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Facebook privacy settings you should get to know

Facebook recently modified its privacy settings; so should you. What may seem private may very well be public to all of cyberspace.

In an interview with e-Commerce Times, Arnstein & Lehr attorney Misha Kerr made the…

Facebook pictures prevented woman from receiving disability benefits

A dispute in Canada has brought light to an emerging privacy issue over the use of Facebook photos. Nathalie Blanchard’s insurance company cut her disability benefits after their agent found photos of her on vacation through Facebook.  When…

Lawsuits over Facebook’s Beacon app complicate possible settlements

In what has been developing into a cautionary tale of when good apps go bad, potential class-action settlements in California and Texas surrounding Facebook’s Beacon ad program may substantially affect one another.

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Google Voice appeared to have security concern

Recently, it seemed as though the Google Voice app might have had a major security issue that could have resulted in a great privacy concern;  if it was not corrected, prying ears might have created legal issues.  According to…

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