The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, May 21, 2012
The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, May 21, 2012A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence
General Online Privacy
News (U.S.) - How the Rich and Famous Foil Identity Theft, BusinessWeek, May 15, 2012
News (U.S.) - Developing Layered Privacy Notices, Government InfoSecurity, May 14, 2012
General Online Safety
Research (Australia) – The secret world of porn addiction, Raj Sitharthan, U. of Sydney, May 10, 2012
Opinion (U.S.) - Balance the benefits of online sharing with the risk, Larry Magid, San Jose Mercury News, May 13, 2012
News (U.S.) - Microsoft bolsters parental controls with Windows 8, CNET, May 18, 2012
Advocates (U.S.) - Kids Are More Than Data Points, James Steyer, Common Sense Media, May 11, 2012
Opinion (U.S.) - Parent Traps: Don’t monitor your kids’ Web surfing, Katie Rophie, Slate, May 16, 2012
Advertising & Search
Research (U.K.) - Nearly half of web users happy with behavioral advertising , IAB UK, May 14, 2012
News (U.S.) - Are you a mom or dad who's guilty of 'oversharenting'?, The Wall Street Journal, May 11, 2012
News (U.S.) - Microsoft readies NUads: They watch you watching them, CNET, May 15, 2012
Mobile
News (U.S.) - The implications of schools demanding access to student mobile devices, CNET, May 17, 2012
Research (U.K.) - Mobile Internet censorship: What’s happening and what we can do, Open Rights Group, May, 2012
Social Networks
News (U.S.) - Doctors warned not to use social media with patients, Network World, May 17, 2012
News (U.S.) - School officials' Facebook rummaging prompts mom's privacy crusade, MSNBC, May 18, 2012
News (U.S.) - Twitter Implements Do Not Track Privacy Option, The New York Times, May 17, 2012
Legislation & Regulation
News (U.K.) - Proposed British Law Would Monitor, Block Suicide Websites, Slate, May 16, 2012
News (U.S.) – California, Congress Move to Keep Social Network Passwords Private From Employers, Wired, May 10, 2012
Government (E.U.) - Opinion 3/2012 on developments in biometric technologies, Article 29 Working Party, Apr. 27, 2012
News (U.S.) - FTC steps in as Obama’s chief enforcer on Internet privacy, The Hill, May 15, 2012
-- Compiled by David Burt, CISSP, CIPP