Should Web Giants Let Startups Use the Information They Have About You?
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They call it scraping -- when Web companies automatically harvest information from the likes of Yahoo, Google and craigslist. Now the Internet establishment is clamping down.
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Chinese bloggers may soon have to reveal their real names when registering their blog accounts.
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Will keep your data for 18 months Google is cutting back the time it holds user-identifying data - a little. But will this be enough to placate privacy advocates?â¦
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A proposed law would require companies to keep detailed data about peopleâs Internet and phone use.
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Facebook's advertising system provokes questions about how companies share data.
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Do other investors know something you don't?
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CEOs and other C-level execs might want to reconsider posting a lot of information about themselves on sites such as Facebook, according to Hong Kong-based security company Network Box.
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Website head said he expects contributors claiming certain credentials will soon have to prove their identity.
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New online services could make you an even more inviting target for privacy attacks. Here's how.
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A search startup comes up with a system for compensating its web workers instantly, an idea that's aimed at the internet's growing casual work force. By Michael Calore.
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The Fortune 100 companies in the U.S. are apparently collecting more data about their online customers, but a smaller number of them share that information with third parties, according to a new study by The Customer Respect Group.
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This article seeks to answer the question: is your personal data safe? Or do you give it away during almost every transaction you make with government or commercial entities?
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By Emily Steel The Wall Street Journal  From the beginning, the Internet has attracted people seeking to research their family trees -- and sites wanting to make money off their pursuits.
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We see the Web serving as a way for consumers to get access to information (photos, listings, descriptions, etc.) and make more informed choices of how to allocate their real-time engagement with a Realtor or a ...
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Several companies are creating online systems to let ordinary people create useful computer applications by combining different information sources.
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it emerged that the company had also invested [pound]2m in a human genetics firm called 23andMe. The combination of genetic and internet profiling could prove a powerful tool in the battle for greater understanding of the behaviour of an online service user.
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