What are Americans prepared to give up in terms of privacy and convenience to combat terrorism?
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Reading the terms of service and privacy policies on the websites you visit is a thankless task.
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The free, open-source plug-in, an extension for Firefox, checks a library of scraped terms of service and privacy policies from dozens of major sites that updates every three hours.
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As an employee and as an individual, you should use all privacy protections the internet and its services will afford you in terms of privacy protection on the information people can readily find.
"Facebook's proposed changes implicate the user privacy and the terms of a recent settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, " the letter said.
With much fanfare, and with more than a little criticism from privacy advocates, Google recently announced the update of its privacy policies and terms of service.
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That is why the U.S. General Services Administration recommends people set up a "social-media will, " review the privacy policies and terms and conditions of each website and stipulate in their traditional will that the "online executor" get a copy of the death certificate.
To buy Sweetheart, Solo had to bring in outside investors, sacrifice its long-held privacy and agree to stiff terms.
To buy Sweetheart, Solo had to bring in outside investors, sacrifice its long held privacy and agree to stiff terms.
Pinterest founder Ben Silbermann, in a blog post Friday, rolled out the site's updated terms of service, along with revamped acceptable-use and privacy policies.
"I hope that while I adjust to my freedom and the devastating loss of my husband, that I and my family will be allowed space, time and most of all privacy, to come to terms with the events of the last six months, " her statement said.
And they're willing to make some concessions in terms of their personal privacy in order to have that happen.
The fact that contact information would be collected and stored was not explicitly mentioned in Path's terms of use or Twitter's privacy policy.
We also expect Facebook to lay greater emphasis on privacy and security of user data, as well as pose stronger competition to Google in terms of bidding for ads.
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"We now have to find a way of living without her love and light and we would ask at this difficult time for some privacy as we try to come to terms with our loss, " she said.
And EPIC charges that most at odds with the privacy policy is a portion of Ask's terms of service that says it will start tracking an AskEraser user's searches again at the request of a law enforcement official--without notifying the user.
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