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January, 2012

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January 30, 2012  6:36 PM

Online privacy policies take over antipiracy as top Internet headline



Posted by: Ben Cole
data protection rules, online privacy policies, protecting online privacy

After weeks of nonstop talk (including a lot of criticism) of SOPA and other

January 20, 2012  6:51 PM

Did protests of SOPA and other antipiracy legislation work?



Posted by: Ben Cole
antipiracy legislation, SOPA antipiracy

It was an eventful week for Internet-related antipiracy legislation, to say the least. After threatening for weeks, Internet giants such as Wikipedia and Google...


January 13, 2012  7:44 PM

EPIC letter questions Google’s online consumer privacy



Posted by: Ben Cole
FTC compliance, Google, online consumer privacy

Just last April, Google Inc. settled Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges that it used "deceptive tactics and violated its own privacy promises" to consumers when it launched


January 6, 2012  7:49 PM

Big online business ‘open’ to Stop Online Piracy Act alternative



Posted by: Ben Cole
Add new tag, compliance risk management, industry compliance requirements, managing governance

Internet giants -- including eBay, Google, Facebook and Twitter -- reportedly are considering a simultaneous "blackout" of their sites in protest of the


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