How one small American VPN company is trying to stand up for privacy
CEO: “We’ve never been asked for keys nor [have we] handed over user data.”
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Naked Citizens
The General Data Protection Regulation was put forward by the European Commission on 25 January 2012. This campaign is designed to make sure that the Regulation gives us stronger privacy rights.
Privacy, public health and the moral hazard of surveillance – Cory Doctorow
If online oversharing is a public health problem, then the state’s decision to harness it for its own purposes means that huge, powerful forces within government will come to depend on it.
How to Protect Yourself Online
Several US Government agencies, including the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and non-profit organizations have joined in an effort to provide consumers useful, easy-to-understand information on Internet safety.
Journalists warned system owners and Norwegian NSA of 2500 critical data flaws
Journalists warned system owners and Norwegian NSA of 2500 critical data flaws. How two journalists set out on a mission to test the data security in the whole of Norway.
Ownership of personal data still appears up for grabs
The White House reiterated its call for greater protection of people’s personal info — two years after proposing a “privacy bill of rights” that went nowhere in Congress. At this point, the United States still has trouble saying that you, and not Google, should have the last word on how your personal information is used.
Phones are giving away your location, regardless of your privacy settings
Sensors in your phone that collect seemingly harmless data could leave you vulnerable to cyber attack. Saying no to apps that ask for your location is not enough to prevent the tracking of your device.
AboutTheData.com
AboutTheData.com allows you to view, edit, and remove information about yourself from Acxiom’s marketing database.
What they know
The Wall Street Journal’s documents the new, cutting-edge uses of Internet-tracking technology. The Journal analyzed the tracking files installed on people’s computers by the 50 most popular U.S. websites, plus WSJ.com. The Journal also built an “exposure index” to determine the degree to which each site exposes visitors to monitoring.
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