http://www.cio.com/ en (c) Copyright 2009 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:34:12 GMT 2009-07-10T06:34:12Z en (c) Copyright 2009 CXO Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cio.com/article/496894/State_Department_Worker_Sentenced_for_Passport_Snooping A former U.S. Department of State employee has been sentenced to a year of probation and ordered to pay a US$5,000 fine for snooping on more than 50 electronic passport application files, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Wed, 08 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Grant Gross <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496894/State_Department_Worker_Sentenced_for_Passport_Snooping 2009-07-08T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496751/Researchers_Expose_Security_Flaw_in_Social_Security_Numbers Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have successfully devised a way to guess a person's Social Security number using statistical analysis. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Ian Paul <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496751/Researchers_Expose_Security_Flaw_in_Social_Security_Numbers 2009-07-07T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496742/Facebook_s_Upcoming_Privacy_Changes_What_You_Need_to_Know Think you've already ensured privacy on your Facebook posts? The social networking service is changing the privacy rules again. Here's a guide to the new settings and options. Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT C.G. Lynch <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496742/Facebook_s_Upcoming_Privacy_Changes_What_You_Need_to_Know 2009-07-07T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496468/Facebook_Simplifies_Privacy_Settings_Calls_Them_Too_Complex Facebook will simplify the way in which it offers privacy options to its users, as it gets ready to give its members for the first time the option to make the content they post on their profiles available to anyone on the Internet. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Juan Carlos Perez <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496468/Facebook_Simplifies_Privacy_Settings_Calls_Them_Too_Complex 2009-07-01T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496445/Facebook_Simplifies_Privacy_Settings_Calls_Them_Too_Complex Facebook will simplify the way in which it offers privacy options to its users, as it gets ready to give its members for the first time the option to make the content they post on their profiles available to anyone on the Internet. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Juan Carlos Perez <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496445/Facebook_Simplifies_Privacy_Settings_Calls_Them_Too_Complex 2009-07-01T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496443/Lawsuit_Seeks_Refund_for_Clear_Subscribers One week after shutting its doors, airport security provider Clear has been hit with a class-action lawsuit. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 GMT Robert McMillan <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496443/Lawsuit_Seeks_Refund_for_Clear_Subscribers 2009-07-01T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496238/Q_A_No_Alternative_to_PCI_Security_Council_Chief_Insists Robert Russo, the general manager of the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council, fires back at critics of the PCI data security standard. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT Jaikumar Vijayan <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496238/Q_A_No_Alternative_to_PCI_Security_Council_Chief_Insists 2009-06-29T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496231/Opinion_You_Say_shameful_Secret_I_Say_privacy_ Multinationals may need to shift gears on how they talk to their employees about privacy if they want to lock down their offshored data. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT Jay Cline <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496231/Opinion_You_Say_shameful_Secret_I_Say_privacy_ 2009-06-29T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/496105/Pirate_Party_Finds_France_Fertile_Territory Sweden's Pirate Party won 7.13 percent of the vote in elections earlier this month. Its campaign for the respect of privacy, the reform of copyright law and the abolition of the patent system earned it a seat in the European Parliament, and it may yet gain another seat there, if planned changes to the number of seats attributed to each country win approval. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT Peter Sayer <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/496105/Pirate_Party_Finds_France_Fertile_Territory 2009-06-26T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/495919/Pirate_Party_Finds_France_Fertile_Territory Sweden's Pirate Party won 7.13 percent of the vote in elections earlier this month. Its campaign for the respect of privacy, the reform of copyright law and the abolition of the patent system earned it a seat in the European Parliament, and it may yet gain another seat there, if planned changes to the number of seats attributed to each country win approval. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT Peter Sayer <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/495919/Pirate_Party_Finds_France_Fertile_Territory 2009-06-25T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/495916/Facebook_Puts_Privacy_Controls_in_Users_Hands Facebook has updated its Publisher tools to give users more control over who gets to see their posts on the social network. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT Sharon Gaudin <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/495916/Facebook_Puts_Privacy_Controls_in_Users_Hands 2009-06-25T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/495784/E_Mail_Crooks_Target_Webmail_Accounts Imagine having to explain an e-mail message that asks your friends for money--a message sent from your Webmail account. (Webmail refers to any e-mail service you use via a Web browser rather than through an e-mail client.) That's exactly what's happening: Scammers are breaking into such ac&#173;&#173;counts and, from those addresses, sending e-mail messages to the victims' entire contact list. The messages often tout a Web site (such as an e-commerce site), or even ask for money directly. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT Erik Larkin <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/495784/E_Mail_Crooks_Target_Webmail_Accounts 2009-06-23T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/495782/Can_Facebook_Be_Private_ Given the slew of embarrassing stories you've no doubt seen about users accidentally sharing too-personal information, the idea of preserving privacy on a social network may seem like going outside during a thunderstorm and expecting to stay dry. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT Erik Larkin <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/495782/Can_Facebook_Be_Private_ 2009-06-23T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/495719/Regulators_EU_Data_Protection_Laws_Apply_to_Social_Networks Social-networking sites, and in some instances their users, are responsible for protecting the privacy rights of the people whose information they exchange online, according to an influential European data protection committee. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT Paul Meller <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/495719/Regulators_EU_Data_Protection_Laws_Apply_to_Social_Networks 2009-06-23T04:00:00Z http://www.cio.com/article/495413/MasterCard_Beefs_Up_Security_Requirements In a move that is unlikely to sit well with many merchants, MasterCard has quietly changed a key security requirement for all businesses handling between 1 million and 6 million card transactions annually. Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT Jaikumar Vijayan <info@cio.com> http://www.cio.com/article/495413/MasterCard_Beefs_Up_Security_Requirements 2009-06-18T04:00:00Z