privacy
RSS privacyEnhancing Security of EPCglobal Gen-2 RFID Tag Against Traceability and Cloning
White Paper Therefore, it makes tracking activities and personal preferences of tag's owner impractical to provide the user's privacy. This paper presents a synchronization-based communication protocol for RFID devices and focuses... [25 Sep 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Google Chrome
Cheat Sheet In December 2008 Chrome shook off its beta tag with a raft of updates including a revised bookmark manager and privacy changes, including the consolidation of all privacy options into a single dialogue box. [22 Sep 2009]
A world where your every moment is recorded is coming
News What privacy settings? And if everybody walks around with recording devices running around the clock, the government may be the least of your concerns for privacy. Before you recoil at the prospect of... [21 Sep 2009]
Facebook to kill Beacon: Info-sharing programme crumbles under privacy concerns
News The social network has settled a year-old class action lawsuit that targeted its alleged failure to provide adequate information and privacy controls to users with regard to Beacon, which shared information about users'... [21 Sep 2009]
Follett Protects Customer Data and Complies With PCI DSS With Thales
White Paper Since it began operating stores and taking credit cards, FHEG has taken protecting its customers' privacy seriously. The Follett Higher Education Group (FHEG) sells more than 20 million textbooks annually in stores and... [19 Sep 2009]
White House looks to the cloud for IT cost-cutting
News Finally, the initiative will include policy planning and architecture that will be made up of centralised certifications, target architecture and security, privacy and procurement concerns. The Obama administration on... [17 Sep 2009]
Tories: We will end the database state
News The Conservatives have said they will cut back on government databases and increase public privacy if they win the next election. In a policy paper published on Wednesday, the Tories call for stricter access rights to... [17 Sep 2009]
Managing 21st Century Business and Technology Innovation: Reduce Operational Risk, Enable Compliance, Protect Privacy With IBM System z
White Paper This paper explores these challenges and highlights how IBM and, more specifically, System z, improves the alignment of IT and the business, increases business resilience, and enhances security and privacy capabilities... [16 Sep 2009]
Exploiting Cryptography for Privacy-Enhanced Access Control: A Result of the PRIME Project
White Paper The EC-funded project PRIME (Privacy and Identity Management for Europe) envisions that individuals will be able to interact in this information society in a secure and safe way while retaining control of their... [16 Sep 2009]
Differentially Private Recommender Systems: Building Privacy Into the Netflix Prize Contenders
White Paper The paper considers the problem of producing recommendations from collective user behavior while simultaneously providing guarantees of privacy for these users. Specifically, the paper considers the Netflix Prize data... [16 Sep 2009]
Bunker: A Privacy-Oriented Platform for Network Tracing
White Paper ISPs are increasingly reluctant to collect and store raw network traces because they can be used to compromise their customers' privacy. Offline anonymization suffers from privacy problems because raw... [16 Sep 2009]
Google steps up efforts to liberate user data
News One of the most heated topics of criticism concerning Google's Book Search settlement with authors and publishers has been concerns about privacy, such as how Google will treat records of which users are reading which... [15 Sep 2009]
Google Books hit with fresh wave of criticism from Microsoft, Open Book Alliance
News Google updated its privacy policy for Google Books last week after it was urged to provide more details, but several groups don't think it goes far enough. Google has said it will release a complete... [09 Sep 2009]
The How and Why of PCI
White Paper This standard includes comprehensive requirements to secure and protect electronic payments, and to assure the privacy of customer account information. Companies that offer online credit card transactions must understand... [09 Sep 2009]
Google seeks to appease Europe with digital books copyright deal
News But the US settlement - which has been hailed by civil rights groups as a way to bridge the Digital Divide and hampered by opposition from authors and privacy advocates - will only apply to US users. In a move to assuage... [08 Sep 2009]
