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NEWS ABOUT: privacy settings

privacy settings stories: 8 news summaries
ANALYSIS

Facebook Crosses Line
on Privacy ... Again

Recognize that face in an ad? It could be your friend—or you.

Jul 28, 09 12:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Imagine Peter Smith’s surprise when an ad for “hot singles” on Facebook featured a picture of … his wife. The site blames that flap on a third-party company violating policy, but the incident underscores Facebook’s notoriously unclear privacy settings, writes Bob Sullivan for MSNBC: “A hard-to-spot... More »

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privacy • Facebook • online privacy • privacy settings • advertisements • advertisers • invasion of privacy • Internet privacy

(Newser) - Facebook is starting a pilot program to test a more user-friendly version of its sprawling privacy controls, CNET reports. The 40 different settings now occupy six separate pages, and are so complicated that many users ignore them completely. “These can add up and pile up and not be as... More »

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social networking • online advertising • Facebook • online privacy • privacy settings • website • Internet security • World Wide Web

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

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Explorer 8's Privacy Feature Boon to Users

... though advertisers surely won't like Microsoft's addition

Aug 27, 08 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The privacy features available with the next version of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer will appeal to users “paranoid or perverted,” Peter Bright writes on Ars Technica, but will “go some way to curtailing the power of large Internet companies to monitor how people are using the web.... More »

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Microsoft • online privacy • Internet Explorer • privacy settings • cookies • Internet privacy

After Beacon 'Screw Up' Facebook Ups Privacy

Online chat coming too

Mar 19, 08 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Facebook is launching a series of new privacy features today, allowing users to better pinpoint who can see which parts of their information, PC World reports. Privacy has been a watchword at Facebook ever since the PR disaster that was the Beacon advertising platform, which tracked users online. “With... More »

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Facebook • online privacy • chat room • privacy settings • instant messaging • Beacon

Private Photos Find Way to Online Viewers

Case of circumvented Flickr privacy settings has parents worried

Feb 21, 08 4:00 PM CST
(Newser) - The privacy settings on online photo-sharing sites aren’t always foolproof, as one Washington mother discovered. After posting pictures of her kids skinny-dipping on Flickr and marking them “private,” she found recently that they had been viewed thousands of times, the Washington Post reports. "Are creepy people... More »

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online privacy • digital photography • Flickr • privacy settings • Shutterfly • Snapfish • website

Don't Let Facebook De-Face You

Protect your offline reputation on social networking sites with these six steps

Oct 29, 07 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Social-networking sites make it easier to connect with friends and make new ones, but they also let casual acquaintances  like co-workers—or your boss—look you up on a whim.  Protect your privacy with these six steps from MarketWatch:
  1. Look for tools that allow you to restrict access
... More »

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social networking • MySpace • Facebook • online privacy • list • privacy settings

Brits Embrace Facebook, Pay the Price

Photos in 'private' online profiles land Oxford students in hot water

Jul 18, 07 12:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Miss New Jersey may never be mistaken for a Rhodes Scholar, but unlike some British university students, she knows how to make sure her Facebook profile is private. The social-networking site that nearly brought down the beauty queen is wreaking havoc across the Atlantic, with Oxford students facing disciplinary action... More »

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social networking • Internet • England • Facebook • punishment • disciplinary hearings • discipline • Oxford University • photograph • privacy settings

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