Tagged: Privacy & News
-
Google CEO predicts name changing to escape web shame News
18.08.2010 Google chief executive Eric Schmidt has warned that young people may resort to changing their names in the future to disassociate themselves from their previous online activity. -
Facebook loophole reveals users’ names, photos News
12.08.2010 A loophole has been discovered on Facebook that allows anyone to view a user’s full name and photo, regardless of privacy settings. -
Digital futurist warns of more govt vs tech clashes News
05.08.2010 America’s leading digital futurist and US President Barack Obama’s IT guru Robert Atkinson of the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation has warned that the...Categories: Wireless Communications, Security, Search Engines, Mobility, Government, Digital 21, Communications -
Facebook ‘harvest’ a stark reminder the ‘internet is forever’ News
03.08.2010 Last week’s ‘harvest’ of 100 million Facebook users’ private data serves as a stark reminder to people that ‘the internet is forever’, a security expert has warned: you have to... -
Weekend news roundup News
03.08.2010 A quick glance at some of the technology stories breaking in the weekend papers.Categories: Communications, Consumer Tech, Internet, Leadership & Management, Mobile, Mobility, Social Media, WebTags: Eamon Ryan TD, GAA, Sport, TV, Facebook, Privacy, Bloggers, BlackBerry, iPad, Tablet Computers, RIM, Elon Musk, Tesla, -
Convenience beats privacy, security concerns - KPMG survey News
23.07.2010 Ireland has been slower to embrace mobile-based transactions, even though consumers have been rapidly embracing mobile commerce-creating opportunities and challenges around the...Tags: E-commerce, Banking, Retail, Business , Advertising, Consumer, Privacy, Mobile Devices, Online, Survey, KPMG, Security, Cloud Computing -
German govt asks Apple about iPhone 4 data gathering News
29.06.2010 First it was Google’s Street View teams’ gathering of private Wi-Fi data that attracted the ire of European governments, but now it seems Apple is next, with Germany’s... -
Mobile security app reaches 100,000 downloads News
28.06.2010 A new mobile phone application, SafeBox, launched three months ago has hit the 100,000 downloads milestone. The app helps users to keep their sensitive text messages invisible... -
Post.Trust signs desktop security hardware reseller deal News
28.06.2010 An Post subsidiary Post.Trust has signed a security hardware deal with Kilross Network Protection. Kilross will provide Post.Trust with the security hardware required for...Categories: Hardware, Networking, Private Irish Business, Security, Apps Zone, Apps, Mobile, Risk Management, Mobility, JobsTags: VPN, Encryption, An Post, Anti-virus, USB, Adobe, Firewalls, SMS, Privacy, Apps, Mobile Security, -
Twitter taken to task by FTC for ‘deceiving consumers’ News
24.06.2010 Twitter has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it deceived consumers and put their privacy at risk by failing to safeguard their personal information. -
Increase in women being stalked, abused through technology News
23.06.2010 Charity group Women’s Aid has reported that there has been an increase in disclosures of women being abused, controlled and stalked through technology.Tags: Surveillance, Email, Privacy, Social Networking, eBay, BlackBerry, iPhone, Applications, iPad, -
Apple sells 3m iPads in just 80 days News
23.06.2010 Apple’s fortunes with its iPad tablet computer continue to rise and rise with the company revealing that in the first 80 days more than 3m iPads have been sold around the world.Categories: Consumer Tech, Digital Media, Hardware, Media, Mobile, Internet, Legal, Security, Social MediaTags: Steve Jobs, Notebook, Netbooks, E-books, iPad, HD Video , Desktop PCs, Tablet, Internet, Mobile, Surveillance, Email, Privacy, Social Networking, -
US States to up ante against Google over wireless data News
22.06.2010 Google’s gathering of Wi-Fi data while its Street View team roamed the streets of various countries is cutting no mustard in the US, where a number of States are understood to... -
Google told to destroy intercepted Wi-Fi data – Irish authorities News
04.06.2010 While countries like Germany, France and Spain have asked Google to hand over Wi-Fi data that was intercepted by Google’s Street View teams, Ireland’s Data Protection Commission... -
Eric Schmidt: Google to hand over intercepted data News
04.06.2010 Google CEO Eric Schmidt has confirmed that within the next two days Google will begin providing European regulators with the rogue data it intercepted from private Wi-Fi... -
Facebook will have to notify users of privacy breaches, EU says News
20.05.2010 The lawyer who spearheaded the legal battle against Microsoft resulting in a €497m fine against the software giant said the European Commission will expect social networking... -
Facebook eats crow over the ‘death of privacy’ News
06.05.2010 Facebook’s credibility as a safe place to keep personal data has been brought into question after it emerged a glitch allowed users’ chat messages and pending friend requests to... -
Facebook plans to roll out geo-location features News
07.05.2010 Social-networking giant Facebook is planning to launch location-based status updates for users to compete with Foursquare, and big brands like McDonald's are queuing up to get... -
Facebook to simplify privacy settings News
25.05.2010 Following an onslaught of criticisms from users who were left unsure about how public their private information had become, social-networking site Facebook is implementing a new...Categories: New Media, Social Media -
Zuckerberg on privacy: We missed the mark News
24.05.2010 In an open letter published as a column in the Washington Post today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed the recent concerns surrounding user data and privacy settings,...