As I write, Jay – Z is a trending topic on Twitter. Every few seconds a flurry of tweets arrive containing links and comments about the release of his new music video, Run This Town. A similar thing is happening on Facebook. On Facebook the search term “Jay – Z” results in a long list [...]
I sense my thesis will address the issue of what constitutes the private and public. Social networking and social networks can be particularly problematic when it comes to defining what is a private or public space. As Patricia Lange points out, a number of scholars draw the private and public divide without defining what is [...]
Privacy International lodged a complaint with a number of privacy regulators around the world about targeted advertising in Gmail.
Official Google Blog: Google search privacy: Plain and simple Search queries saved in logs: Misspelled search terms, prompts for “did you mean”. IP address: Search results returned to the correct computer. Can tell which provider and general location. Cookies: Small file stored on computer. Reminds of preferences from last time. Search results per pages and [...]
A quick post to a piece on the Google Public Policy blog from Peter Fleischer about Google and the EU policy on data retention. Will probably be worth coming back to this one. Google Public Policy Blog: Data retention: the right balance between privacy and security: “Citizens should have a right to privacy online. And [...]