[Behavioral tracking] is an area today that has very few regulations and even fewer rules.
The risk of pollution exists for the infosphere as it does for the atmosphere. Freedom of the infosphere should thus become a law, and the Bible needs to have an 11th commandment: Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's data.
Google's screen for privacy settings does give you more options for what you share than Apple's does. But it's not a complete list, and people aren't aware of whether or not that information will go to a third party.
We share no data with the government anywhere in the world.
The Microsoft actions announced today are exactly the kinds of industry initiatives we need. Microsoft is using its resources to bring real privacy protection to Internet users by creating incentives for more websites to provide strong privacy protection.
I promoted Hyderabad to the world by saying that there was privacy in India and their data will be sage. Data is wealth.
If we want protection, we need to start thinking of our data as our property, because, if no one has noticed, property is held up and protected legally.
In this era of massive online connectivity, the majority of privacy breaches and data leaks remain unknown, unchallenged, and unregulated. Regulatory compliance alone cannot ensure privacy.
I'm nearly certain that Google accessed my Gmail account after I broke a major story about Google.
… corporations do almost everything that the federal government has been banned from doing under various laws, in particular the Privacy Act of 1974.
In 'The Transparent Society,' I am actually no radical. I accept that some secrecy is necessary and avow that human beings have an intrinsic need for some privacy.
