A new global survey by the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and conducted by global research company Ipsos records that consumers are increasingly worried about their online privacy and security, especially when it comes to how their personal data is handled by private corporations and governments. The survey across 24 countries finds that a …
If you’ve registered any Web domains for your small business, there’s a potential privacy policy change of which you should be aware. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is considering changing a policy involving WHOIS, a database of personal information for those who register domain names. Currently, domain owners can choose to use …
The Belgian privacy commission has told Facebook to stop tracking the internet activities of people who have not registered with the site or have logged out, after a “staggering” report showed alleged breaches of EU privacy law. “Facebook tramples on European and Belgian privacy laws”, the data protection authority said in a statement. “Facebook has …
Apple, Google, and several other Internet and technology companies are in a race against the clock to get the Senate to approve a bill that will end the NSA’s bulk data collection programs. Known as the USA Freedom Act, S. 2685, the bill aims to stop the government’s collection and storage of the electronic communications …
The Internet Governance Project (IGP) writes: ICANN’s Expert Working Group (EWG) on Whois and privacy, which published its final report today, has unfortunately continued a long tradition of failing to find consensus between privacy advocates and business interests. The business interests see coerced publication of domain name registration data as an invaluable aid to brand protection and law enforcement, …
Major telecom player Vodafone has been accused by the Union Home ministry of secretly sharing subscriber data with a British intelligence and security organisation, a charge denied by the company. According to documents of the Internal Security Division of the Home Ministry, Vodafone is alleged to have given the UK-based Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ) “secret …
A new survey finds that most internet users would like to be anonymous online, but many think it is not possible to be completely anonymous online. Some of the key findings: 86% of internet users have taken steps online to remove or mask their digital footprints—ranging from clearing cookies to encrypting their email. 55% of …
Developments over the past few months — and especially the revelations about the spying work of the NSA on friendly governments and their people and businesses — show how important it is to try and establish some high-level strategies relating to managing the governance of the internet. While companies like Google have been lobbying hard …
What if the World Wide Web were hit by a cyber-attack so massive as to threaten government infrastructures, banking systems, and email — and nobody noticed? That’s what’s reportedly happening right now. According to BBC News, a feud between a Dutch spam host and a spam filter vendor has spilled over into a series of …
At age sixty-nine, Vinton Grey Cerf holds the title of ‘Chief Internet Evangelist’ at Google, and has recently discussed his views with Panjak Mishra of livemint.com in an interview regarding the future of technology. Cerf’s contribution to the birth of the internet as we now know it came in 1974, when he and his fellow American …