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Anonymous Surfing – No Chance in the UK
If anyone had any vague ideas that what they do online is private then the recently released figures from Google should dispel that myth. Google has released figures based on the following – “Requests
Read More »Internet Freedom Is Not a Universal Value, Secretary of State Clinton
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s speech on the universality of Internet Freedom is a wonderful speech that I personally applaud but it is seriously flawed when applied to China and to Google in China.
Read More »SEO Internet Marketing Is Changing
As Google recently announced they are to include site speed when deciding on where to place a website in its search rankings, the face of Internet marketing, specifically SEO, is changing for the better. What does
Read More »Government replies to EU legal challenge on Phorm
The government has replied to a legal challenge from the European Commission (EC) over the online advertising technology Phorm. Phorm provides a model that allows advertising to be targeted at users online. In April
Read More »Internet privacy: Where everybody knows your name
Nightjack’s blog is, as its author put it rather beautifully yesterday, “slowly melting away as it drops off the edge of the Google cache”. Nightjack has gone, too, exposed by the Times as Detective
Read More »Phorm raises £15m for web monitoring
The company said on Wednesday that it raised £15m through a placing of 3.3m shares at £4.50 each, a discount of 85p on Tuesday’s closing price. The placing represents 19.4pc of Phorm’s enlarged share
Read More »Web Bugs & Your Privacy
Web bugs are small bits of code embedded in Websites that add functionality and share information. They’re almost impossible to ignore, but Jim Rapoza has some advice for keeping your privacy healthy nonetheless. Achooo!
Read More »Study Finds Google is Top Tracker of Web Users
When asked about online privacy, most people say they want more information about how they are being tracked and more control over how their personal information is used. Those consumer expectations are rarely in
Read More »SEO Training Course Reveals New Secrets
BECOME AN SEO GURU IN HOURS! JUST $27 PER MONTH Since the demand in SEO (Search Engine Optimization) has increased by almost 10 fold in the past 12 months, so also has the demand for
Read More »How To Protect Your Privacy In IE8
There will always be times when you don’t want other people to know which sites you’ve been visiting, whatever you use the Internet for. The problem is that we all leave a trail of
Read More »How surfers can protect private info
Kiel, Germany – Web browsers are not particularly loyal programs. When pushed, they reveal more about our surfing behaviour than we might prefer. A few tweaks can help protect your private sphere, but they
Read More »Google’s Street View rejected in Greece over privacy
A privacy watchdog has banned Google Inc. from gathering detailed, street-level images in Greece for a planned expansion of its panoramic Street View mapping service until the company provides additional privacy safeguards. In rejecting
Read More »Google knows more about you than your mother
Kevin Bankston of the Electronic Frontier Foundation recently said: “Google knows more about you than your mother.” A few years ago, it might have sounded far-fetched. But if you’re one of the growing number
Read More »An Expectation of Online Privacy
If your data is online, it is not private. Oh, maybe it seems private. Certainly, only you have access to your e-mail. Well, you and your ISP. And the sender’s ISP. And any backbone
Read More »Hypocritical Yahoo hosts human rights summit
By Aharon Etengoff | Chicago (IL) – Yahoo is currently hosting a summit on business and human rights at its Sunnyvale campus. Journalists and social entrepreneurs from Africa, Asia and the Middle East are
Read More »Tory Leader wants to give our medical records to Google
During the weekend, Tory Leader, David Cameron placed further scrutiny under the Labour Governments ”Electronic Patient Records system” and has called for NHS records to be stored online with companies such as Google and Microsoft. He
Read More »Organic SEO – Search Engine Optimization – Organic
When it comes to Search Engine Optimization (SEO) there’s really only two options available. Pay Per Click (PPC) or Organic SEO. The first option means spending, quiet often, big bucks on advertising campaigns that
Read More »How To Get Your Site To The Top On Google
THE RINF SEO MASTERCLASS VIDEO SERIES RINF founder, Mick Meaney explains how easy it is to get top search engine rankings, by just clicking your mouse. Even if you don’t have a website yet, this
Read More »MPs to probe ISP snooping
By Chris Williams | MPs have today launched an investigation into the use of snooping technology by ISPs which allows them to profile customers for advertisers and throttle or block specific types of traffic.
Read More »Public concerned about plans to monitor social networking sites
LONDON – The majority of people interviewed in the latest Brand Republic video are against the government’s plans to monitor social networking sites, claiming it would be an invasion of privacy — watch it
Read More »Security and fundamental freedoms on the Internet
Increasingly, companies, governments, police and even criminals are seeking the greatest possible access to our private data. The internet provides a previously unimaginable level of access to information about our private lives, which
Read More »Wired editor: Google has us all in its web
Google’s new Street View service – which displays 360-degree photographs of streetscapes in 25 British towns – has made it a challenge getting pages proof-read in the Wired offices this week. First, we spot
Read More »Government may snoop on websites
By Stefano Ambrogi | Social networking websites like Facebook could be forced to pass on details of users’ friends and contacts under government proposals to fight terrorism. Millions of Britons use sites like Facebook,
Read More »Privacy campaigners pressure web firms to boycott Phorm
Privacy campaigners have written an open letter to leading web companies demanding they resist the introduction of the Phorm web user tracking system by BT, Virgin and TalkTalk.Phorm is a technology that can be
Read More »Google Street View – an invasion of privacy?
By Alice Wyllie | IT HAS already revolutionised the way we search for information, find images or plan routes, but now Google has gone all Big Brother on us, with the launch yesterday of
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