• FTC Wants to Appoint an “Assessor” to Oversee Privacy at Facebook

    FTC Wants to Appoint an “Assessor” to Oversee Privacy at Facebook

    Facebook just wrapped up its F8 conference for the year, but that in itself won’t necessarily undo all of its troubles. In fact, Mark Zuckerberg’s power at Facebook is being questioned at the moment. For those of you who don’t know, Mark Zuckerberg is a one-stop-shop when it comes to power at Facebook. Zuckerberg is…

  • OnStar plays big brother even after you have left the service

    Let’s say you are done with High School and you move away to college. Now, even though you have moved out the house; you mother comes to check up on you anyway. That is the same crazy case with OnStar. OnStar issued a privacy notice informing customers that it would continue to collect data on…

  • Intel might do security on a chip now that it owns McAfee

    Intel announced a $7.68 billion all-cash deal last August for McAfee. It now has officially completed its acquisition of security giant McAfee. The deal was cleared by the EU in January, and approved by the FTC in late December. McAfee will continue developing and selling security products and services under its own brand later in 2011. McAfee will report into Intel’s…