Posts tagged as: privacy

The US Senate receives bills for amendments in cyber security prior to the August recess – Part 1

The US lawmakers are submitting their amendments to the Senate before their August recess, and the most important of these bills are related to cyber security. The republicans and democrats seem to be at an impasse on a mutual agreement on the cyber privacy infringements and security breaches. However, some of representatives are trying to […]

The US Senate receives bills for amendments in cyber security prior to the August recess – Part 2

Sen. Ron Wyden filed his bill for three amendments in the cyber security. One of them was to restrict the policing of the government on the privacy of the users. According to the bill, the government should not ask for the user information from the likes of clouding services that store the user data on […]

In Easy Steps: Want to remove your name from Facebook ads?

Social media networks like Facebook are not only platforms to meet people anymore, but are now sources of information as well. However, much of that information comes from legal but audacious ways. Everyone wants to hang out with friends or stay connected for gossips but there are certain distinctions in friendship, some are best buddies, […]

Internet Privacy: A growing concern of the knowledgeable and growing threat to the oblivious – Part 1

You surf the internet and think you have your privacy intact. Think again! There have been many articles and websites dedicated to vaporize the delusion of privacy on the internet. In fact in the last few years, there have been many reports made public on the heinous activities of the very companies that have helped […]

Internet Privacy: A growing concern of the knowledgeable and growing threat to the oblivious – Part 2

For that reason, Facebook has revamped the security of the website and on the scale of 0-100 defined by PrivacyChoice in their privacy tool, PrivacyScore, it scored a whopping 94. Its major counterpart in the business of social network in the internet, Google + scored exactly 85. In fact, the whole network of Google, Inc. […]

Student forces Facebook to improve security

A Viennese law student, Max Schrems, 24, hacked into 1222 Facebook pages and housed the date in a CD. The younsgter managed to divide the personal data into 57 categories such as hobbies, tastes, religious views, and so on.  The data accumulated during his three years in the social network, including information and conversations that […]

Mark Zuckerberg admits committing "a lot" of mistakes

Mark Zuckerberg admits committing "a lot" of mistakes In a recent blog post on Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, has acknowledged that they have committed "a lot of mistakes," and believes it is unfair to overshadow much of the good work they have done. The founder of the social media network began by recalling the history of […]

Facebook tracks users even after they sign off…

Facebook tracks users even after they sign off… Facebook is tracking which sites its 800million user’s visit even after they have signed out, a new report has revealed. Company employees are also able to watch where people who are not members of the social-networking site go online, if they have just viewed Facebook once. Critics have […]

Facebook seeking privacy changes consent

Facebook seeking privacy changes consent Facebook is time consuming, entertaining, hangout place for people of all ages, finding your old college buddies, just to name a few. It is a lot of things and doing a lot more but respecting privacy of the users is not at the top of their agenda. The place to […]

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