ShmooCon: P2P snoopers know what's in your wallet
People send their most sensitive personal information out over P2P networks, and the bad guys are watching. Read more...

EPIC files FOIA request over reported Google, NSA partnership

Reported Google-NSA alliance sets off privacy alarms

Facebook comes out swinging at critics of settlement offer in Beacon lawsuit

AOL posts modest profit; sales down 17%

Browsers can leave a unique trail on the Web, privacy group says

Update: Yahoo's revenue drops in Q4 and for the full 2009 year

Update: Google grows revenue and profit in Q4

Google grows revenue and profit in Q4

Clinton to challenge Internet censorship in policy address

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Privacy Training Gone Awry
Privacy consultant Jay Cline identifies the errors companies often make when trying to educate employees about data protection.

After China pull-out bluster, will Google backtrack?
It has been a long three and a half weeks since Google made the dramatic announcement that it will no longer censor its search results in China, even if that means exiting that huge Internet market.

Location: Are we there yet?
Google, Apple and Twitter are making moves that will likely back their push for location-based advertising. It's going to happen, and soon, writes columnist Mike Elgan.

What your browser says about you
Mark Gibbs discusses online privacy and using the EFF's Panopticlick finds out that his online activities potentially aren't as private as he might have hoped.

Dark clouds gather over online security
It seems as if everyone is moving everything to the cloud. Meanwhile, sophisticated organizations are figuring out how to exploit cloud vulnerabilities to harvest valuable secrets. And if Google can't stop them, what chance do you or I have?

Google grows revenue and profit in Q4
Google's revenue and profits grew in the fourth quarter, which ended Dec. 31, 2009, and exceeded Wall Street's expectations, capping a year in which the search company did well despite the global economic turmoil.

Protect your company from social engineering
What are the most common and most current social engineering tactics and how can your organization prevent these scams? A guide on how to stop social engineering.

PCI DSS, Come Forward and Be Judged
CSO Senior Editor Bill Brenner explains how seven IT security guys with differing views on the value of the PCI Data Security Standard came together for the mother of all debates. Before you get to hear the debate next week, go to the bottom of this article and get your PCI DSS primer.

Private Investigations in the Information Age
These first two decades of Information Age, i.e., the 1990s and the 2000s, have transformed almost all aspects of human endeavor from bookselling to physics, from astrology to economics, and from pornography to politics; and the many ways in which the field of investigation has been impacted by information technology (IT) is of particular interest for me.

11 daring predictions for 2010
Six industry pundits put it on the line with some thought-provoking predictions for 2010.

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