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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: privacy policy

privacy policy stories: 3 news summaries

(Newser) - Facebook suffers from "serious privacy gaps" and must become more transparent about how personal information is handled to comply with the law, says a government watchdog in Canada. The report by the country's privacy commissioner marks the first time a government has found Facebook to be acting illegally, reports... More »

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social networking • Canada • privacy • Facebook • online data storage • Internet privacy • privacy policy

ANALYSIS

Watchdog Wants More Privacy From Google

Incognito mode should be default setting on Chrome browser

Nov 4, 08 2:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Nonprofit Consumer Watchdog is urging Google to make the “incognito” setting—which can limit the search giant’s ability to pin down users’ locations and keep tabs on their search and other data—the default mode on its new Chrome browser, Chris Thompson writes in the Big Money. It... More »

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Google • online privacy • privacy settings • Internet privacy • Google Chrome • privacy policy

You Can't
Afford to Read
the Fine Print

Actually reading online privacy policies would cost $365B per year

Oct 12, 08 5:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - No one bothers to read websites' online privacy policies. But if Americans did—just once a year for each site they visit—it would take 200 hours per person, amounting to $365 billion worth of lost time, Ars Technica reports. That may all be theoretical, but the researchers behind the... More »

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study • Carnegie Mellon University • Internet privacy • privacy policy

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