924 news & feature articles results for "electronic privacy information center transportation"

The CEO of the social-networking service says in a blog post that the company would return for now to its previous privacy policy.

Posted by Daniel Terdiman

Privacy proponents are calling for stricter policies on federal-government usage of information from commercial sources.

Posted by Anne Broache

Only 2 out of the top 11 presidential candidates have privacy statements on the front pages of their Web sites as of late August, according to a study by the Center for Democracy and Technology.

Posted by Courtney Macavinta

When President Bush quietly signed the housing bill last week, it included some controversial provisions--one to create a national fingerprint registry and another for electronic payment reporting.

Posted by Stephanie Condon

Redmond proposes guidelines for self-regulation for targeted advertising, but says it is not opposed to regulation either.

Posted by Elinor Mills

Company claims that search quality and user privacy are a zero-sum game: deleting log data makes it more difficult to improve search results. Perhaps the company is right.

Posted by Chris Soghoian

Search giant wants standard based on actual harm to consumer, but a privacy advocate says the proposed guidelines are weak.

Posted by Elinor Mills

Google could soon be forced to delete identifying user information from its search logs, statements by the European Union data regulators suggest. How has the search engine responded: denial.

Posted by Chris Soghoian

Privacy experts say the plan is a step in the right direction, but more could be done.

Posted by Elinor Mills

The new year brings with it a glut of online privacy and security issues, reviving questions about what companies are doing with confidential information about their users.

Posted by Troy Wolverton and Greg Sandoval