The top 5 mistakes of privacy awareness programs
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act requires it. The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standardrequires it. The ISO 27001 standard requires it. In fact, every regulation that mandates that reasonable measures be taken to protect information implicitly requires companies to set up training programs to help employees understand what those measures are.
The Snoopy Google Toolbar
It turns out that the popular Google Toolbar has been keeping an eye on Internet Explorer 8 users even when it's turned off.
Facebook winds down Beacon, hopes nobody notices
What type of tech news is released late on Friday, long after most bloggers, reporters, and readers have signed off for the day? Bad or embarrassing news, of course. In Facebook's case, the news concerns Beacon, the controversial people-tracking platform that the company rolled out in 2007.
HHS guts health-care breach notification law, groups warn
Privacy and civil rights advocates have accused the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services of trying to neuter a landmark data breach notification law for health care organizations that is scheduled to go into effect next week.
Surveilled to death
How much are we tracked? How much do we give away? What will the long-term outcome be?
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PS3 motion controller delayed; goes up against Project Natal
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Neolithic Windows security hole alive and well in Windows 7
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Where Google Chrome security fails: the password
I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
- Dann
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