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EPIC sues FTC over Google's planned privacy changes 09 February, 2012 09:28:18
The Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, asking a court to force the agency to take action against Google over planned changes in the company's collection of personal data. - +
FTC warns makers of background checking apps 08 February, 2012 06:39:50
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has sent warning letters to the makers of six mobile apps used for background checks, saying the apps may violate a consumer credit protection law. - +
FTC warns background screening mobile apps may be unlawful 08 February, 2012 05:26:27
The Federal Trade Commission this week said it sent letters to six unidentified mobile applications makers warning them that their background screening apps may be violating federal statutes. - +
Facebook details continue to emerge following IPO announcement 05 February, 2012 16:12:00
Facebook's coziness with Washington and the astronomical tax bill its founder could face by exercising a huge cache of stock options are some of the latest details to emerge about the social network following its IPO announcement. - +
IRS helps bust 105 people in massive identity theft crackdown 01 February, 2012 08:20:26
The Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Justice teamed up for a coast-to-coast crackdown on identity thieves this week. - +
Lawmaker pushes consumer notification bill in wake of Carrier IQ concerns 31 January, 2012 07:12:24
U.S. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) has proposed a bill that would require all phone companies to notify consumers of any user tracking and monitoring software in their cell phones. - +
FTC Commissioner talks online privacy, puts data brokers on notice 27 January, 2012 09:18:00
As the Federal Trade Commission prepares to release a new framework of privacy principles to prod the Internet industry toward tighter protections for consumers' online data, one of the agency's commissioners said that she has grown particularly alarmed at the unchecked actions of data brokers to mine, analyze and potentially sell sensitive information. - +
15 worst Internet privacy scandals of all time 27 January, 2012 05:47:43
In honor of National Data Privacy Day this Saturday, Jan. 28, we've put together a list of the 15 worst Internet privacy scandals of all time. - +
Google to combine users' data across its services 25 January, 2012 10:34:00
Google will be able to combine data from several Google services when a Google Accounts user is signed in, as part of a rewritten set of privacy policies that the company announced on Tuesday. - +
U.S. government online security website hacked 24 January, 2012 18:51:28
Hackers under the AntiSec banner appeared to have hacked late Monday the website of OnGuardOnline.gov, the U.S. federal government's online security website, in protest against controversial legislation. - +
Facebook may let you share what you do off-site 18 January, 2012 08:42:39
Speculation is swirling that Facebook is getting ready to announce a way to combine information on what users do on, and off, the social network.
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CIO industry insight podcast #11: Brad Howarth talks about the future of broadband 15 June, 2011 09:17:33
Journalist for CIO Australia, Lisa Banks, chats to Brad Howarth about A Faster Future; the book he co-authored with Janelle Ledwidge. - +
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Special Report: Green and Sustainable IT in the Enterprise 15 April, 2010 11:58:23
Despite all the hype surrounding Green IT, many CIOs and senior IT executives are unsure about the best way to start their organisations on the green journey. In this special edition podcast, CIO Australia editor Matt Rodgers speaks to Sundeep Khisty, Green Practice Leader, HP Enterprise Services, Asia Pacific & Japan, about how CIOs can best guide IT to become a core part of a company's sustainability strategy.
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Trojan scoops 20k archives in one week 09 February, 2012 16:18:00
Cloud dump offers thieves reliability.A Trojan discovered this month has already stolen upwards of 20,000 archives, Symantec is warning. - +
DDoS attacks motivated by politics not criminality, Arbor Networks finds 09 February, 2012 01:47:00
Large service providers fear the AnonymousLarge Internet organisations believe ideological and political motivations have become the single commonest motivation behind the DDoS attacks hitting their networks, a survey of major Internet firms by has found. - +
Researchers crack satellite encryption 09 February, 2012 09:27:00
Researchers at a university in Bochum, Germany claim to have cracked encryption algorithms of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) that are used to secure certain civilian satellite phone communications. - +
EU to stengthen its cybersecurity watchdog 09 February, 2012 03:22:46
Cybercrime is worth more than the international drugs trade, says Commissioner Neelie KroesA push by European authorities to strengthen the European Union's cybersecurity watchdog has been given a green light by parliamentarians. - +
Google ships Chrome 17, touts more malware alerts and page pre-loads 09 February, 2012 08:22:00
Patches 20 vulnerabilities, pays $10,500 in bounties to four bug huntersGoogle today patched 20 vulnerabilities in the desktop edition of Chrome and added new anti-malware download warnings to version 17.
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