“Think Google respects your privacy? Think again,” warned Microsoft’s ‘Don’t get Scroogled’ campaign. If you don’t want your privacy invaded by having Google scan “every word of every email,” then Microsoft says to use Outlook.com.
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FTC outlines recommendations to improve mobile privacy
Silicon Valley Business Journal The Federal Trade Commission released a report today outlining ways that mobile device makers and app developers can better protect user privacy. The report focuses on bringing timely, easy-to-understand disclosures to users about the data being … FTC: App developers, stores should take new privacy steps US wants Amazon, Apple, BlackBerry, Google and Microsoft to get a grip on … FTC Report Hints of Mobile Privacy Action |
Data Privacy Day is great since it highlights both privacy and security. The two topics used to easily be within the same category, but now are often at odds. The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) kicked off Data Privacy Day 2013 with an event at the George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C. that was streamed live on Facebook without requiring login.
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Due to the new privacy laws that the EU is working on, the ACLU’s Jay Stanley and Ben Wizner are in Europe. “Unlike the United States, Europe has a set of basic rules and institutions in place to protect individuals’ privacy, and is trying to update its existing rules and institutions for the digital age,” the ACLU wrote.
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