How do different nations’ laws manage the multinational companies that now govern our digital lives?
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Should Personal Data Be Personal?
Ok, so chances are you probably haven’t thought about Dashwire much in the last couple of years. Last time we covered the service was back in the halycon days of Windows Mobile 6.0, early on in the modern smartphone revolution
Ok, so chances are you probably haven’t thought about Dashwire much in the last couple of years. Last time we covered the service was back in the halycon days of Windows Mobile 6.0, early on in the modern smartphone revolution
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Dashwire closes up shop, all your data to get flushed on February 15th
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.
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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EU regulators ask Google to ‘pause’ its privacy changes, need more time to investigate
On February 2, 2012, In Gadgets, by LionelJohnson
Lunch hours may never feel safe again. That is, if you have a Mac running Lion / FileVault 2, like leaving your computer around, or have unscrupulous colleagues
Lunch hours may never feel safe again. That is, if you have a Mac running Lion / FileVault 2, like leaving your computer around, or have unscrupulous colleagues
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Passware claims FileVault 2 can be cracked in under an hour, sells you the software to prove it
Megaupload’s digital doors may have been closed due to the presence of pirated materials, but there’s still the matter of all that legal content residing on its servers. Naturally, folks want their files back, but now that the government’s gotten what it needs, the hosting companies no longer need to keep the data around because Megaupload’s no longer paying them to do so
Megaupload’s digital doors may have been closed due to the presence of pirated materials, but there’s still the matter of all that legal content residing on its servers. Naturally, folks want their files back, but now that the government’s gotten what it needs, the hosting companies no longer need to keep the data around because Megaupload’s no longer paying them to do so
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Megaupload users’ data to be kept another two weeks, EFF to help folks retrieve it
On January 31, 2012, In Gadgets, by atrykulik
As you may remember, roughly a week ago Google issued a major overhaul of its privacy policies — condensing some 60 scattered terms of service into a single document covering a vast majority of its internet empire. Of course, this raised concern, confusion and led to stories circulating the web about the inherent danger of the revised TOS
As you may remember, roughly a week ago Google issued a major overhaul of its privacy policies — condensing some 60 scattered terms of service into a single document covering a vast majority of its internet empire. Of course, this raised concern, confusion and led to stories circulating the web about the inherent danger of the revised TOS
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Google clarifies what isn’t changing with new privacy policy
On January 31, 2012, In Technology, by isabellamichelman
The global jukebox envisioned by Alan Lomax, the folklorist and ethnomusicologist, is finally coming to fruition. His recordings have been digitized and will appear online soon.
The global jukebox envisioned by Alan Lomax, the folklorist and ethnomusicologist, is finally coming to fruition. His recordings have been digitized and will appear online soon.
Open data is all very well, but what if you don’t release the most useful datasets of all? Paul Clarke on the scandal of UK transport data Remind me again: what’s the purpose of opening up all this public data? Ah yes, that’s it
Open data is all very well, but what if you don’t release the most useful datasets of all? Paul Clarke on the scandal of UK transport data Remind me again: what’s the purpose of opening up all this public data? Ah yes, that’s it
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Where open government data falls down: buying a train ticket
We’ve just come across an internal T-Mobile memo that will certainly give a few customers a moment of pause: come April 5th, it seems the carrier will impose new, restrictive limits that affect data usage when roaming. Hot on the heels of the network’s roaming pact with AT&T , the change would restrict subscribers to a fixed allotment of roaming data that’s proportionate to their current data plan. While most customers are unlikely to notice the change, it’s almost certain that some will be left out in the cold
We’ve just come across an internal T-Mobile memo that will certainly give a few customers a moment of pause: come April 5th, it seems the carrier will impose new, restrictive limits that affect data usage when roaming. Hot on the heels of the network’s roaming pact with AT&T , the change would restrict subscribers to a fixed allotment of roaming data that’s proportionate to their current data plan. While most customers are unlikely to notice the change, it’s almost certain that some will be left out in the cold
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T-Mobile to tighten the purse strings, limit data roaming starting April 5th