The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, November 26, 2012

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, November 26, 2012A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence

General Online Privacy
News (U.S.) - Building an Iconography for Digital Privacy, The New York Times, Nov. 19, 2012

News (U.S.) - Online Privacy Threatened, But Risky Behaviors Persist: ISACA, eWeek, Nov. 24, 2012 

General Online Safety
Research (U.S.) - Parents, Teens, and Online Privacy, Pew Internet Life, Nov. 14, 2012

News (U.S.) -  Researchers Dispel Myths About Cyberbullying, Huffington Post, Nov. 20, 2012

News (U.S.) – Nintendo Network Now Requiring Credit Card Registration for Minors, Kotaku, Nov. 18, 2012

Advertising & Search
News (U.S.) - Lawsuit Against Google for Scanning Minors’ Emails without Consent, Law Across the Wire, Nov. 16, 2012

News (Germany) - Google won't be prosecuted over Street View in Germany, Ars Technica, Nov. 21, 2012

News (U.S.) - Your Online Attention, Bought in an Instant by Advertisers, The New York Times, Nov. 17, 2012

Mobile
News (U.S.) – Parental Controls for Tablets, Tech Hive, Nov. 26, 2012

News (U.S.) -   Snapchat app that deletes photos, said to encourage sexting among teens, NY Daily News, Nov. 22, 2012

Social Networks
News (U.S.) -  Controversial new Tumblr shames teens for racist posts, Slate, Nov. 16, 2012

News (U.S.) - Facebook to roll out HTTPS by default to all users, IDG, Nov. 20, 2012

News (Ireland) – Irish DPA Seeks ‘Urgent’ Clarification of Facebook Changes, Bloomberg News, Nov. 22, 2012

Legislation & Regulation
News (E.U.) -  Facebook: Companies would withdraw from talks with regulators over fines, Out-Law, Nov. 19, 2012

News (U.K.) - Most popular EU websites don't ask permission to install cookies, Computer World UK, Nov. 16, 2012

News (U.K.) - Cameron to ensure parents are led through a filter process on all new computers, Daily Mail, Nov. 17, 2012

 

-- Compiled by David Burt, CISSP, CIPP