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Amazon's New Privacy Policy: Customer Rights And Data Sharing Explained

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Online e-tailer Amazon.com [NASDAQ: AMAZ] Thursday issued a new privacy policy, saying the revised document was needed to clarify customers' rights following recent partnerships made with companies such as Toys-R-Us and Internet auto dealer Greenlight.com.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 05, 2000

Amazon's New Privacy Policy Enhances Transparency For Online Shoppers

Amid mounting privacy concerns, online retail giant Amazon.com has revised its privacy policy and plans to e-mail a copy to its 23 million customers over the next week. Amazon.com spokeswoman Patty Smith said the changes were made in response to customers' . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 01, 2000

Congress Evaluates Risks Of Carnivore Surveillance System

Since the public learned of Carnivore in early July, members of Congress, privacy advocates and civil liberties organizations have expressed serious concerns over its use and potential for abuse. The request for proposals notes some of the concerns, including that . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Sep 01, 2000

FTC Reports Rise In Identity Theft Complaints Linked To Internet Issues

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says it has seen complaints of identity theft triple so far this year, and claims at least part of the increase can be attributed to the Internet.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 31, 2000

Senate Committee Reviews Australian E-Privacy Legislation Concerns

In an attempt to plug the gaps in the Federal government's proposed legislation on data privacy, the Senate Select Committee on IT will meet again early next week to further its inquiry. Amongst those giving their views on the draft . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 30, 2000

U.S. Court Decision: Source Code Lacks Free Speech Protection

If you weren't paying attention, U.S. District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan last week slapped hacker site 2600.com with a major defeat. He ruled that source code doesn't get the protection of free speech. The ruling is just another shot in . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 24, 2000

TRUSTe Privacy Breach: Covert User Tracking Concerns Highlighted

TRUSTe, a privacy advocate organization that runs a privacy seal-of-approval program for retail Web sites and shows companies how to write effective privacy policies, itself has tracked users with means not mentioned in its own privacy policy, a security group says.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 24, 2000

The Rise of Internet Privacy Warriors and Deceptive Tactics

The battle over Internet privacy has a new faction: the Web privacy hawk using guerilla tactics such as lying about their identities when trading profile information for free services, the Pew Charitable Trust found in its latest survey. The number . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 24, 2000

Sony's Battle With Napster: Strategies for Digital Rights Management

"Sony is going to take aggressive steps to stop this," Heckler told the Summer Forty-Niner. "We will develop technology that transcends the individual user. We will firewall Napster at source -- we will block it at your cable company, we will . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 23, 2000

Exploring Internet Privacy Challenges Raised at Aspen Summit

Maybe John Palafoutas said it best. "People are not concerned about privacy, they're hysterical about privacy," the head of the American Electronics Association said during a spirited debate at the Aspen Summit Monday night. The debate will rage on in . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 23, 2000

Carnivore Surveillance Technology Raises Legal And Privacy Concerns

Surveillance technology called Carnivore has the Internet community on the look out. Used by the FBI, Carnivore raises a variety of legal and privacy issues. One group, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), sought a court order to get the operational . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 23, 2000

Study Reveals Rising Privacy Concerns Among U.S. Internet Users

U.S. CITIZENS ARE increasingly worried about their privacy while surfing online and would like Internet privacy guarantees, even though they are currently doing little themselves to protect their Internet identities, according to a study released on Sunday by the nonprofit Pew . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 21, 2000

Introducing ActivatorDesk: A Solution for Web Privacy Challenges

There is a new tool in the fight for web privacy. After viewing 60 Minutes Sunday August 13th, world-renowned inventor Roger Heath was inspired to announce its pending release. It's called ActivatorDesk, and with it you may automatically block advertisers from . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 18, 2000

Massachusetts Court Denies Toysmart Customer Data Sale To FTC

The U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Massachusetts today denied a motion by Waltham, Mass.-based Toysmart.com Inc. to approve a settlement the company reached with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) last month to sell its customer data. Judge Carol Kenner put off . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 18, 2000

Privacy Breach: Wireless Services Expose Mobile Users' Phone Numbers

Mobile phone Web surfers from several service providers discovered last March that their wireless Web services were distributing their phone numbers to Web sites without telling them. The disclosure enraged privacy advocates and prompted at least one company--Sprint PCS--to promise quick . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 18, 2000

Concerns Regarding College Board's Email Selling Policy

"The College Board is selling students' email addresses to colleges and universities this summer for the first time. The nonprofit administrator of the SAT has sold lists of test-takers' names and addresses to accredited colleges since the 1970s." I for . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 17, 2000

Public Discussion On Privacy Issues At Los Angeles Convention

HONING IN ON the controversy now surrounding privacy, Democratic operatives on Wednesday at the Los Angeles convention will aim to point out the difference between the two political parties on the hot-button issue. Although offering few details ahead of the scheduled . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 17, 2000

Compaq Privacy Breach Allegations During Laptop Repair Case

"A Las Vegas businessman has sued Compaq Computer Corp., accusing technicians of invading his privacy by snooping in his laptop while it was being repaired and sparking allegations of child pornography."

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 17, 2000

Boston Firm Under Fire For User Surveillance Activities

Robert O'Harrow writes: "A Boston technology firm is surreptitiously tracking computer users across the Internet on behalf of pharmaceutical companies, a practice that demonstrates the limits of a recent agreement to protect the privacy of Web surfers." Just another story . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 15, 2000

Verizon: Data Exposure Risk Amid Ongoing Service Worker Strike

Already suffering pressure from an ongoing customer service worker strike, Verizon Communications had to remove a customer service self-help Web site on Sunday because it exposed some customers' private information.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 15, 2000

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