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Shields Up! Facebook has a file on you!

Facebook knows more about you than you think. Thanks to European privacy laws, it’s been discovered that the net’s #1 social networking site keeps a huge file of info on each of its users. If you’re in Europe, you can request a copy of it and by law they have to comply. Here in the more »

Senate ponders online privacy issues, but doesn’t agree on anything

A senate committee hearing was held on Tuesday and they couldn’t agree on anything. Not exactly news is it? The Senate Commerce committee held the hearing over concerns about online privacy. Everything from Google’s accidental interception of some WiFi traffic during a Google Streetview run to Facebook’s privacy issues and AT&T’s recent iPad related security more »

Amazon sues North Carolina to protect customer privacy

Amazon has filed a lawsuit against North Carolina in an effort to protect the privacy of its customers after the state’s Department of Revenue demanded the online retailer turn over records of every single purchase made by a North Carolina resident between 2003 and 2010. Amazon refused and is asking a judge to declare North more »

Facebook wants to make yet another privacy change, and you’re not gonna like it

Facebook has announced a proposed change to its privacy policy that is bound to outrage many users of the popular social networking site. They want to provide send your name, photo, friends list, and any information you’ve made public to third party companies. Facebook’s deputy general says it may be necessary to do so in more »

Facebook employee claims they record everything you do and can read your messages

An interview with an anonymous Facebook employee is flying around the web and burning up Twitter, but is the info discussed really anything surprising? The employee revealed that the company records everything their users post, upload and view, and that their data is kept even if they delete it. That’s not exactly a secret-Facebook uses more »