Privacy
# privacy - Friday 26 April, 2013
Facebook says privacy practices are sufficient, cites independent audit
What do you think?
# privacy - Wednesday 6 March, 2013
Column: We already have all the laws we need to tackle online abuse
Proposals to introduce legislation to “curb” social media use are an unnecessary attack on free speech, writes Fergal Crehan.
# privacy - Thursday 7 February, 2013
The Evening Fix… now with added Facebook privacy
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
# privacy - Saturday 2 February, 2013
Twitter attacked by ‘sophisticated’ hackers
The attackers may have gained some access to user information.
# privacy - Monday 28 January, 2013
MEP wants Brussels to examine legality of new Facebook search
Labour’s Phil Prendergast says the new graph search may be a breach of a citizen’s right to protect their personal data.
# privacy - Friday 21 December, 2012
Italy: Court acquits Google executives in autism video appeal
An Italian appeals court acquitted three Google executives of having violated the privacy of an autistic Italian boy by failing to take down a video of him being bullied at school.
# privacy - Wednesday 12 December, 2012
Student plans Irish legal action over Facebook’s privacy policy
Max Schrems and his group, ‘Europe v Facebook’, is preparing legal action against the Irish Data Protection Commissioner over its recent audit of Facebook and its privacy policy.
# privacy - Tuesday 4 December, 2012
Privacy group says it may bring Facebook to Irish court
Austrian student group Europe-v-Facebook alleges legal breaches against Facebook Ireland, which hosts global accounts.
# privacy - Tuesday 2 October, 2012
CAP payments to be published again after privacy case
German farmers had taken a successful case to the European Court of Justice in 2008 arguing that publishing the information was a data protection breach.
# privacy - Friday 28 September, 2012
Oh dear! More photos of Kate Middleton in the nip published
A Danish tabloid has pictures of the Duchess… bottomless.
# privacy - Monday 24 September, 2012
Facebook denies private messages have been made public
Plus, bad news for Facebook shareholders.
# privacy - Friday 21 September, 2012
Data Protection Commissioner satisfied with Facebook Ireland
Billy Hawkes’s office published the findings of its latest audit on the social media giant today.
# privacy - Wednesday 19 September, 2012
Danish celeb magazine to print Kate photos tomorrow
Se og Hoer will devote a 16-page splash to the photographs – but it won’t be putting them online.
# privacy - Monday 17 September, 2012
Shatter to examine privacy legislation after publication of Kate pictures
The Justice Minister has heavily criticised the publication of topless pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge in the Irish Daily Star at the weekend.
# privacy - Friday 14 September, 2012
British royal family suing over Kate Middleton topless photos
The British royal family has said legal proceedings for breach of privacy have commenced in France.
# privacy - Thursday 13 September, 2012
Breaches of patient information addressed by new guidelines
HIQA issues document for health and social care workers to try to prevent privacy of patient data being breached.
# privacy - Sunday 26 August, 2012
The Evening Fix: Sunday
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
# privacy - Thursday 9 August, 2012
Google agrees to pay record $22.5m privacy fine
The company is settling a complaint that it mislead users of Apple’s Safari browser.
# privacy - Monday 30 July, 2012
Data Protection Commissioner to make Facebook privacy decision by October
The watchdog is monitoring whether the social media giant is following recommendations made in a recent audit.
# privacy - Monday 23 July, 2012
Can Twitter identify psychopaths?
Do your tweets show a side to you that’s a little scary? A new study suggests that Twitter may be able to identify psychopaths…
# privacy - Tuesday 26 June, 2012
Facebook changed your default email address – here’s how to change it back
Most Facebook accounts have quietly been changed so that @facebook.com appears as your main email address. Here’s how to undo the change.
# privacy - Tuesday 22 May, 2012
VIDEO: Controversial Jacob Zuma painting defaced at gallery
The Spear depicting Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed.
# privacy - Saturday 7 April, 2012
Virgin Atlantic employee quits over alleged emails to paparazzi
The employee allegedly told photographers when celebrities were booked onto flights, so that they could take photos.
# privacy - Wednesday 28 March, 2012
Shatter launches stinging attack on ‘contrived’ journalism
The minister for justice tells a Seanad debate that some journalists omit important facts in order to scandalise the public.
# privacy - Sunday 4 March, 2012
Man seen on Street View urinating in garden sues Google
There’s no such thing as privacy anymore…
# privacy - Thursday 1 March, 2012
Google privacy policy changes are ‘in breach of EU law’
The European Union justice commissioner has raised doubts about the legality of the changes the search giant has made to its privacy policy today.
# privacy - Wednesday 29 February, 2012
How to delete your Google browsing history ahead of new privacy policy
Tomorrow Google will launch a new privacy policy which could allow services like YouTube to access your browsing history – but there’s still time to opt out.
# privacy - Friday 24 February, 2012
White House calls on internet firms to strengthen privacy protection for users
Barack Obama called on companies like Facebook and Google to engage with privacy advocates in order to establish voluntary codes of conduct aimed at protecting users.
# privacy - Friday 17 February, 2012
The 9 at 9: Friday
Nine things you need to know by 9am: Enda Kenny’s American positivity, government’s defence on barracks closures, and Twitter promises to tighten up privacy.
# privacy - Monday 30 January, 2012
Attention Facebook users: Timeline will soon be mandatory
If users don’t adopt the social network’s new feature in the next few weeks, Facebook will do it for them…
# privacy - Wednesday 21 December, 2011
The 5 at 5: Wednesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
Facebook agrees to major privacy changes following DPC audit
The world’s largest social network will make significant changes to its privacy settings for worldwide users after an Irish audit.
# privacy - Monday 12 December, 2011
Charlie Sheen accidentally tweets phone number to 5.5 million followers
The tiger-blooded actor was apparently trying to send a direct message to Justin Bieber. Yes, really.
# privacy - Wednesday 7 December, 2011
Private photos of Mark Zuckerberg emerge after Facebook security breach
The social network says that the bug, which allowed users’ private photos to be accessed, has since been fixed.
# privacy - Monday 21 November, 2011
Hugh Grant names new publication in phone hacking inquiry
Meanwhile, Twitter commentary on today’s hearings were distracted for a time by a #womanontheleft…
# privacy - Thursday 17 November, 2011
Data Commissioner concerned about CCTV in taxis
The Data Protection Commissioner is worried about the “proportionality and justification” for having cameras in Irish taxis which record pictures AND sound.
# privacy - Friday 11 November, 2011
Twitter ordered to hand over details of WikiLeaks sympathiser accounts
A federal judge rules that Twitter must reveal the IP addresses of three users apparently connected with a criminal investigation.
# privacy - Tuesday 25 October, 2011
HIQA releases new guide for protecting patient records
In the guide, staff are told to lock away records, log out of computers, and bear in mind that they an be overheard if they discuss patient details in public.
# privacy - Saturday 15 October, 2011
Google announces death of ill-fated Buzz network
Google confirms it’s killing off its underfiring Buzz social network in order to focus on its more popular Google Plus service.
# privacy - Friday 26 August, 2011
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