Friday, February 24, 2012

Obama online privacy plan faces challenge

Computerworld Security: February 24, 2012
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Obama online privacy plan faces challenge

Privacy advocates Thursday said they welcomed a White House privacy plan that
would let consumers control how their personal data is collected, used, stored
and shared by websites and online advertisers.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. IT Blogwatch: Obama privacy pact is toothless, misguided
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2. Kenneth Van Wyk: With Gatekeeper, is Apple Big Brother or a practitioner of safer computing?
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IT Blogwatch: Obama privacy pact is toothless, misguided

Obama's White House proposals to beef up people's privacy protection have been
embraced by Google, Apple, Microsoft, and the like. But, in IT Blogwatch,
bloggers aren't so sure that everything in the garden is rosy.

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Kenneth Van Wyk: With Gatekeeper, is Apple Big Brother or a practitioner of safer computing?

Warning: Many readers will not agree with this column, but that's because they
are far more technically inclined than the average user.
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