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  Behavioural ad targeting outfit retains user privacy - Brand Republic News - Brand Republic 

  http://www.brandrepublic.com/MediaPmBulletin/News/786202/Behavioural-ad-targeting-outfit-retains-user-privacy/?DCMP=EMC-Media PM Bulletin

  Open Internet Exchange, developed by digital technology company Phorm, is partnering with BT, The Carphone Warehouse’s TalkTalk and Virgin Media, which combined represents 70% of UK consumer broadband ... subscribers. The company, headed in the UK by Drayton, former managing director of Advertising.com and the Telegraph Media Group, claims to be unique because it maintains consumers’ privacy. Instead of recording their IP address, every user is assigned an identification number, with user history erased as soon as they have been served a relevant advertiser. Consequently, Open Internet Exchange hopes to appeal to advertisers, some of whom have been wary of using behavioural ad targeting services amid concerns over users’ privacy and incorrect ad placement. Kent Ertugrul, chairman and worldwide chief executive of Phorm, said: “As a user visits a relevant site the system simultaneously deletes where they have been before and all the reasons that led to that match.” Ertugrul added that, becau   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 26 February 2008, by: Simon Thomson  [Report as spam]

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  Tags:  advertising, privacy, behavioural, search

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  Facebook - Privacy settings recommended by Sophos 

  http://www.sophos.com/security/best-practice/facebook.html

  Facebook best practice Sophos recommended privacy settings for Facebook ID fraudsters target to harvest information about you. Sophos experts recommend you set the following Facebook privacy options to ... protect against online identity theft. Facebook walkthrough - adjust your privacy settings This guide walks you through Sophos-recommended privacy settings in Facebook, and shows you how to set more secure levels of privacy and reduce the chance of becoming a victim of online identity theft. General safety tips for Facebook Adjust Facebook privacy settings to help protect your identity Unlike some other social networking sites, Facebook has provided some powerful options to protect you online - but it's up to you to use them! Think carefully about who you allow to become your friend Once you have accepted someone as your friend they will be able to access any information about you (including photographs) that you have marked as viewable by your friends. You can remove friends at any time   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 16 December 2007, by: Keith Parr  [Report as spam]

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  Information Professional Sector News - The IET 

  http://www2.theiet.org/oncomms/sector/informationpro/SectionNews/Object/6FF0D5F3-E790-C753-80A79F3FA5369FC2

  Facebook is being urged to improve its default privacy settings following research that revealed members are unwittingly exposing their personal details on a mass scale to millions of strangers, putting ... themselves at risk of identity theft. IT security and control firm Sophos took a random snapshot of 200 users in the London Facebook network and found that a staggering 75 per cent allow their profiles to be viewed by any other member, regardless of whether they or not they have agreed to be friends. Even if you have previously set up your privacy settings to ensure that only friends can view your information, joining a network automatically opens your profile to every other member of the network. Worryingly for businesses, 25 per cent; which could equate to as many as 300,000 users in the London network, revealed information relating to their work - details that could potentially be used by cybercriminals in their attempts to commit corporate ID fraud or to infiltrate company networks.   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 9 October 2007, by: David Wiblin  [Report as spam]

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  Facebook - Sophos investigates the privacy and productivity challenge 

  http://www.sophos.com/security/topic/facebook.html

  Facebook The privacy and productivity challenge Avoid identity theft when social networking on websites like Facebook, and learn how companies can block employees from visiting inappropriate websites. ... Facebook is an internet phenomenon, with a reported 100,000 new people joining the social networking website every day. But do you think carefully about your privacy settings, or do you reveal too much information about yourself to potential identity thieves? ID fraudsters can use confidential information to commit crimes against individuals and their companies. Read our to find out how to secure your personal data with Facebook's privacy settings and avoid identity theft. The danger of Facebook identity theft Our research shows that 41% of Facebook users will divulge personal information - such as email address, date of birth and phone number - to a complete stranger, greatly increasing their susceptibility to identity theft. In most cases, it was possible to access users' family photos,   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 9 October 2007, by: David Wiblin  [Report as spam]

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  BBC NEWS | Technology | Wi-fi security system is 'broken' 

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7052223.stm

  More holes have been picked in the security measure designed to protect the privacy and data of wi-fi users. The latest attack lets criminals defeat firewalls and spy on where someone goes and what they ... do online. It comes after a series of other attacks that, experts say, have left the basic protection in wi-fi comprehensively "broken". But compatibility issues mean that many will have no alternative but to use the much weakened protection system. Lock picking The basic security measure in the technical specification for wireless networks, 802.11, is known as Wired Equivalent Privacy. WEP encrypts data flying back and forth between a computer and an access point to stop people spotting and stealing confidential information. It does this using an encryption key but numerous attacks have shown how easy it is to get hold of this key and unlock access to the wi-fi network or your data. "WEP as a security measure is so broken that your (and everyone else's) kid sister can easily circumvent   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 20 October 2007, by: Chrisophe Gobel  [Report as spam]

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  Login | Facebook 

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  By selecting "remember me" you will stay logged into this computer until you click logout. If this is a public computer please do not use this feature.

  First added: 26 February 2008, by: Leong Soong  [Report as spam]

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  http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Teens_Privacy_SNS_Report_Final.pdf [pdf]

  http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Teens_Privacy_SNS_Report_Final.pdf

  Teens, Privacy & Online Social Networks How teens manage their online identities and personal information in the age of MySpace April 18, 2007 Amanda Lenhart, Senior Research Specialist Mary ... Madden, Senior Research Specialist PEW INTERNET & AMERICAN LIFE PROJECT 1615 L ST., NW – SUITE 700 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036 202-419-4500 http://www.pewinternet.org/ Summary of Findings Many teenagers avidly use social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook, and employ a variety of tools and techniques to manage their online identities. Online social networks are spaces on the internet where users can create a profile and connect that profile to others to create a personal network. Social network users post content to their profiles and use tools embedded within social networking websites to contact other users. Young adults and teenagers are among the most avid users of such websites. Much of the media coverage surrounding young people and online social netwo   [More...] [Less...]

  First added: 18 October 2007, by: Malachy Mullin  [Report as spam]

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