The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, September 3, 2012

The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, September 3, 2012A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence

General Online Privacy
News (U.S.) -  Amazon Hires Chief Privacy Counsel, The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 31, 2012

News (U.K.) -  Chris Soghoian, delights in exposing security flaws and privacy violations, The Economist, Sep. 1, 2012

News (Australia) -  Digital Will: How to share your data after death, CNET, Aug. 30, 2012

News (U.S.) -  Hacker Group GhostShell says it published one million stolen records, CNET, Aug. 28, 2012

News (U.S.) - Priveazy offers a dashboard to manage  privacy across a dozen popular sites, IT World, Aug. 28, 2012

General Online Safety
News (U.K.) -  Xbox Live security: how to avoid getting hacked, OXM, Aug. 28, 2012

News (Germany) -  Internet addiction fueled by gene mutation, scientists say, CNET, Aug. 29, 2012

News (Australia) -  Charlotte Dawson Attempts Suicide, LeAnn Rimes Seeks Treatment As Cyberbullying Reaches Fever Pitch, International Business Times, Aug. 31, 2012

Advocates (U.S.) - School Climate 2.0:Preventing Cyberbullying and Sexting, Cyberbullying Research Center, Aug. 31, 2012

Advertising & Search
News (U.S.) -  Judge Allows Challenge to Google Privacy Penalty, National Journal, Aug. 29, 2012

News (U.S.) -  Privacy Issues Will Weigh Heavily On Google's Recent Gains, Seeking Alpha, Aug. 29, 2012 

Mobile
News (U.S) -  Stakeholders Continue Slog on Mobile App Privacy, National Journal, Aug. 29, 2012

News (U.S.) -  Smartphone apps track users even when shut down,  Boston Globe, Sep. 3, 2012

News (U.S.) -  Kid’s Corner brings parental controls to Windows Phone 8, Geek.com, Aug. 31, 2012

Social Networks
News (U.S.) -  5 Design Tricks Facebook Uses To Affect Your Privacy Decisions, Tech Crunch, Aug. 25, 2012

News (Germany) -  German consumer group sets Facebook privacy ultimatum , Reuters, Aug. 29, 2012

News (U.S.) -  Your Old Tweets Resurface with Twitter’s Data Reseller Partners, Bostino, Aug. 30, 2012

News (U.S.) -  Browser plug-in and website warn about data harvesting by Facebook apps, IDG, Aug. 30, 2012

Legislation & Regulation
News (U.S.) -  SEC Guidance on Cyber-Disclosure Becomes Rule for Online Companies, Bloomberg, Aug. 28, 2012

News (U.K.) -  Advocate: Ministers 'have been sabotaging' the battle to block porn on internet, Daily Mail, Sep. 2, 2012 

-- Compiled by David Burt, CISSP, CIPP

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