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RSS privacyPrivacy watchdog lets Microsoft off the hook
News US privacy watchdog, Truste has decided not to take action against Microsoft, despite ruling that the firm's Windows 98 software compromised user privacy. Truste found that Windows 98's online... [23 Mar 1999]
Ecommerce leaders in London summit
News The conference, called Scrambling for Safety, is organised by the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) and rights group, Privacy International. The UK's leading ecommerce experts gather today at the London... [22 Mar 1999]
Symantec posts Intel chip ID fix
News Intel issued the utility after a flurry of protests, primarily from consumer privacy groups, in advance of the PIII launch. Intel declined to comment on the Symantec announcement, but a spokesman for the chip giant said:... [22 Mar 1999]
Microsoft tackles Windows privacy issue
News Microsoft has released a patch for Windows 98, just weeks after it admitted that an anti-piracy feature in the operating system (OS) constitutes a breach of privacy. The OS generates a unique identity number for the PC... [21 Mar 1999]
Netscape unveils latest browser
News Also included is a search facility for locating people with common interests, whilst Neighbourhood Watch lets users set email privacy controls. Netscape today released the latest version of its email and Web browsing... [15 Mar 1999]
White Paper proposes accountants as privacy guardians
News The paper, 'US Self Regulatory Framework for Online Privacy', proposes accountants and consultants add a seal of approval to Web sites which collect sensitive information. TrustE, which is spearheading the campaign for... [12 Mar 1999]
Zero-Knowledge breaks Intel's 'unbreakable' control
News A control switch was put in place after privacy lobbying groups complained that having a traceable serial number on a chip was an infringement of personal privacy and CPUs on consumer PCs would have the... [11 Mar 1999]
Truste takes data protection campaign into Europe
News US online privacy campaigner, Truste, is to expand its campaign for self-regulated data protection to Europe. Friend described Truste's expansion as the first step towards creating a global brand for online... [10 Mar 1999]
Microsoft accused of stealing user information
News But Simon Davies, leader of privacy lobby group, Privacy International, accused Microsoft of breaking data protection laws in at least six European countries. There are privacy laws... [08 Mar 1999]
ISPs aim to rebuild consumer image
News The London Internet Exchange, Linx, is to form an Internet Privacy Forum to explore the ways consumer data can be protected on the Web. The first objective is to draw up a 'Internet Privacy Code' to be... [08 Mar 1999]
Top law enforcer puts police encryption case
News Many business and consumer organisations say imposing tight law enforcement controls on encryption will stifle ecommerce and curtail consumer privacy. A top law enforcement officer has stepped into the row over UK... [02 Mar 1999]
Intel unveils Pentium III
News However, while the chip giant is predicting the product will fuel ecommerce, privacy groups have continued to attack the ID serial numbers that each processor comes with. In the US, the Center for Democracy and... [26 Feb 1999]
Intel ships controversial Pentium III
News But some privacy campaigners - such as the Electronic Privacy Information Center - say they will boycott the chip as the identification number infringes consumer rights. Intel has today officially... [17 Feb 1999]
AOL takes credit card giant online
News Its privacy policy states: "We may provide statistical 'ratings' information, never information about you personally, to our AOL.com partners about how our members, collectively, use AOL.com [and our other services]. [04 Feb 1999]
UK government pulls away from encryption debate
News The Home Office refused to comment on the debate, but Simon Davies, director of rights campaign group, Privacy International, said that the Home Office's position will be identical to that of NCIS. The UK government has... [27 Jan 1999]
