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Leaked EU Memo Highlights Concerns Over Data Retention Law

Digital rights groups say the memo reveals a hidden agenda

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Google Won't Delay New Privacy Policy Despite EU Concerns

Europe's data protection watchdog wants more time to investigte the Internet giant's policy change

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Microsoft Researchers Say Anonymized Data Isn't So Anonymous

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Three steps to properly protect your personal data

Even encryption can give you a false sense of security. Here's a layered approach to truly keep your data private.

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In Letter to Congress, Google Defends Privacy Changes

Google exec contends users still retain control, and private information remains private

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Google Clarifies Privacy Policy Consolidation, Claims it's Not Changing Controls

Google responds to concerns that its March move to a single, unifying privacy policy for all its services is a bait-and-switch.

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Student Privacy Activists Due to Meet with Facebook

The meeting on Feb. 6 aims to resolve disagreements over privacy issues between the group and Facebook

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Facebook Timeline Privacy Tips: Lockdown Your Profile

Facebook Timeline puts all your information conveniently on display -- here's how to fix that.

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Feds Say Megaupload User Content Could Be Deleted This Week

But one hosting company denies it has plans to do so

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Breaches, like history, repeat themselves

Firms that overlook IT security basics are setting themselves up to be breached.

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DATA PRIVACY ESSENTIAL READING

Is privacy an ally of security, next of kin, or something else? These articles dig into the hows and whys of data privacy and data protection, and its relationship to enterprise security efforts.

6 ways we gave up our privacy
The effect of social networks, web 2.0 technologies, and other privacy-shaking developments

7 Firefox plugins for data privacy
Plug data-leaking holes in your web browsing

4 signs of an easy victim on social networks
Scammers and hackers of all kinds scour social sites for personal data

Understand Your Data: The Future of Backup and Archiving
Archiving and Backup are the foundation of the next generation of information governance. However, commodity data protection tools and basic archives are only good for storing data. In the changing IT landscape, understanding what you are keeping, when to delete, and delivering insight to the business from your data is the future of these systems. Join us to hear the impact of private and public cloud solutions, "big data" and your choices while market evolves.
What You Need to Know About APTs
These aren't your everyday viruses or random phishing attempts. Advanced persistent threats (APTs) are targeted, multifaceted, ongoing efforts to steal your most valuable data - or worse. How do they manage to be so successful? What can you do to avoid them?

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Architecting the Security of the Next-Generation Data Center
This document is aimed at those looking at data center builds, upgrades, or consolidation. It provides an introduction to some of the new security challenges of such environments and provides recommendations for implementing security in next-generation data centers.
Why Free Patch Management Tools Could Cost You More
Today's current economic situation underscores the importance of scrutinizing all business expenses, particularly within IT. Although point patching products may look more attractive on the surface, closer inspection often reveals hidden costs and missing capabilities. The result: fragmented patch management and weaker security posture while also being a more costly and cumbersome option for organizations to maintain.
The CISOs Guide to Measuring IT Security
Learn the key steps to enhancing your security visibility so that you have a voice at the executive table and not just a seat.
Unruly USB Devices Expose Networks to Malware
It's pretty easy for organizations to get so wrapped up about what goes out on USB drives that they forget to protect against what comes in their environments via USB.
Think Your AntiVirus Software is Working? Think Again
It's time to shift from the status quo to a new, more effective endpoint security approach, called intelligent whitelisting, which affords greater protection, productivity, and efficiency.
Application Security eGuide
In this eGuide, CSO and its sister publications Network World, Computerworld, and InfoWorld present a collection of articles that examine the current threats to application security and what companies can do to protect themselves.