European Commission: Internet censorship in China is unacceptable
European Commission has said in a statement that they believe that the Chinese government’s internet censorship attempts are unacceptable.
The commission said in a statement: “The aim of this internet filter, contrary to what Chinese authorities contend, is clearly to censor internet and limit freedom of expression. We therefore [...]
China requires PCs to ship with web filtering software!
Wall Street Journal has reported that the Chinese government has now made it compulsory for all machines sold in the country to ship with web filtering software.
This software is to be designed to block a pre-configured list of web services. Customers would not get access to the [...]
European Union to target Britain over privacy issues
European Union is all set to started legal action against Britain over privacy issues.
Britain is being targeted for not applying EU data privacy rules to protect their citizens.
The EU also warned that they might force social networking services like Facebook to hide information connected to their minor users [...]
How to opt out of Google Interest Based Advertising Program
Search engine giant Google has just announced that they would soon start their Interest Based Advertising program.
This would enable the company to display ads to web users based on their interests.
The company would look at the user’s YouTube history and the kind of sites he visit [...]
Google sued in India for its Blogger service
Online privacy seems to be taking a hit in India as Google has now been sued by an Indian company to reveal the name of a blogger who they claim is defaming them.
Gremach Infrastructure Equipments & Projects has filed the lawsuit asking the courts to order Google to [...]
YouTube to mask user information in data supplied to Viacom
Viacom and YouTube have agreed that the data provided to Viacom would have the user information masked.
Google owned YouTube service said in a blog post on this new development: “We remain committed to protecting your privacy and we’ll continue to fight for your right to share [...]
Blockbuster sued for privacy violation related to Facebook Beacon ad system
Cathryn Elaine Harris, of Dallas County, Texas has filed a privacy violation lawsuit against video rental company Blockbuster.
She is claiming that the company passed her personal information to the popular social networking service Facebook.
This information was passed to Facebook through their controversial Beacon advertising system.
Randy [...]
Microsoft wants online ad companies to protect user privacy
Microsoft might be a smaller player in the online advertising market but they have now called on all rival players in this segment to adopt some rules to protect user privacy.
The company has now submitted their proposal with the Federal Trade Commission.
They are calling for a [...]
Facebook users annoyed with recently launched ‘features’
Facebook recently launched new features which enabled them to showcase user activities outside the website to their profiles on the social networking service.
This feature is compatible with online services like Fandango, Overstock and other online retailers.
Users are shown a box telling them that their activities on these third party [...]
Warner Music does not like Nokia Music Store
Nokia might be the world’s largest mobile phone maker but they have failed to impressed Warner Music.
The music company is said to be ignoring requests to provide their media content to Nokia’s Music Store.
Wall Street Journal reported that the reason behind this disapproval is that they believe that [...]
