Council bosses in Cumbria can use Facebook to snoop on residents they suspect of committing an offence. New guidelines have been added to Cumbria County Council’s surveillance rule book on the issue and approved by leaders. The regulations allow county council staff to glean information from personal social media account pages [Read More…]
There have been a ton of articles trying to wake up the public to just how much Facebook knows about you. I generally skip posting those articles, as my readers tend to be pretty savvy. But this article by Larry Kim is worth noting, because you may want to save it [Read More…]
Matthew Renda reports: A woman has dropped her privacy case against Facebook weeks after a federal judge thwarted her attempt to lead a nationwide class of users she said had their personal information exposed by clicking on ads. Wendy Marfeo, who claimed Facebook made her private information available when she [Read More…]
I think this case and the issues it raises needs more public awareness and discussion. I posted about it yesterday, too, but now The Local reports: An Italian woman who committed suicide after battling to have a sex tape removed from the Internet should have been protected by Italy’s existing [Read More…]