Network World on PrivacyLatest privacy news and analysis from NetworkWorld.com.Bill Gates retires, Symbian goes open source- June 27, 2008 Microsoft, usually a source of software patch updates and claims about Vista adoption rates, produced a bit of sentimental news this week as Bill Gates stepped away from his daily corporate duties on Friday. Gates, who founded Microsoft at age 19, will now devote his time to philanthropic work. Meanwhile, the U.S. Senate discussed the issue of laptop searches and seizures at the nation's borders and also decided to delay a vote on a controversial spy bill. While on the topic of controversial...http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/062708-bill-gates-retires-symbian-goes.html Senate delays vote on surveillance bill until July- June 27, 2008 The U.S. Senate has delayed a vote on a controversial surveillance bill that would allow a U.S. National Security Agency spying program to continue and would likely result in the dismissal of dozens of lawsuits against telecom carriers that participated in the program.http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/062708-senate-delays-vote-on-surveillance.html Privacy Hah!- June 26, 2008 Continuing from last weeks Backspin Gibbs relates some user feedback and discovers that your data (and his) is available to pretty much anyone who wants to look at it.http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/062608-backspin.html Senators question border laptop searches- June 25, 2008 Two U.S. senators called on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to back off its assertion that it can search laptops and other electronic devices owned by U.S. citizens returning to the country without the need for reasonable suspicion of a crime or probable cause.http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/062508-senators-question-border-laptop.html ISP backs off of behavioral ad plan- June 24, 2008 Charter Communications, one of the largest providers of cable-based broadband service in the U.S., has backed off of a plan to insert advertisements onto Web pages based on its users' Web-surfing habits after privacy advocates called the program an "attack on users."http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/062408-isp-backs-off-of-behavioral.html RFID fact and fiction- June 24, 2008 In an effort to dispel some of the privacy concerns surrounding radio frequency identification technology (RFID), the Information Technology Association of America has issued a white paper covering what the technology is and is not capable of.http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/itlead/2008/062308itlead1.html Marketers mucking up data-privacy efforts- June 23, 2008 Corporate data-privacy specialists think theyre influencing their organizations to safeguard customers sensitive personal information but marketers are often undercutting their efforts, according to a new survey.http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/062308-marketers.html Preventing data breaches not a technology issue- June 23, 2008 When security people see headlines about data losses at TJ Maxx, ChoicePoint, DuPont, and the Department of Veterans Affairs, they quickly assume that preventing such loss is a technology problem. It clearly is not. It is an information problem.http://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2008/062308insider.html Third of IT admins admit snooping with privileged passwords- June 20, 2008 One in three IT administrators say they or one of their colleagues have used top-level admin passwords to pry into confidential or sensitive information at their workplace, according to a survey by a password-management vendor.http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/062008-third-of-it-admins-admit.html House approves surveillance bill, protects telecoms- June 20, 2008 The U.S. House of Representatives has approved legislation that would continue a controversial surveillance program at the U.S. National Security Agency with limited court oversight, while likely ending lawsuits against telecommunications carriers that participated in the program.http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/062008-house-approves-surveillance-bill-protects.htm... |