Privacy

Using Facebook gives you no privacy, not really

Each time you upload photos of your kids in funny costumes, or friends at parties, you are passing legal control of those photos to Facebook.

Why does the EU not comply with its own cookie law?

One year after its own directive relating to changes around use of cookies, the EU has still not implemented clear warnings on its own European Commission website, allowing website users to consent to the use of cookies.

EU cookie law will hurt those it should be helping

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Personal data could drive social media consolidation

Social networks are not just gathering data about registered users, but they are also building huge related profiles of their friends. These relationships could prove invaluable when added to a company’s existing data. Imagine what else you could do when you cross reference the data from two or three acuired companies.

Social networks – a legal minefield for data protection

All companies should have a policy to say not only what websites staff can use for work, but also what tools on those websites are off limits.