Posts Tagged ‘privacy information center

The Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing today about issues surrounding the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and if it should be updated to address online data collection practices, social networks, and the mobile web. "It is clear that the single biggest change impacting the privacy of children since the adoption of COPPA has [...]

The Pew Internet & American Life Project and the Internet Center at Elon University teamed up to survey 895 experts about the future of the Internet and its affect on human intelligence. "Three out of four experts said our use of the Internet enhances and augments human intelligence, and two-thirds said use of the Internet [...]

Last week, Google launched Buzz, a status update tool that has elements of Twitter, Facebook, and FriendFeed. Google launched it inside the Gmail app, giving it an instant installed base of millions of people. More importantly, Google gave Buzz access to your Gmail contacts. When the app first launched, it’s fair to say that the [...]

Electronic Privacy Information Center says the Federal Trade Commission should compel Google to decouple Buzz from Gmail’s address book, among other things. Originally posted at Deep Tech Go to Source

Less than a week after Google introduced a new social networking service, Google Buzz, the company is working feverishly to address user unease about the privacy of the product. Google Buzz lets users share posts and notes with people they are connected to or “follow,” a model similar to Twitter and Facebook. But unlike those [...]


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