A new (and growing) Net business category is now employing Net scare tactics: online reputation management. For example, "the Internet has become the go-to resources to destroy someone’s life online, which in turn means their offline life gets turned upside, too,” Reputation.com CEO Michael Fertik told the New York Times. The article offers helpful insights into how this high-end approach to … [Read more...] about Online spin control: Who does it best? Us!
Privacy
How teens can use privacy settings on parents
Chances are, if you have teenagers at your house, you're friends with them on Facebook. The numbers are pretty amazing: 80% of US parents of teens use social network sites; of them 95% are in Facebook; and of those FB-using parents, 86% have friended their kids, according to a recent study. Friending can be very helpful – a casual way of keeping an eye on things (if we don't blow it and comment on … [Read more...] about How teens can use privacy settings on parents
Facebook privacy policy’s new look
The new, much improved privacy policy Facebook just unveiled is more a guide to Facebook's privacy practices than a privacy policy, as Jules Polonetsky, director of the Future of Privacy Forum told the Wall Street Journal. It's clearer, more conversational, and has more visual aids. Facebook says the company felt the policy "should focus on the questions people who use Facebook are most likely to … [Read more...] about Facebook privacy policy’s new look
Update: FB holds off on that last privacy change
Facebook temporarily reversed its decision to make users' address and phone numbers available to apps with users' permission. "Over the weekend, we got some useful feedback that we could make people more clearly aware of when they are granting access to this data," Douglas Purdy, Facebook's director of developer relations wrote in the site blog. "We agree, and we are making changes to help ensure … [Read more...] about Update: FB holds off on that last privacy change
From do-not-call to do-not-track? FTC says yes
In its just-released preliminary framework for protecting Internet users' privacy, the Federal Trade Commission "suggests implementation of a 'Do Not Track' mechanism" reminiscent of the very successful Do Not Call list it launched in 2003. The do-not-track mechanism, "likely a persistent setting on consumers’ [Web] browsers" would allow consumers to choose "whether to allow the collection of data … [Read more...] about From do-not-call to do-not-track? FTC says yes