http://www.pogowasright.org/?p=12003
Legal proceedings against Facebook for illegally accessing and saving personal data of people who don’t use Facebook
July 7, 2010 by Dissent
A German data protection official said Wednesday he launched legal proceedings against Facebook, which he accused of illegally accessing and saving personal data of people who don’t use the social networking site.
… “We consider the saving of data from third parties, in this context, to be against data privacy laws,” Caspar said in a statement.
Facebook has until Aug. 11 to respond formally to the legal complaint against it. Its response will determine whether the case goes further.
Read more on Hot Indie News.
[From the article:
In April, Facebook changed its privacy settings to allow users to block access to the contacts listed in their e-mail, but Caspar argues that the previously saved contacts have not been erased and are being used for marketing purposes.
Another country heard form. Literally.
http://www.databreaches.net/?p=12420
IE: Breach notification guidance and code available online
July 8, 2010 by admin
The Breach Notification Guidance and Data Security Breach Code of Practice have been posted to the web site of the Data Protection Commissioner of Ireland.
How would you control Behavioral Advertising?
http://www.pogowasright.org/?p=12005
UK: Behavioural advertising is fair if users can opt out, says privacy watchdog
July 8, 2010 by Dissent
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published its first code of practice for the gathering and processing of personal data online. It gives companies guidance on how to treat the information they gather when offering services on the internet.
Some internet users and privacy groups have expressed concern about the increasingly common practice of tracking users’ behaviour and showing them advertising based on that activity in a bid to increase its relevance and effectiveness.
The ICO’s new guide has said that there is nothing wrong with that practice when it is conducted fairly.
Read more on Out-Law.com
Related: The code of practice (pdf), 2.3 MB
The BBC covers the story here.
E-Traffic Cameras?
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704545004575352983850463108.html?mod=wsj_share_digg
U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies
The federal government is launching an expansive program dubbed "Perfect Citizen" to detect cyber assaults on private companies and government agencies running such critical infrastructure as the electricity grid and nuclear-power plants, according to people familiar with the program.
The surveillance by the National Security Agency, the government's chief eavesdropping agency, would rely on a set of sensors deployed in computer networks for critical infrastructure that would be triggered by unusual activity suggesting an impending cyber attack, though it wouldn't persistently monitor [Translation: Sporadic? Bob] the whole system, these people said.
… An NSA spokeswoman said the agency had no information to provide on the program.
… A U.S. military official called the program long overdue and said any intrusion into privacy is no greater than what the public already endures from traffic cameras. It's a logical extension of the work federal agencies have done in the past to protect physical attacks on critical infrastructure that could sabotage the government or key parts of the country, the official said.
“Say what you mean and mean what you say.” In the original email, TSA said it would block websites with "controversial opinion." If that was wrong – something bureaucracies rarely admit – wouldn't they use the same words to reverse their new rule? Sounds like someone misstated their position and a different someone responded to the uproar. So, who's in charge?
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31727_162-20009752-10391695.html
TSA Responds to Web Blocking Memo
Responding to a story first reported by CBS News on Saturday, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) today said it, "uses a security technology to limit access to categories of web sites that pose an increased security risk. TSA does not block access to critical commentary about the organization..."
Automating a “legal review” is difficult, but if they can significantly reduce the number of items requiring human review, they can save a ton of money – and Google spends tons of money every day. Perhaps this could be adapted for e-Discovery?
Google's New Scheme To Avoid Unlicensed Music
Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday July 07, @09:10PM
"Complaints about copyright infringement on YouTube keep Google busy. If you have any doubts, just look at the Viacom copyright suit. But the problems aren't just about uploaded videos, but sometimes the music accompanying the videos. A patent application shows that Google has worked on a system to automatically identify infringing music by comparing a digital signature of a soundtrack to signatures of existing music. Users who upload videos could opt to completely remove the video, swap the soundtrack for something approved, or to mute the video. Of course, there doesn't seem to be a provision if you're using existing music with permission."
Q: How can you not like a lawyer who rhymes? A: Same as any other.... (Don't miss the e-Discovery poem at the end of the article.)
The Poetry of e-Discovery: People Not Only Make Mistakes, They Lie, Steal, Cheat and Fake
Kind of a backhanded slap. Why hire “inferior” workers?
Chinese Company Seeks US Workers With 125 IQ
Posted by samzenpus on Thursday July 08, @07:57AM
"A Chinese IT outsourcing company that has started hiring new US computer science graduates to work in Shanghai requires prospective job candidates to demonstrate an IQ of 125 or above on a test it administers to sort out job applicants. In doing so, Bleum Inc. is following a hiring practice it applies to college recruits in China. But a new Chinese college graduate must score an IQ of 140 on the company's test. The lower IQ threshold for new US graduates reflects the fact that the pool of US talent available to the company is smaller than the pool of Chinese talent, Bleum said."
Statistics. Long live the Twits!
http://www.fastcompany.com/1667617/twitter-is-worlds-fastest-growing-search-engine
Twitter Now the World's Fastest Growing Search Engine
According to cofounder Biz Stone, who spoke yesterday at the Aspen Ideas Festival, Twitter now reaches some 800 million search queries per day. That's over 24 billion searches per month, more than Bing (4.1 billion) and Yahoo (9.4 billion) combined.
While Stone's company is still a long way off from Google, which supports around 88 billion search queries per month, Twitter is quickly catching up.
(Related) With growth comes pain. I would imagine it is difficult to grow your infrastructure as rapidly as their usage is growing, but should you take that out on your users?
Twitter Throttling Hits Third-Party Apps
Posted by timothy on Wednesday July 07, @03:52PM
"Twitter's battle to keep the microblogging service from falling over is having a dire affect on third-party Twitter apps. Users of Twitter-related apps such as TweetDeck, Echofon and even Twitter's own mobile software have complained of a lack of updates, after the company imposed strict limits on the number of times third-party apps can access the service. Over the past week, Twitter has reduced the number of API calls from 350 to 175 an hour. At one point last week, that number was temporarily reduced to only 75. A warning on TweetDeck's support page states that users 'should allow TweetDeck to ensure you do not run out of calls, although with such a small API limit, your refresh rates will be very slow.'"
Scientists acting like teenagers? Why not. Politicians do it all the time.
http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/024666.html
July 07, 2010
The Independent Climate Change E-mails Review July 2010
Follow up to postings on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), this news release: "The Independent Climate Change Email Review, undertaken by Sir Muir Russell and his team, has issued its report on issues arising from the publication of hacked emails from the University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit."
The Independent Climate Change E-mails Review, July 2010. From the Executive Summary:
"Climate science is a matter of such global importance, that the highest standards of honesty, rigour and openness are needed in its conduct. On the specific allegations made against the behaviour of CRU scientists, we find that their rigour and honesty as scientists are not in doubt.
In addition, we do not find that their behaviour has prejudiced the balance of advice given to policy makers. In particular, we did not find any evidence of behaviour that might undermine the conclusions of the IPCC assessments.
But we do find that there has been a consistent pattern of failing to display the proper degree of openness, both on the part of the CRU scientists and on the part of the UEA, who failed to recognise not only the significance of statutory. [requirements but also the risk to the reputation of the University and, indeed, to the credibility of UK climate science."]
If you can view it, you can probably capture it.
http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/filmfm-view-full-length-movies-online/
Film.fm: The Simplest Way To View Full Length Movies For Free Online
Film.fm is different. The service stands out because of its super smooth user experience. While Film.fm doesn’t host any movies, they crawl the best sites for high-quality movies and bring them to you for a better viewing experience. If the movie at the original source is in 6 different parts, Film.fm will combine them for you so you don’t see a lag. Most of the movies are DivX based so the quality is much better than the FLV counterparts.
Large collection of foreign movies. No registration required.
No comments:
Post a Comment