Today everybody carries GPS devices in their phones (and tablets), but few people consider that our personal privacy may be compromised as a result. In November the US Supreme Court will hear argument (US v. Jones) as to whether the drug suspect’s Constitutional right to privacy was violated…
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Use of remote computers has been around since at least 1964, but the current marketing buzz called Cloud Computing might make you think there’s something new. However Cloud Computing is merely the newest label for the 1964 remote computing service called "Time-Sharing" at Dartmouth College using a General Electric 235 computers…
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My eCommerce Times column for October is entitled “Shore Up Your Privacy Policy Before Disaster Strikes” and I encourage you to read it. Actually it was published the same day as my blog that more than 7.5 million children under 13 are on Facebook. Since the Federal…
The June 2011 issue of Consumer Reports included an article that Facebook has more than 7.5 million children as users which apparently is violating the 1998 Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) which precludes children under 13 from using websites and in particular to join Facebook. The Consumer Reports article stated…
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The FCC plans to spend $8 billion to expand broadband service to more than 18 million citizens in rural America who lack high speed Internet access. In a speech, Julius Genachowski (FCC chairman) called access to broadband “a necessity”:
“Broadband has gone from being a luxury to being a necessity…
A report in the Financial Times that Alibaba might take over Yahoo! has raised privacy fears. Jack Ma’s (Alibaba founder & former Google employee) recent comment about the prospect that Alibaba was interested in Yahoo! set off privacy group alarms as reported by the Financial Times:
"Lawmakers should oppose a…
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New Scientist reports that HP may use the Autonomy pattern-recognition eDiscovery tool to develop a new search engine which would work in tandem with HP’s text-based search. The report includes this example:
…the ability to point your phone at an image and having it return web links, documents, and…
Effective in December 2011 OnStar GPS navigation-and-emergency-services company will collect vehicle data for those customers who terminate their agreements.
The 10 page OnStar Privacy Statement states that:
Unless the Data Connection to your Vehicle is deactivated, data about your Vehicle will continue to be collected even if you do…
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Trademark owners must act to avoid adult brands creating .xxx domains and can take advantage of the sunrise phase from September 7 through October 28, 2011.
I welcome you to read the Gardere Intellectual Property Alert entitled “Prevent the XXX Industry from Using Your Trademark” written by my…
All Social Media and Internet businesses rely on TOS and Click Agreements to protect their legal rights, but few businesses take the time to make sure that the TOS and Click Agreements actually protect their business operations. I welcome you to read my eCommerce Times column entitled “Your Customers May…
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