There's a poignant observation by Gabriel García Márquez. "Everyone has three lives: a public life, a private life, and a secret life" - Which do you broadcast? Money makes the world go around, new technology has revolutionized how we all live and how we all do business, we increasingly live in a world of strangers, rather than in homogeneous rural communities in which people knew those with whom they had contact. Yet it can also pose risk to us, it may raise a … [Read more...]
Privacy by Design Tracking Protection
December 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Recently, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a report that outlines their plan to deal with privacy issues on the internet. They take those issues seriously and FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz made it clear that they "will take action against companies that cross the line with consumer data and violate consumer's privacy – especially when children and teens are involved." The report states that industry efforts have been "too slow, and up to now have failed to … [Read more...]
Only 24% ARE NOT Thinking about Quitting Facebook
May 24, 2010 By 2 Comments
According to a IT security firm Sophos recent study, Facebook's privacy issues lead 60 percent of its members considering leaving the popular social network. Among the survey of 1,588 Facebook users, the findings suggest that almost two thirds of Facebook users are considering leaving, with 16% of those polled claiming to have already stopped using Facebook as a result of inadequate control over their data. "With this survey showing that only 24% of users aren't … [Read more...]
How to Get Your Important Facebook Privacy Settings Done
March 29, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Few days ago, Facebook announced its forthcoming changes to its terms of service, the new released propose is about a bold and creepy new feature: Some third-party partners are going to be allowed to access and use your Facebook data without any prior consent, which means Facebook can share your details with "Pre-approved third-party websites and applications". Back to few months ago, Facebook rolled out their infamous 'Everyone' setting feature, some of you might … [Read more...]
Video: About Facebook New Privacy Settings
December 15, 2009 By 4 Comments
If you are on the Facebook, by now, you should know the latest big changes that Facebook did toward to its privacy settings rolled out few days ago. If you still don't know or do not clear what and how the changes can affect your privacy, below this video explain you more. What Facebook did is recommending FB users adopt a series of new privacy settings that would reveal their personal data to anyone on the internet. To get a clear picture of what Facebook means … [Read more...]
Want Your Personal Data Get Protected and Secured Online?
December 5, 2009 By Leave a Comment
In my opinion, technology has become too advanced. I can still remember by the time when I did not have a computer in my home, and it was uncommon if you did have one. It was become common for some middle class families to have computers till 1990s, again, not for every family. But in our society today, you can see almost every single family has at least one computer if not more, and these computers are incredibly advanced compared to what you'd have had in your home a … [Read more...]
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