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A European commission official Tuesday termed as "unfounded" U.S. government concerns over privacy rules being considered by the EC. The rules could affect American financial services firms doing business in Europe, in particular their data gathering and transmission activities. "They expressed . . .
Hi-tech TV recording service TiVo has been attacked by a leading US privacy group. The Privacy Foundation claims TiVo covertly collects information about users' habits, despite promising not to do so. TiVo has denied the allegation, saying any data recorded is . . .
The FBI last week quietly expanded its use of the polygraph to cover systems administrators and all other employees with access to sensitive computer networks and databases, marking the first time that IT specialists in the government have been singled out . . .
Privacy organisation Cyber-Rights and Cyber-Liberties has submitted its objections to Internet surveillance ahead of a meeting in the European Parliament today. A European parliamentary committee is due to discuss the controversial global surveillance system Echelon and the . . .
A Czech information security firm has found a flaw in Pretty Good Privacy that permits digital signatures to be forged in some situations. Phil Zimmermann, the PGP inventor who's now the director of the OpenPGP Consortium, said on Wednesday that he . . .
Microsoft officials today tried to defuse privacy and security concerns about its new .Net Internet strategy by saying the new technology would let computer users control how much personal information they make available for commercial use. Questions about the privacy and . . .
The potential for abuse - advertisers, for instance, could soon pinpoint cell-phone users and beam them messages based on their shopping habits - has prompted Congress to consider a series of bills that, taken together, would dramatically restrict retailers, . . .
Ralph Nader has taken up a new cause: Guarding Internet users from online fraud and invasion of privacy. And he's proposed a bill of rights that would guarantee their protection. Tuesday, Nader endorsed the proposal in Santa Monica, Calif. The proposal's . . .
Privacy protections will increasingly be seen as a way to add value and build brand loyalty, business leaders said Tuesday. Consumers want more customized services for promoting products and services they are interested in, said John Kamp, counsel for the CPExchange . . .
If you showed up at the Federal Trade Commission's workshop on the privacy implications of database marketing Tuesday, the answer is probably still no. The Commission took a hard look at the likes of Acxiom and Abacus, massive marketing databases that . . .
Elana Kehoe doesn't like the idea of governments and hackers reading her e-mail as it traverses the Internet. So a few weeks ago, she installed a tool to scramble her messages. But she's having trouble using Pretty Good Privacy encryption. She knows of only four other PGP users, including her husband, Brendan. That means everything else goes through regular e-mail, which is as private as sending a postcard. . . .
The government should examine its own privacy practices before pointing a finger at the commercial sector, a report published Monday said. "The Federal government is the largest collector and user of citizens' personal and private information," said Jim Harper, operator . . .
Big Brother may be in your pocket. Popular electronic gadgets with links to the Internet pose a mounting threat to consumer privacy, Richard Smith, a leading computer privacy expert, said in an interview on Wednesday. . . .
Privacy has been a hot issue in Washington and elsewhere for some time now, and anyone familiar with political trends could be forgiven for assuming the public spotlight will quickly find some new hot-button issue. But not so, according to Forrester . . .
Thanks to lame online security measures, stealing an individual's identity is like taking candy from a baby, said reformed hacker Kevin Mitnick. Passwords, user names and other data used by financial institutions and utility companies to verify identity, such as an . . .
Users who upgrade their PCs may find they will not work when switched back on, under the software giant's plan to use an artificial intelligence engine to deactivate illegal copies of Windows XP. "A new graphics card and new motherboard will mean the operating system will require reactivation," he said. To reactivate their operating system, users will have to send details of the installation, such as the product ID number and a hardware identifier, to a Microsoft-run clearing house. They will then receive a product activation code. . . .
The bipartisan, bicameral Congressional Privacy Caucus will hear from Internet security and privacy experts on Thursday regarding some of the sneakiest forms of online surveillance technologies in use today. The panel for Thursday's hearing will examine threats to consumer privacy online . . .
If you feel your privacy at work has been eroding lately, it's probably more than just your imagination. Experts say companies are under increasing pressure to monitor employees electronically, and workers should assume they are being watched. . . .
As an Internet user and online shopper, you may have more in common with your friendly neighborhood spook at the CIA than you think - both you and the agents who look out for your national security are concerned about remaining . . .
Officials for VeriSign Inc., the oldest and largest seller of Internet domain names, confirmed that the company is selling parts of its massive customer list to marketers, but contended that the sale does not violate the company's posted privacy policy. . . .
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