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Report: Feds need better privacy protection for data
June 19, 2008 | Mimi Hall, USA Today
The government does not have adequate privacy protections for the personal information it collects, shares and stores as part of the effort to fight terrorism, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office. The report says decades-old laws no longer cover the "increasingly sophisticated ways" that the government collects information, such as through biometric scans of fingerprints.
Majority Uncomfortable with Websites Customizing Content Based Visitors Personal Profiles: Level of Comfort Increases When Privacy Safeguards Introduced
April 10, 2008 | Harris Interactive #40
(This survey was designed in collaboration with Dr. Alan F. Westin, Professor of Public Law and Government Emeritus at Columbia University, Principal of the Privacy Consulting Group, and a noted authority on privacy issues.)
A majority of U.S. adults are skeptical about the practice of websites using information about a person’s online activity to customize website content. However, after being introduced to four potential recommendations for improving websites privacy and security polices, U.S. adults become somewhat more comfortable with the websites use of personal information.
National Cyber Security Alliance Study Reveals that Consumers Don't See The Connection Between Their Computer's Security and our Nation's Security
April 2008 | National Cyber Security Alliance (StaySafeOnline.org)
Seventy-One Percent of Consumers Lack Knowledge on the Internet’s Fastest Growing Cyber Crime Threat, "Botnets." The study reveals that Americans are largely unaware their computer’s security plays a role in our nation's security and preventing online crime. A majority of respondents think it is not likely their computer could affect homeland security while only 51 percent think it is possible for a hacker to use their computer to launch cyber attacks.
Are "Wired Seniors" Sitting Ducks?
4/11/2006 | Susannah Fox - Pew Internet and the American Life Project
Currently, the vast majority of Americans age 65 and older do not go online. But that will likely change in a big way as the "silver tsunami" of internet-loving Baby Boomers swamps the off-line senior population in the next 10 years. That demographic shift, paired with a rising tide of viruses, spyware, and other online critters, is cause for concern since there is evidence that older users are less likely than younger ones to take precautions against software intrusions and fraud.
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