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Would 'trusted identities' be trustworthy?
The Obama Administration has taken a stand against the unwieldy user name/password system of online identification and launched an initiative with the private sector to build an "identity ecosystem."
Google's mistake raises the privacy stakes
Google confessed last week--after being caught red-handed by German privacy officials--that since 2007 it has been unintentionally collecting private data from WiFi networks as its employees drove
Bank exposed sensitive bankruptcy data
Electronic privacy is a tricky business, and even with extreme diligence, problems can occur. Last week, HSBC Bank publicly acknowledged that problems with its imaging software resulted in the
Cloud computing under scrutiny
The Electronic Privacy Information Center has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate cloud computing services at Google because of concerns the data may not be properly protected. "We
Facebook withdraws changes in data use
The popular social networking site Facebook, which was under pressure from angry consumers, has reversed controversial changes to its contract with users that had appeared to give it ownership of
