

Study: U.S. surfers want privacy

U.S. CITIZENS ARE increasingly worried about their privacy while surfing online and would like Internet privacy guarantees, even though they are currently doing little themselves to protect their Internet identities, according to a study released on Sunday by the nonprofit Pew . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 21, 2000

Web Privacy: ActivatorDesk(tm) To Respond To Issues On CBS's 60 Minutes

There is a new tool in the fight for web privacy. After viewing 60 Minutes Sunday August 13th, world-renowned inventor Roger Heath was inspired to announce its pending release. It's called ActivatorDesk, and with it you may automatically block advertisers from . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 18, 2000

Toysmart, FTC overruled on sale of customer data

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Massachusetts today denied a motion by Waltham, Mass.-based Toysmart.com Inc. to approve a settlement the company reached with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last month to sell its customer data. Judge Carol Kenner put off . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 18, 2000

Wireless Web privacy hole still wide open

Mobile phone Web surfers from several service providers discovered last March that their wireless Web services were distributing their phone numbers to Web sites without telling them. The disclosure enraged privacy advocates and prompted at least one company--Sprint PCS--to promise quick . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 18, 2000

College Board selling student email addresses

"The College Board is selling students' email addresses to colleges and universities this summer for the first time. The nonprofit administrator of the SAT has sold lists of test-takers' names and addresses to accredited colleges since the 1970s." I for . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 17, 2000

Democrats champion privacy

HONING IN ON the controversy now surrounding privacy, Democratic operatives on Wednesday at the Los Angeles convention will aim to point out the difference between the two political parties on the hot-button issue. Although offering few details ahead of the scheduled . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 17, 2000

Computer maker sued for snooping

"A Las Vegas businessman has sued Compaq Computer Corp., accusing technicians of invading his privacy by snooping in his laptop while it was being repaired and sparking allegations of child pornography."

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 17, 2000

Tracking your every move

Robert O'Harrow writes: "A Boston technology firm is surreptitiously tracking computer users across the Internet on behalf of pharmaceutical companies, a practice that demonstrates the limits of a recent agreement to protect the privacy of Web surfers." Just another story . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 15, 2000

Verizon site exposed customer data

Already suffering pressure from an ongoing customer service worker strike, Verizon Communications had to remove a customer service self-help Web site on Sunday because it exposed some customers' private information.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 15, 2000

Florida forms privacy task force

Recognizing the need for new privacy policies in the Internet Age, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush has created a task force to make policy recommendations by Feb. 1, 2001. The Privacy and Technology Task Force, directed by the state legislature, will . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 11, 2000

U.S. Court Limits Online Porn Censorship

A U.S. court has stopped the state of Virginia from enforcing a 1999 law that criminalizes use of the Internet to sell or otherwise provide sexually explicit material that is "harmful to minors." U.S. District Court Judge J. Harry Michael, Jr. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 11, 2000

Yahoo, EBay Halt Mailing List Auction on Sites

An executive at Yahoo Auctions said the company removed the auction listing because it violated its terms of service by offering to sell personal data, the Journal said. An EBay spokesperson said the company does not allow the sale of bulk . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 10, 2000

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