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From the FTC Web Site: The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on proposed amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule, which gives parents control over what personal information websites may collect from children under 13. The FTC proposes these amendments to ensure that the Rule continues to protect children’s privacy, as mandated […]
From Yahoo Research Title: “Faceted Identity, Faceted Lives: Social and Technical Issues with Being Yourself Online” Authors: Shelly D. Farnham, S.D.; Elizabeth F. ChurchillSource: Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), ACM, Hangzhou, China (2011) Abstract: This paper explores key issues people experience managing personal boundaries within and across social technologies. We look in particular at email […]
From Mashable: Google+ was meant to be an identity service, Google Chairman Eric Schmidt said this weekend, shedding some light on Google’s reasoning behind Google+’s controversial real-name policy. Google’s requirement that members of its social layer, Google+, use only their real names has been a point of contention for several weeks — especially for people […]
Greg Sterling Writes at Search Engine Land: There will be extensive discussion and debate today about whether the broad and welcome array of new privacy, tagging and sharing controls on Facebook are or aren’t a response to Google+. I directly asked Facebook that question and was told that the new features have nothing to do […]
Report From Paper to Persona — Managing Privacy and Information Overload; Sustaining Journalism in the Attention Age
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|From Paper to Persona — Managing Privacy and Information Overload; Sustaining Journalism in the Attention Age by Bill Densmore, Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute (University of Missouri School of Journalism) “From Paper to Persona: Managing Privacy and Information Overload; Sustaining Journalism in an Attention Age,” explains how a new public-benefit collaboration could help slow the […]
Social Media: Federal Agencies Need Policies and Procedures for Managing and Protecting Information They Access and Disseminate Federal agencies increasingly use recently developed Internet technologies that allow individuals or groups to create, organize, comment on, and share online content. The use of these social media services– including popular Web sites like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube– […]
Don’t Judge a (Face)Book by its Cover: A critical review of the implications of social networking sites Social networking sites (SNS) are increasingly popular, and as their popularity continues to grow, the integration of these sites within the workplace is vitally important. Although these sites may provide a number of advantages, such as improved knowledge […]
From a San Mateo Daily Journal: A new state law that takes effect Jan. 1 will add an extra layer of privacy for library users in the digital age. California’s library privacy laws were created before the advent of the Internet and, as a result, an individual’s interaction with the library outside of circulation was […]
Facts from the FTC: What You Should Know About Mobile Apps New technology can bring tremendous benefits to consumers, but it also can present new challenges. Mobile apps offered on cell phones and other portable devices such as tablets and music players can perform a range of consumer services such as locating the nearest retail […]
EU — Digital Agenda: only two social networking sites protect privacy of minors' profiles by default
|Digital Agenda: only two social networking sites protect privacy of minors’ profiles by default Only two social networking sites (Bebo and MySpace) tested on behalf of the European Commission have default settings to make minors’ profiles accessible only to their approved list of contacts and only 4 sites ensure minors can be contacted by default […]