I have spoken a bit about privacy over the past month and how we are likely to see regulation within the industry. A fellow blogger, Eric Goldman, just published an update about an AOL case related to the public distribution of AOL search data in 2006 that contained sufficient information to be considered personally identifiable. Although the case is just beginning, the court opted to dismiss AOL’s request for judgment on the pleadings, making way for a continued legal battle.
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A recent Strategy+Business article discussed workplaces in a cloud. What does this mean? It’s really a play on the technical definition of cloud computing in which companies leverage shared resources to run their technologies – this allows for scalability, flexibility, throttling, etc. In the office space, this would mean shared resources like printers, fax machines, office space, etc.
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Security lapses at Twitter enabled hackers to gain administrative rights within the Twitter application twice in 2009. With such access, hackers would be able to send out tweets from user accounts, like President Obama. While Twitter was a small start-up at the time, the FTC failed to accept that as reasonable justification as to the company’s lack of reasonable security protocols.
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Rick Boucher (D-VA) introduced a draft in May that seeks to provide legal guidelines for how business may use and store consumer data. The bill was written broadly, meaning that its application spans more than just behavioral targeting. However, many articles have focused on that subject as it has been a hot-topic as consumers demand more online privacy.
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