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EU regulators ask Google to ‘pause’ its privacy changes, need more time to investigate

On February 3, 2012, In Gadgets, by JillTumber541

Google has gone to great lengths to clarify its revamped privacy policy , but a regulatory body in the European Union thinks the company is moving a little too fast. Today, European regulators formally requested that Google “pause” its rollout, in order to give the EU more time to investigate its forthcoming changes. “Given the wide range of services you offer, and the popularity of these services, changes in your privacy policy may affect many citizens in most or all of the EU member states,” the EU’s Data Protection Working Party wrote in a letter to Google CEO Larry Page yesterday.

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Public data’s Desert Island challenge: which dataset would you pick?

On September 13, 2011, In Gadgets, News, Technology, Uncategorized, Wordpress, by brumek13

Interested in open data, particularly public-sector open data?

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Don’t tell us where you’re going, Nissan Leaf driver, we already know (video)

On June 16, 2011, In Gadgets, by lfhgjkd19

That cute little bugger above certainly looks innocent enough, but it might have been spreading some pretty detailed gossip behind your back. Leaf-driver Casey Halverson was playing around with the RSS reader in his Carwings system when he discovered that it wasn’t just collecting feeds from RSS servers, it was also telling those servers his car’s current location, speed, heading and even the destination he’d set in the sat nav

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South Park takes a poke at Apple data tracking controversy

On April 29, 2011, In Apple, Gadgets, News, Technology, Uncategorized, by lfhgjkd19

Animated comedy features Apple chief Steve Jobs as a megalomaniac who wants to use his technology to control all of humanity South Park returned to US television on Wednesday night and wasted no time tackling the controversy surrounding Apple and its alleged “big brother” tendencies. The sharply satirical and topical animated show, now in its 15th season, latched on to the recent revelations that Apple’s iPhone and iPad keep track of everywhere you go , and stores the data in hidden files on the devices. In the episode, which also parodies the 2010 Dutch horror film The Human Centipede , Apple chief Steve Jobs decides to create a new product – a HumancentiPad, a hybrid of the iPhone, iPad and three human beings.

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Steve Jobs responds to iPhone tracking concerns, and accuses Google

On April 25, 2011, In Apple, Gadgets, News, Technology, Uncategorized, by klubetor

Apple chief executive vents opinion on discovery that iPhones keep record of connections with cell towers in their vicinity and says Android tracks too Steve Jobs has responded to the mounting questions about iPhones collecting location data for up to a year – a revelation that could lead to privacy investigations by some European governments . In a characteristically terse email, apparently sent directly from his iPhone, the Apple chief executive – who is officially on medical leave from his company , and has been seen only briefly in public since January – insisted that “we don’t track anyone”, and instead aimed his ire at Google, claiming that “they do” track users. The exchange, documented by a reader of the MacRumors website who emailed Jobs (whose address is well-known online), appears to be legitimate.

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Oh, and Google probably also knows where your Wi-Fi router lives

On April 25, 2011, In Gadgets, News, Technology, Uncategorized, by Lobo

After the iPhone and Android tracking revelations of last week, a researcher finds out how to query Google’s database of home and business router locations Google really does have a very big location map – and that may include where your router is. The results of its giant Street View exercise in which it took pictures of houses and shops but also gathered locations of Wi-Fi networks and – oops! – collected data from open Wi-Fi networks has all been collated. And what’s more, you can query it yourself.

ICO ‘only punished 1% of all data breaches in past year’

On April 20, 2011, In Gadgets, News, Technology, Uncategorized, by lfhgjkd19

Data regulator slammed over small number of penalties issued since it was given greater powers in April 2010 The majority of breaches of the Data Protection Act in the past year have been committed by private companies – but public sector bodies like local government have landed 80% of the punishments, according to new figures released under the Freedom of Information Act. We’ve long wondered where the majority of data breaches – like lost laptops, email leaks, missing tax discs, etc – come from. Not least because the information commissioner’s office (ICO) seems to only make a noise about public sector transgressions .

Why does a council’s website have a click-use licence?

On March 7, 2011, In Gadgets, News, Technology, Uncategorized, by klamka13303

When searching on Richmond upon Thames’ website I was warned I would be bound by a licence agreement In general, there are a lot of good things to say about the London borough of Richmond upon Thames’ feature-rich and information-filled website.

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Google v Facebook: this means passive-aggressive war

On November 12, 2010, In Gadgets, News, Technology, Uncategorized, by Lobo

Wait just one minute before you export your data to Facebook, says Google: are you sure you want to hand it over to some New Evil Empire^W^W^W other site?

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ADATA’s S007 military spec USB flash drive is designed for the battlefield

On October 13, 2010, In Gadgets, by Lobo

It doesn’t boast the eSATA / USB 3.0 capabilities of the N909, but ADATA ‘s new S007 is easily the tougher of the two. Designed to be fully compliant with US MIL-SPEC standards, this new USB key is available in capacities up to 32GB and should provide careless handlers with “unrivaled digital data protection from both impacts and electric shocks.” Both of ‘em (it’s available in green and red) are wrapped in a rubber coating, and transfer at USB 2.0 speeds (upwards of 30MB/sec on the read side and 8MB/sec on the write side), but sadly, there’s no mention of a price or release date. Continue reading ADATA’s S007 military spec USB flash drive is designed for the battlefield ADATA’s S007 military spec USB flash drive is designed for the battlefield originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:14:00 EDT.

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EU regulators ask Google to ‘pause’ its privacy changes, need more time to investigate

Public data’s Desert Island challenge: which dataset would you pick?

Don’t tell us where you’re going, Nissan Leaf driver, we already know (video)

South Park takes a poke at Apple data tracking controversy

Steve Jobs responds to iPhone tracking concerns, and accuses Google

Oh, and Google probably also knows where your Wi-Fi router lives

ICO ‘only punished 1% of all data breaches in past year’

Why does a council’s website have a click-use licence?

Google v Facebook: this means passive-aggressive war

ADATA’s S007 military spec USB flash drive is designed for the battlefield

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