Thursday, March 22, 2012

Google faces lawsuits against new privacy policy

Computerworld Security: March 22, 2012
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Google faces consumer complaints in federal courts in New York and California
which claim that its new privacy policy violates the company's earlier policies
which promised that information provided by a user for one service would not be
used by another service without the consumer's consent.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7919550/823929835/556818/0/

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Will Megaupload's 28 petabytes of data be deleted?
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7919550/823929835/556819/0/

2. Univ. of Tampa says student info was exposed for 8 months
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7919550/823929835/556820/0/

3. Firefox to turn on default encryption for Google searches
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7919550/823929835/556821/0/

4. Darlene Storm: Shocker: NSA Chief denies Total Information Awareness spying on Americans
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7919550/823929835/556822/0/

5. Report about hack threat to Tibetan activists used as lure in malware attack
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7919550/823929835/556823/0/

6. Healthcare industry CIOs, CSOs must improve security
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7919550/823929835/556824/0/

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Will Megaupload's 28 petabytes of data be deleted?

The hosting provider for the defunct file-sharing site Megaupload wants to
delete the data now that investigators have collected most of what they need for
the criminal case against the company's operators.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7919550/823929835/556819/0/

Univ. of Tampa says student info was exposed for 8 months

An in-class project on advanced search techniques led to the discovery of a
major data breach at the University of Tampa in Florida last week.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7919550/823929835/556820/0/

Firefox to turn on default encryption for Google searches

Mozilla is currently testing default encrypted Google searches for all Firefox
users, with the intent to make all Google searches encrypted in the near future,
the browser maker said on Wednesday.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7919550/823929835/556821/0/

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Darlene Storm: Shocker: NSA Chief denies Total Information Awareness spying on Americans

Alarmed at new claims of NSA warrantless surveillance of Americans, spying on
'every email, phone call and tweet' in real time, Congress questioned NSA chief
General Alexander. He denied it, but other NSA officials say total information
awareness is almost upon us.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7919550/823929835/556822/0/

Report about hack threat to Tibetan activists used as lure in malware attack

Hackers are using a recent report about cyberthreats to Tibetan activists as a
lure in a new attack against pro-Tibet organizations that distributes Windows
and Mac malware, researchers from security vendor AlienVault said.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7919550/823929835/556823/0/

Healthcare industry CIOs, CSOs must improve security

Given that stolen medical records can bring $50 apiece on the underground
market, the frequency and magnitude of data breaches involving electronic health
records is increasing. In an effort to help CIOs and CSOs build a better
business case for enhancing security, a group of standards and security
organizations have issued a new report on the financial impact of such data
breaches.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7919550/823929835/556824/0/

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