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Adware company refines opt-out, notification technology

2008-07-08 00:00:00 by HASH0x8ba5f30 in Network World on Security
 
Facing heat over privacy worries, NebuAd said Tuesday it has a new notification and opt-out system for its targeted advertising system that critics say is invasive and spies on users
 
Tags: system, opt-out system, notification, privacy worries, users, invasive, tuesday, heat, nebuad
 
 
 
 
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Facebook Privacy Issues

2008-01-07 02:05:44 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...Opt Out Facebook has taken an interesting stance towards your privacy. You can opt out of them giving it to people you are friends with. The opt out process is in question as is the concept in general. One of the best examples of why this was a problem Ive heard is that it ruined peoples x-mas presents, because it was displayed on their...
 
Tags: facebook, privacy, friends facebook profile, peoples privacy, friends, people, privacy issue, silicon insider article, article
 
 
 
 
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Bad Phorm

2008-03-18 14:26:32 by Stuart King in Stuart King's Security and Risk Management Blog
 
...opt out, but they dont say whether everyone will be opted out or in automatically by default, I strongly suspect everyone will be opted in as a matter of course, heres why. If you were to ask the users to opt in with this form advertising, Im pretty sure just about everyone would say no thank you! Which for me answers the question to whether...
 
Tags: phorm, system, webwise system, users, strongly suspect, real purpose, strongly, virgin forum, opt
 
 
 
 
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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
...Opt-ing out of the program was a challenge. Facebook, after several weeks has acknowledged their mistake (see above article). As more companies try new forays into online marketing, I expect to see more of these privacy insensitive developments. How can you prevent your organization from making such a blunder? Privacy impact assessments. All...
 
Tags: privacy, privacy impact assessments, program, facebook, beacon program, privacy insensitive developments, business projects, projects, privacy news
 
 
 
 
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FaxBox: the latest in password scams

2008-01-07 18:09:34 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...opt-out mechanisms (I simply don't care about LinkedIn, Plaxo, Facebook, MySpace, and so on). But this one seemed suspicious. I don't know anyone named Ratul, and everyone who wants to ask me questions certainly knows my email address. It raised my bullshit detector So after a bit of foraging I found this:...
 
Tags: email, question itfanboxapps, email address, question, fanbox, junk email folder, faxbox, ratul, named ratul
 
 
 
 
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Opting out

2008-01-28 19:11:57 by Ross Anderson in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...opt out of the new NHS central databases by making clear that its OK for patients to do so. Some practices have distributed leaflets from www.TheBigOptOut.org while others - such as The Oakland practice - have produced their own leaflets. These practices have seen the proportion of patients opting out rise from about 1% to between 6% and 19%....
 
Tags: central databases, patients, patients opt, nhs central databases, central database project, practice, oakland practice, patient confidentiality, british journal
 
 
 
 
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What's in your wallet?

2008-01-30 10:07:53 by Jen Albornoz Mulligan in Security & Risk Management
 
...opter of technology, but I don't appreciate the long pages of fine print that accompanied this change. As a business, what should you do about this? Explore which of your customers might be interested in trying out new technology, and get their permission to "upgrade" first! Many people won't care, but you risk alienating those customers that...
 
Tags: credit cards, cards, credit, credit card, card, card issuer, credit card companies, card account, technology
 
 
 
 
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How to maintain SQL Server indexes for query optimization

2008-03-19 11:33:36 by Heidi Sweeney in WhatIs: Enterprise IT tips and expert advice
 
Maintain your SQL Server indexes with these techniques for page splits, table partitions, statistics updates and for limiting fragmented indexes. You'll also learn why query optimizer might choose to ignore your non-clustered index and instead opt for a table scan
 
Tags: sql server indexes, indexes, query optimizer, maintain, page splits, table partitions, table scan, statistics, opt
 
 
 
 
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Privacy Policies Best Practices

2008-03-28 08:19:18 by Jen Albornoz Mulligan in Security & Risk Management
 
...options, provide a link or information on how to exercise those options in the same place. If you give the consumer a choice about how their information is used, point them in the direction of how to tell you about their choice. If customers who want to opt-out can't figure out how, you've now aggravated a potential customer who might then...
 
Tags: main privacy policy, privacy policy, policy, privacy policies, level policy, policy apply, apply, illegible privacy policies, potential customer
 
 
 
 
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The Phorm Webwise System

2008-04-04 16:53:06 by Richard Clayton in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...opted out of their system, so that they can set a unique identifier for the user (or collect it if it already exists), and finally to add a cookie that they forge to appear to come from someone elses website. A number of very well-informed people on the UKCrypto mailing list have suggested that the last of these actions may be illegal under...
 
Tags: phorm, system, phorm assumes, phorm argue, phorm system, extensive technical details, technical details, system anonymises, details