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FTC Settles With Kids’ Social Networking Site, Online Advertiser Network

Posted on Thursday, November 17th, 2011 by

The Federal Trade Commission has reached two privacy settlements with the following online companies:

  • Skid-e-kids, a social networking site for children. The FTC accused the site of collecting personal information from 5,600 kids without parental permission. This is a violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act that forbids Internet companies from allowing children under 13 to register and provide personal information (date of birth, email address, home address, first and last name, etc.).

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Think Before You Click: StubHub ‘Doesn’t Have a Sense Yet of How Big’ Its Phishing Email Scam Has Become

Posted on Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 by

While online ticket marketplace StubHub claims it “reinvented the ticket resale market,” it certainly isn’t above becoming victimized by phishing and hacking incidents. StubHub lets fans buy and sell tickets to tens of thousands of sports, concert, and other live entertainment events, but the company’s unique online marketplace has become the “cover” for a new phishing email scam.  The email looks like a StubHub receipt for a $2,766.95 order for two tickets to a November 12 boxing match in Las Vegas. In true phishing fashion, the fake email tries to dupe recipients into clicking on the embedded links in an attempt to obtain sensitive information like credit card account numbers and passwords. Click the headline above to learn more. Read More

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Google Confirms It Aims to Own Your Online ID

Posted on Monday, September 12th, 2011 by

According to this Bloomberg Businessweek article, Google’s chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt called Google an “identity service” or platform on which it can build other products. In other words, real names are more valuable to advertisers. Read More

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Out-Smart GPS Tracking: New Online Security Tips for You

Posted on Thursday, July 21st, 2011 by

Check out this article and read more about the five new entries that are now part of private-i’s “How To” section. From mobile-phone privacy to managing browser security settings, it’s never been easier to protect your privacy online. Want to learn a trick to out-smart GPS tracking via your smartphone? We’ve got that covered too!

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Year 2020 Survey: 45% Predict Total Loss of Internet Privacy

Posted on Thursday, July 7th, 2011 by

What will the Internet – and our daily lives – look like in just nine years? In a new Microsoft study called Internet Explorer 9: Future of the Web, more than 10,000 European Internet users shared their concerns and predictions for the Internet by the year 2020. The study showed 45% of respondents are frightened that there will be no such thing as privacy online, making it clear that more and more people are becoming very concerned about online tracking and other intrusions on their privacy. Read More

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Report from the InfoSec World Conference: Game-Changing HTML5 Will Alter Browser Security

Posted on Monday, April 25th, 2011 by

What’s HTML5? In this week’s post from CEO Kent Lawson, he says it could mean that every time you visit a website, you will be potentially ceding control of your laptop, tablet, or phone to someone else. Read on for more information about the future of website browsing security and what it means for our safety and security online. Read More

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Do Not Track and Online Privacy: Mozilla’s CEO Speaks About Protecting Consumers

Posted on Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

In an interview with The Huffington Post, Mozilla CEO Gary Kovacs said technological tools are better than government regulation when safeguarding users’ privacy online. “I never rely on the government to lead something, it just takes too long. Capitalism works,” he said in the interview. As for online privacy, he said it “has taken on new urgency as more aspects of our identities — from our movie preferences to our relationships to our purchases — migrate to the web.”

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Managing Browser Cookies

Posted on Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 by

A cookie is a small piece of text stored on your computer by a web browser. A cookie can be used for authentication, storing site preferences, shopping cart contents, the identifier for a server-based session, or anything else that can Read More

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