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Consumer Tip: How to set Yahoo Mail to use SSL
It is important to use SSL, or encrypted connections when you use web-based email. Yahoo does not automatically set SSL or secure mail connections by default. You have to set it manually until January...
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Consumer Tips: Facebook Privacy Guide – Key Things to Know Before Hitting...
FAQ: I am new to Facebook. What do I need to know about posting to someone else’s Timeline? When you first join Facebook, you can discover many old friends, acquaintances and relatives you may have...
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European Court of Justice rules affirmatively on “Right to be Forgotten” online
May 20 Update: see our full analysis of the ruling here. In a ruling with far-reaching implications for online privacy, the European Court of Justice has ruled that online search companies are subject...
View ArticleWPF Analysis: Implications of the Google Spain Case
The analysis, Decision in Europe: Controversial Revival of Practical Obscurity, Implications of the Google Spain Case, was published May 20, 2014. Authors: Bob Gellman and Pam Dixon You can download...
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Consumer Tips — Facebook Privacy Guide: How to see what your Facebook...
FAQ: How can I see what my Facebook Timeline looks like to the “outside world”? I am about to start a job search, and I want to make sure I have things locked down. I don’t want potential employers...
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Consumer Tips – Facebook Privacy Guide: Finding and using Privacy Shortcuts
FAQ: The privacy settings are too complicated. How can I cut through the noise quickly? I just want to see where I’m tagged, and a couple of other things. Facebook has a “privacy shortcut” menu that...
View ArticlePublic comments: WPF urges FTC to focus on providing statistical parity for...
WPF urges FTC to focus on consumers’ ability to control their digital exhaust and statistical parity for big data era At the FTC workshop on Big Data September 15, Big Data: Tool for Inclusion or...
View ArticlePanel talk: Big data, privacy, and vulnerable populations
Pam Dixon will be speaking at the IAPP-FTC Practical Privacy Conference in Washington DC this week. The conference is from Dec. 2-3. Her panel talk will focus on privacy issues relating to identifiable...
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Consumer Tips: World Privacy Forum’s Top Ten Opt Outs
As privacy experts, we are frequently asked about “opting out,” and which opt outs we think are the most important. This list is a distillation of ideas for opting out that the World Privacy Forum...
View ArticleAge Appropriate Design: new code of practice regarding online services for...
The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has published a new code of practice for online services directed to children, Age appropriate design: A code of practice for online services. The new code sets...
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