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Verizon Says it Doesn't Use Carrier IQ Software

Also, Carrier IQ has repeated its assertion that the mobile-phone software doesn't collect personal information

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Should Your Phone Be Your Cash Card?

Near Field Communication lets you pay at the register with a tap of your phone. But is the system safe--or necessary?

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How to Turn Off Carrier IQ on Your IPhone

Apple says it stopped supporting the monitoring software on 'most' iOS 5 devices

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FAQ: Behind the Carrier IQ Rookit Controversy

Critics say Carrier IQ software surreptitiously gathers personal data from phones; Vendor, carriers say only service-related data is tracked

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Skype flaw reveals users' location, file-downloading habits

A team of researchers has uncovered an issue that imperils Skype users' privacy by putting their location and identity up for grabs

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Carrier IQ Rootkit Logs Everything on Millions of Phones

Millions of phones may be at risk from a secret data logging software that's on nearly every Android, Blackberry, and Nokia phone out there.

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Medical data breaches soar, according to study

Data breaches in healthcare organizations are rising more than 30 percent year over year, with most organizations stating they've been breached in the past year.

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Information Commissioner Calls for Privacy Act Changes

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Mobile Privacy Debate Reignites Over Hidden Smartphone App

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Will FTC Force Facebook Onto Privacy Straight and Narrow?

Settlement could help Facebook if it takes new stand on user privacy, say analysts

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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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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.