Monthly Archives: September 2011

Privacy policies of Social networking websites for protection of speech. Twitter is clearly the best choice when it comes to ‘good-faith’. Read the article here. You may also want to read the Privacy Policy of Facebook… It collects data even … Continue reading →

The Justice Department has released an internal memo from August 2010 detailing the data retention policies of the major telecom companies. The release came after a Freedom of Information claim from the ACLU. Wired has summarized the document nicely with … Continue reading →

Post by Karthik Reddy and Laura Wishingrad Ceridian Case On June 8, 2011, the Federal Trade Commission issued a complaint against Ceridian Corporation, a company that operates “Powerpay,” a web-based payroll processing service for small businesses. Despite claiming on its website … Continue reading →

Post by: Justin Samuel and Qianqian Zhao There is a commercial market for data about which prescription medications have been prescribed and by whom. In a practice known as “physician detailing,” pharmacies in the United States sell this information to … Continue reading →

Interesting article .. other side of the coin http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=983&doc_id=233546&

Not reading the software user agreements can lead to unforeseen consequences for the user. This episode of “South Park” comments on just how bad it could be and, in its own way*, points out how such agreements are severely ineffective … Continue reading →

Read the full article here: http://readersupportednews.org/off-site-news-section/68-68/7517-yahoo-admits-to-blocking-wall-street-protest-emails

This blog post is written by Arthur Che and Samuel Tokheim, and refers to this article from PC World (published September 8, 2011). Overview Earlier this month, the FTC proposed a settlement with the sellers of two smartphone applications, Acne Pwner and … Continue reading →

Here is an article about ‘Corporate Investigation’ through social networks.

The ACLU has warned that we must speak up now to reclaim our liberties that have been stripped from us in the “state of emergency” mentality decade and “surveillance society” following 9/11 in the United States. It further warns that … Continue reading →