Network World on Privacy

E-mail encryption: It’s easier than you think

2008-07-23T00:00:00Z

In order to properly secure confidential information -- everything from trade secrets to financial data and personal identity information -- corporations need policy-based e-mail encryption.

Momentum building for US privacy policy

Grant Gross — 2008-07-22T00:00:00Z

Privacy advocates in Washington, D.C., have been busy in recent months.

ISP responds to lawmaker concerns about ad tracking

Grant Gross — 2008-07-22T00:00:00Z

Embarq, an Internet service provider based in Kansas, has suspended its test of a targeted advertising service that tracks subscribers' Web habits as a way to deliver relevant ads.

Lawmakers call on NebuAd to change privacy notification

Grant Gross — 2008-07-17T00:00:00Z

Several U.S. lawmakers called on behavioral advertising vendor NebuAd to change its privacy notification procedures so that customers have to opt in for the company to track their Web habits instead of opting out.

The what, who, when, where, why and how of XSS

2008-07-16T00:00:00Z

In 2005, a MySpace user named Samy discovered a unique way to expand his buddy list. Within 24 hours, the number of friends on his page grew from 73 to more than 1 million. He achieved this instant popularity by creating the first self-propagating cross-site scripting (XSS) worm and by exploiting the lax security in many Web browsers.

Court dismisses case challenging warrantless e-mail searches

2008-07-16T00:00:00Z

The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals last week dismissed on procedural grounds a case involving the constitutionality of warrantless no-notice searches of e-mail messages stored by an ISP.

Activists raise awareness over targeted advertising

2008-07-16T00:00:00Z

In June 2007, Stephen Mainwaring of Weston Super Mare, England, noticed something wasn't quite right with his Web browser.

Lawmakers question another ISP about NebuAd service

Grant Gross — 2008-07-16T00:00:00Z

Three powerful U.S. congressmen have questioned a Kansas Internet service provider's apparent decision to test a controversial behavioral advertising service that tracks users' Web activities, without notifying its customers of the test.

Sweden's snooping law faces European court challenge

2008-07-16T00:00:00Z

The debate over its recently approved snooping law continues to rage unabated in Sweden. Centrum för rättvisa (or Center for Justice), a Swedish public interest law organization, has lodged a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), it announced on Wednesday.

Viacom allows YouTube to conceal user names in court case

2008-07-15T00:00:00Z

Google may conceal YouTube users' identities when it hands a database of their viewing habits to Viacom International in response to a court order, the companies agreed Monday.