Facebook Asks For Feedback on Its Updated Data Use Policy
On Monday, Facebook is set to do a live streaming Q&A to discuss changes to its Data Use Policy, which the company has announced today on its privacy blog. At…
Blog Archives for the tag privacy
Google Reminds Us That It Supports Free Expression
Freedom of expression is a massive topic of discussion, especially on the Internet. At what point can a company that provides communication tools step in and remove or censor something?…
Privacyscore Will Tell You How Trustworthy a Site is
For the first part of 2012, privacy has been a big topic and massive source of pain for companies like Google and Path. Most of us use the Internet and…
Google's new privacy policy won't affect enterprise customers
Google’s announcement of new privacy policies yesterday made headlines, with the company introducing a new simplified policy covering the majority of its services. The new policy means users’ privacy will…
Google's New Privacy Campaign Costing 'Tens of Millions'
Earlier today, we reported on the launch of Google’s new consumer outreach program around guarding your privacy online, called “Good to Know“. The program is both web-based and will reach…
Will You Care More About Online Privacy in 2012?
Online privacy is one of those topics that come up on a case by case basis. If you’re really afraid about privacy on the Internet, you’re probably not using the…
Facebook Privacy Settings for Photos are Confusing
We have some great readers here at The Next Web. One reader, Koen, alerted us to something that had us completely baffled. With today’s launch of Timeline for your Facebook…
Zuckerberg: "We've Made A Bunch Of Mistakes"
Today, Facebook has settled a court case with the FTC over privacy issues. Mark Zuckerberg responded to the settlement with a long blog post, and here are some of the…
Google to answer "Why these ads?"
Today, Google announced a new initiative from its ad team called “Why these ads”. The reason behind the feature, the company says, is to bring transparency to ad targeting. The…
Facebook gets serious about security
Facebook has taken its fair share of hits in the press about privacy and security, while managing over 800 million users on its platform. Today, Facebook has announced a series…
Facebook CTO discusses Google+ strategy
Today at the Web 2.0 Summit, Facebook’s CTO Bret Taylor discussed Facebook, Google+, and sharing content on the web. Taylor was even asked if data portability would bring you the…
