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emailOnline Pharmaceutical Sales: How a Con Artist Starred In a Sting That Cost Google Millions
Posted on Thursday, February 2nd, 2012 by Elaine Rigoli
An in-depth article from The Wall Street Journal shares the story of an alleged con man and federal prisoner who became the lead actor in a government sting targeting Google Inc.
The con man posed as an agent for online drug dealers in dozens of recorded phone calls and email exchanges with Google sales executives, spending $200,000 in government money for ads selling narcotics, steroids, and other controlled substances. Read More
Is the Online Reputation Score the New FICO?
Posted on Friday, January 20th, 2012
The Wall Street Journal has an interesting perspective on something called an online reputation score. Read More
Dislike to Facebook’s ‘Like’ Button: Graphic Illustrates How Social Network Blurs Line Between Consumer Privacy and Interests
Posted on Thursday, May 26th, 2011 by Elaine Rigoli
Did you know that every time you’re reading an article on a non-Facebook page, like MSNBC, or CNN, or any other website that has installed the social-media widgets, those details are forever tied to your online profile? Check out the details in this article, along with a powerful visual graphic, to understand how it all works.
Pharma Security Woes: GlaxoSmithKline Customer Medical Info Exposed in Epsilon Breach
Posted on Friday, April 29th, 2011 by Elaine Rigoli
This article in the Wall Street Journal confirms that the Epsilon data breach goes far beyond simply exposing customer names and emails. Indeed, pharma giant GlaxoSmithKline has alerted customers via email that their email addresses and names have been compromised, and that the stolen information may have identified the product website on which they registered their medical conditions.
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Privacy Poll About Online Tracking: Would You Sell Your Personal Details to Advertisers?
Posted on Thursday, March 10th, 2011
The online tracking debate continues but there is not one right or wrong answer about what advertisers do with our information. Some companies will charge a fee for a service that prevents your online movements from being tracked, while others will pay you a commission every time your information is used by an advertiser. Take a moment to vote in a poll in this Wall Street Journal blog about whether you would consider actively selling your personal information to advertisers.
Fortifying Phones From Attackers
Posted on Monday, December 27th, 2010
The Wall Street Journal reports on the evolving role of privacy and information security as more and more consumers and companies start doing business on their mobile devices. Case in point: AT&T has hired 13 PhDs in the last six months to focus on mobile security technology that detects and blocks malicious software from reaching mobile devices. Read More
Online Privacy: Good Guys and Bad Guys, Part 1
Posted on Monday, December 13th, 2010 by Kent Lawson
This is the first in a two-part series on the issues of personal privacy on the web. In Part 1, CEO Kent Lawson commends the Wall Street Journal for being a “good guy” — a solid media outlet committed to investigating the ways that businesses use our personal information, sometimes in shocking ways. Read More
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