This is "Stop Cyber Spying Week" and many civil liberties groups and advocates are raising the awareness of CISPA. The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the ACLU are against it, Microsoft and Facebook are for it. Here's the info on CISPA, the current privacy bill in Congress that is scheduled for vote on April 23, 2012. H.R. 3523 - CISPA Cybersecurity Bill in Congress H.R. … [Read more...] about CISPA – HR 3523 – Stop Cyber Spying Week – April 16, 2012
Archives for April 2012
Social Discovery Apps and Privacy | Mobile Privacy Tip
Geolocation Tracking and Privacy Using Social Discovery Mobile Apps Despite the current buzz about Social Discovery Apps such as Highlight and Glancee, the first geolocation tracking App to get media attention was the iPhone iOS5 Find My Friends Apps. The iPhone App Find My Friends enabled a Husband in New York City to track the location of his Wife (or possibly soon to be … [Read more...] about Social Discovery Apps and Privacy | Mobile Privacy Tip
Applying for Jobs? Control What Employers Find Online About You
Recently there has been much scrutiny over employers asking applicants for their Facebook username and passwords. And while lawmakers and Facebook are taking an active stance against it, employers still have access to view your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and anything they can find about you on the internet. Social networking sites do not default to the most private setting. … [Read more...] about Applying for Jobs? Control What Employers Find Online About You
Apple ID Password Requirements | Online Security Tip
Online Security Tips Here is an Online Security Tip on setting your Apple ID Password. Apple, along with other companies are continuously changing their password schemes. Recently, they added a new requirement that you can't use a password that has been used in the past year. The next time you need to reset your Apple ID, you will find the following requirements: Apple … [Read more...] about Apple ID Password Requirements | Online Security Tip
How To Download your Facebook Personal Information
On April 12, 2012, Facebook announced on its Facebook Privacy Page that it began expanding its Archive feature to its 845 million monthly active users. In Europe, 40,000 Facebook users requested a full copy of the data that Facebook has compiled on each of them. Under the European privacy law, Facebook had to comply with these requests. Facebook Privacy Data Download … [Read more...] about How To Download your Facebook Personal Information