Posts Tagged ‘privacy’
UK privacy concerns raised over Google Street View
Let me start by stating that I am very aware of privacy on the Internet, the problems caused by social media, and the argument for changes in laws to impose stricter rules on web service providers such as Google. I am not, however, on the ‘let’s ban everything because we can’ bandwagon.
It would seem that [...]
Tags: google, privacy, street view, uk
Your web history is not yours to control, nor should it be…
Recent statistics published by Burst Media, and syndicated on ReadWriteWeb, suggest that a lot of web users are aware that data about their online activities are being collected by their ISPs. Trends show that certain age groups are more likely to be concerned about the collection of identifiable data for targetted advertising than others, and [...]
Tags: copyright, Internet, ownership, privacy, web history
Facebook for 'oldies'?
Recently a number of my relatives added me on Facebook – not unusual you might say, but all of them are over 40, with most of those over 50.
This is unusual in my experience as most, if not all my friends on Facebook are typically under 40; however it does raise an intersting point: what [...]
Tags: decline, facebook, family, generations, offence, old people, privacy, problem, screening
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