eBay acts over privacy fears
Internet auction house eBay will make changes to its site after discussions with the UK"s Information Commissioner and civil rights group Privacy International. ZDNet UK has learnt that eBay has agreed to make changes to its Web site to make it easier for...
Computer, data stolen from DMV
The state Division of Motor Vehicles is notifying 16,000 motorists that someone broke into the agency"s driver"s license office in Louisburg and took a computer containing their personal information. The computer was used to store information for driver"...
ID Thieves Turn Sights on Smaller E-Businesses
Schuyler Cole needed an accessory for his Palm Treo 600 smartphone, so the Haleiwa, Hawaii, resident fired up his Web browser last month and ran a Google search. After scanning the search results, he purchased the inexpensive item -- a USB cable used to ...
Protecting corporate reputation a key aim of IT security
A global survey has found Canadian companies are more concerned with protecting their reputations than their global competitors when they spend on information security. According to the 2006 Global State of Information Security survey, 53 per cent of Can...
Protecting corporate reputation a key aim of IT security
A global survey has found Canadian companies are more concerned with protecting their reputations than their global competitors when they spend on information security. According to the 2006 Global State of Information Security survey, 53 per cent of Can...
6 Tips To Protect Online Search Privacy
The Electronic Frontier Foundations, an advocacy group for online privacy, has released six tips for consumers who would prefer to remain as anonymous as possible when using search engines. Concern over privacy and the use of online search was heightened...
On privacy laws, every state is one of confusion
Complying with a plethora of state privacy laws is tough. Focus on their common elements. All the time, it seems, another state is coming up with a new law for protecting consumers" sensitive data. At least 23 have passed a security breach notification l...