The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, October 15, 2012
The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, October 15, 2012A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence
[Cross Posted from the blog I manage at work, Microsoft Privacy & Online Safety]
General Online Privacy
News (U.S.) - Web Profiles Haunt Students, The Wall Street Journal, Oct. 4, 2012
News (U.K.) - Millions of PlaySpan user IDs and passwords leaked online, Develop Oct. 10, 2012
News (U.S.) – Online life after death faces legal uncertainty, IT World, Oct. 8, 2012
News (U.S.) - New Chrome Extension PrivacyFix Protects Privacy on 1,000 popular sites, ReadWriteWeb, Oct. 8, 2012
General Online Safety
News (Canada) - Port Coquitlam teen driven to death by cyberbullying, The Vancouver Sun, Oct. 12, 2012
News (U.K.) - Researches Claim New Link Between Violent Video Games And Hostility, The Telegraph Oct. 8, 2012
Advertising & Search
News (U.S.) - Do Not Track? Advertisers Say ‘Don’t Tread on Us’, The New York Times, Oct. 13, 2012
News (U.K.) - Google's privacy policy: EU data protection chiefs 'to act within days', The Guardian, Oct. 8, 2012
Research (U.S.) - Most US Internet Users Want 'Do Not Track' to Stop Collection of Data, Hoofnagle, et. al., Oct. 2012
News (U.S.) - Google Privacy Audit Leaves Lingering Questions, InformationWeek, Oct. 8, 2012
Mobile
News (U.S.) – Mobile web search tracking by Verizon draws controversy, NBC News, Oct. 11, 2012
News (U.S.) - Apple Has Quietly Started Tracking iPhone Users Again, Business Insider, Oct. 11, 2012
News (U.S.) - Parents fear porn on children's mobiles, The Telegraph, Oct. 10, 2012
Advocates (U.S.) - Tracking Kids’ Cell Phones: Reassurance or Overparenting?, Larry Magid, Oct. 13, 2012
Social Networks
News (U.S.) - Facebook redoes privacy settlement, offers cash to users, CNET, Oct. 8, 2012
News (U.S.) - Facebook confirms researcher exploited settings to collect user phone numbers, NextWeb, Oct. 10, 2012
Legislation & Regulation
News (Canada) – In wake of Amanda Todd suicide MPs to debate anti-bullying motion, CTV News, Oct. 15, 2012
News (EU) - EU steps back from insistence that 'do not track' standard is cookie-law compliant, Out-Law, Oct. 11, 2012
-- Compiled by David Burt, CISSP, CIPP