PRIVACY

Google to Simplify its Privacy Policy, Consolidate TOS

The Internet search engine giant Google will update its privacy policy and terms of service (TOS), granting it explicit right to combine personal information across multiple products and services, the company announced, Tuesday, on its official blog.

Google to unify privacy policy across products

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Google Inc plans to unify its privacy policy and terms of service across its online offerings, including its flagship search, Gmail and Google+ products, to make them easier to use, but the move could attract greater scrutiny from anti-trust regulators.
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Logitech Webcams: Which is the Best?

The best tech doesn't have to cost a ton of cash to be considered the best, and that's especially true for webcams. If you're looking to upgrade or if you're shopping for one for the first time, check out the Logitech C615 for about $60.
Facebook

Think Before You ‘Like’ on Facebook

The founder and president of New York City's Pace Public Relations is a successful and sober-minded individual, but when it comes to this one thing, she has a definite compulsion. It's the Like button on Facebook -- she just can't stop clicking it.
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U.S. Tries New Tactic for Suspected Swiss Bank Tax Cheats

U.S. authorities hunting in Swiss banks for suspected tax cheats have a new weapon in their arsenal: an arcane but aggressive legal maneuver more commonly used against drug smugglers, money launderers and Imelda Marcos, widow of the Philippine dictator.
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Facebook to boost privacy after Irish probe

Facebook agreed on Wednesday to overhaul privacy protection for more than half a billion users outside North America, after a three-month investigation found that its privacy policies were overly complex and lacked transparency.
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Facebook Timeline Is Live: 6 Major Changes to Know

The new Facebook Timeline offers drastically different changes from any other switch before. We offer you the top six important things to know when switching to the new Timeline format and how to protect your information from others.
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Swiss and U.S. Officials Inch Closer to a Tax-Row Deal: Reports

Swiss and U.S. officials have met in recent days in Berne, Switzerland, to try to end a long-running dispute over wealthy Americans using secret Swiss accounts to dodge taxes, and they seem to be getting closer to a deal, two newspapers reported Sunday.
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Swiss and U.S. inch closer to tax-row deal: reports

Swiss and U.S. officials have met in recent days in Berne to try to end a long-running dispute over wealthy Americans using secret Swiss accounts to dodge taxes, and seem to be getting closer to a deal, two newspapers reported on Sunday.
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Senator demands privacy info from software firm

Senator Al Franken asked software maker Carrier IQ to respond to claims by an independent security researcher that its products collect and transmit potentially sensitive data about millions of mobile phone users.
Amazon

Amazon Takes Heat From Congressman Regarding Privacy of Kindle Fire

Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA), the co-chairman of the Congressional Privacy Caucus, said in a statement Tuesday he was unhappy about Amazon's answers to a letter he sent to the Seattle-based retailer last month asking about Amazon Silk, a web browser installed in the Fire tablet.
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Facebook settles privacy case with FTC

Facebook will be required to get user consent for certain changes to privacy settings as part of a settlement of federal charges that it deceived consumers and forced them to share more personal information than they intended.
Identity Shift

'Identity Shift' Book Claims Users' Willingness to Share Info Online Based on Trust

The Federal Trade Commission announced Tuesday that Facebook will settle over privacy disputes. Commissioned by Alcatel-Lucent, Allison Cerra and Christina James set out in Identity Shift: Where Identity Meets Technology in the Networked-Community Age to understand how users construct their virtual identity and how much information consumers are willing to share with companies online.
British actress Sienna Miller arrives at the Leveson Inquiry into media practices at the High Court in central London November 24, 2011.

Sienna Miller Tells of Hacking Paranoia

Actress Sienna Miller said on Thursday she had been placed under a web of surveillance by a tabloid newspaper which listened into her messages and read emails, prompting her to accuse family and friends of leaking stories to the press.

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