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Facebook backs down on Beacon program

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2007-12-11 11:09:46 by Jen Albornoz Mulligan in Security & Risk Management
...Beacon program . The program was sharing information about purchases made on third-party partner sites with Facebook, even if the user was not signed into Facebook or had deactivated their account. Opt-ing out of the program was a challenge. Facebook, after several weeks has acknowledged their mistake (see above article). As more companies...
 
Tags: privacy, privacy impact assessments, program, facebook, beacon program, privacy insensitive developments, business projects, projects, privacy news
 
 
 
 
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Facebook faces class-action suit over Beacon

2008-08-13 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b0f7a4 in Network World on Security
 
A class-action suit filed in California charges Facebook and a handful of other companies, including Blockbuster, Fandango and Overstock, with violating online privacy and computer fraud laws related to Facebook's controversial Beacon system
 
Tags: facebook, california charges facebook, class-action suit filed, controversial beacon system, computer fraud laws, online privacy, fandango, overstock, companies
 
 
 
 
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Missing University of Akron portable hard drive

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2008-01-14 11:33:26 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...Beacon Journal News Story WKYC TV Online Story Report Credit Akron Beacon Journal Response From the online sources cited above The University of Akron has informed 800 students and graduates of the College of Education that a portable hard drive containing personal information is missing and may have been discarded or destroyed in...
 
Tags: akron, portable, portable hard drive, hard drive, secure data destruction, data, akron beacon journal, university, akron permits
 
 
 
 
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Facebook privacy chief: Data portability dangers overlooked

2008-02-08 00:00:00 by HASH0x847373c in Network World on Security
 
...Beacon advertising system in November put the social networking site in the middle of a controversy over privacy, as Beacon was criticized for being too aggressive and stealthy in collecting and broadcasting information about users' activities online. For that reason, few people right now would probably envy the job of Chris Kelly, Facebook's...
 
Tags: privacy, facebook, chief privacy officer, chris kelly, activities online, site, beacon, system, stealthy
 
 
 
 
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Suit accuses Blockbuster, Facebook of privacy law violations

2008-04-20 02:12:06 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
A Texas woman has sued Blockbuster over its activities relating to Facebook's Beacon tool. The movie rental service has been reporting user activity to Facebook since Beacon launched last November, which the plaintiff says is a violation of the Video Privacy Protection Act
 
Tags: facebook, beacon tool, movie rental service, beacon, sued blockbuster, user activity, texas woman, violation, activities
 
 
 
 
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Of Planes and Ships

2008-09-28 23:04:11 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
 
...beacon that allows them to be tracked leaving and entering airports, and monitored between airports, by a global network of sensors. Act suspiciously and somebody's fighter aircraft will soon be on your tail No such pervasive system currently exists globally for maritime traffic. While bigger ships carry an ID beacon similar to aircraft,...
 
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Facebook beefs up privacy options, readies online chat

2008-03-19 12:27:42 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
After attempting to blazon its way through the firestorm over privacy engendered by Facebook's Beacon advertising and tracking tool, the company on Wednesday will roll out features designed to give users warmer and fuzzier feelings about their personal information's security
 
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Wee-Fi: The New Muni-Fi; Akron Ecstatic; State Park-Fi; Transport-Fi

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2008-04-11 12:43:00 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
...Beacon Journal, was the first newspaper owned by the Knight family. [link via Daniel McKimm Parks across the U.S.--about 194 of 3,208--have Wi-Fi, but why? This USA Today article enumerates what parks in which states offer Internet access, but are hard-pressed to explain why it's useful. I do like the idea myself of having a lifeline back to...
 
Tags: akron, foundation, knight foundation, offer internet access, internet access, project, center, knight center, communities
 
 
 
 
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Court: warrant needed to turn cell phone into homing beacon

2008-09-12 16:50:02 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
It just got a bit harder for law enforcement agencies to turn your cell phone into a personal tracking device: a federal court yesterday slapped down the Justice Department's appeal of a February ruling that required investigators to seek a probable cause warrant before acquiring historical records of a cell phone users physical movements
 
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