Domain Tools lost a case against New Zealand's Domain Name Commission (DNC). The issue is over Domain Tools publishing personal data of .nz registrants. Reseller.co.nz wrote: New Zealand’s Domain Name Commission (DNC) has had its injunction blocking a US company from "scraping" details of domain owners upheld by a higher court.The US Court of Appeals' decision prevents DomainTools from … [Read more...]
FakeNews.com Vs Fake.News Both Asking Six Figures Who You Got?
Well the hottest topic of the week and one of hot issues coming out of the election season is "Fake News". The topic does not seem to be going away anytime soon We made contact in the last couple of days with the representatives of the domain name FakeNews.com as well as the new gTLD domain name Fake.News. The response I received from the representative of FakeNews.com after filling out … [Read more...]
AT&T Plans To Watch Where You Go Online
AT&T may be able to out do Google when it comes to serving targeted ads according to an article on Ars Technica. Apparently AT&T watches everything that their customers do. In some areas you can pay more apparently and that allows you to get some privacy back. From the article: If you have AT&T’s gigabit Internet service and wonder why it seems so affordable, here's … [Read more...]
Judge Grants Government Permission To Access All Content in a Gmail Account
Privacy may be taking a hit if a recent ruling becomes the norm with regards to the contents of your email. Brenda Barron wrote on Venture Beat about a ruling from a judge in New York, that said the government can access all the content and files in one users Gmail account. This is not the first time that an email account has come before a judge for a decision on whether the government may have … [Read more...]
People Have A Right to be Forgotten
In a landmark case that is being covered by every news outlet around the world, a European Court has said ordinary people can request to have their info pulled from the search results. This will certainly open the door to a multitude of scenarios, first this is a European ruling, will North American courts demand the same rights for their citizens ? The ruling does not give any open and shut … [Read more...]
The White House Unveils A New Privacy Policy
WhiteHouse Updates its Privacy Policy Martha Mendoza wrote a piece for the AP on the White House updating their out dated privacy policy. The administration has been criticized from all sides after Edward Snowden exposed sweeping U.S. government surveillance programs. This policy aims to address at least some of those concerns. From the article: "Information you choose to share with the … [Read more...]
Apple, Yahoo and Google All Reserve The Right To Read Your Email
So there was a story out this week that Microsoft had read the emails of a French blogger who had received code from a former Microsoft employee, the employee has been arrested in Seattle, accused of leaking Windows 8 to the tech blogger. The blogger actually contacted Microsoft to verify what was going on, Microsoft then went through his hotmail and messenger and found the email from the … [Read more...]