Category Archives: Online Security
Sex, Lies… And a Dumb Mistake Your Blog Website Can’t Afford
Sex, Lies… And a Dumb Mistake Your Blog Website Can’t Afford By Chip Cooper, Esq Does your website incorporate a blog or forum – where users may post text or files? If so, are you liable if your users post …
“Smart” bench gathers data to help urban planners meet public’s needs
“Smart” bench gathers data to help urban planners meet public’s needs By Jill Odom It seems that there is a “smart” version of every basic object nowadays, but an intriguing one for landscape designers who design public spaces is the smart bench. One …
Thousands Agree to Clean Port-a-potties for Free Wi-Fi
Thousands obliviously agree to clean port-a-potties for free Wi-Fi By Rebecca Wilkin Public Wi-Fi provider Purple recently attempted to determine if anyone actually reads terms and conditions before hitting “agree.” Spoiler: they do not. In a clever experiment, the UK-based company added …
Popular Apps and Websites That Sell Your Anonymized Data
Popular apps and websites reserve the right to sell your anonymized data By Nick Vega Last month, most people learned through a New York Times story that the email decluttering service Unroll.me had been selling anonymized customer data to third parties. …
What you’re really agreeing to when you accept your smart TV’s privacy policy
What you’re really agreeing to when you accept your smart TV’s privacy policy By Hayley Tsukayama Let’s be honest here — most of us don’t read the privacy policies for smart televisions. And even if we try to, it’s often …
FTC Releases Agenda for November 5th “Start with Security” Conference
Heads up startups and small – to medium sized businesses! This is the second in a series of conferences aimed at helping small- to medium-sized businesses protect consumers’ information.
Tragic (Legal) Mistake 5: Your Privacy Policy is Not Private
Tragic (Legal) Mistake 5: Your Privacy Policy is Not Private By Chip Cooper, Esq. In fact, it can be enforced against you by the Federal Trade Commission. The Rules that Affect Your Privacy Policy – And Your Business Maybe you’re …
