Socially Aware

January 06, 2012 - FTC, Privacy
Proposed Facebook Settlement Underscores the FTC’s Privacy Priorities
By: Julie O'Neill
On November 29, 2011, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a proposed order against Facebook that builds upon both the FTC’s recommendations from its 2010 draft privacy report and precedents set in the order that it recently imposed on Google. Any business that collects
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January 06, 2012 - Privacy, Discovery, Litigation
Standard for Discovery of Anonymous Internet Users’ Identities Remains in Flux
Plenty of press attention has been given to social media sites’ views on whether their users can use “handles” or pseudonyms instead of their real names. But much of the Internet’s social conversation remains dependent upon that dot-com staple, the anonymous message board. In
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January 06, 2012 - Privacy
Tracking the Trackers: Social Media Companies Face Pressure for Tracking Users’ Browsing Habits
Facebook is facing renewed scrutiny following efforts to explain its data collection practices, which include tracking where and when members and nonmembers are browsing after they visit a Facebook page. At the end of 2011, USA Today reported on how Facebook tracks user browsing
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January 06, 2012 - Privacy
Agreement Reached in Belgium on Google Street View Privacy Concerns
2010 and 2011 witnessed Google’s rollout of Street View , the search company’s mobile panoramic mapping service, in a number of European countries — but not without challenges to the Internet giant, which has had to enter into a variety of agreements with local
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Topic Archives: Privacy

Proposed Facebook Settlement Underscores the FTC’s Privacy Priorities

By: Julie O'Neill

Standard for Discovery of Anonymous Internet Users’ Identities Remains in Flux

Tracking the Trackers: Social Media Companies Face Pressure for Tracking Users’ Browsing Habits

Agreement Reached in Belgium on Google Street View Privacy Concerns