Kenneth Corbin

True to its word, Facebook is rebuilding its privacy regime from the ground up. But this isn’t just an idle policy change. All 350 million-plus users on the site will have to update their privacy settings. eSecurityPlanet has the details. Facebook is set to begin rolling out a site-wide overhaul to its privacy controls, a […]

In the great Internet blame game that has settled in as a sturdy subplot to the story of the decline of newspapers, Eric Schmidt is on the short list of bad guys right up there with Craig Newmark and Arianna Huffington. Schmidt, the CEO of Google, has addressed the subject in public remarks on several […]

Federal antitrust regulators are reportedly looking into Google’s $750 million acquisition of mobile advertising network AdMob. A report in the Wall Street Journal, citing “people familiar with the matter,” suggests that the review at the Federal Trade Commission could be merely “procedural,” rather than a more advanced inquiry that could lead to government action to […]

Nearly a full year into her tenure at Yahoo, CEO Carol Bartz is still being asked to explain what exactly her vision is for turning around the Internet pioneer. Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) is a dominant player in Web content, which means a revenue model built almost entirely around advertising. For Bartz, the biggest challenge at […]

The Federal Communications Commission today began listening to testimony from technology industry luminaries about the effect that regulating network management practices could have. Kenneth Corbin covered today’s hearing for Enterprise Networking Planet. The Federal Communications Commission today began an in-depth look into the technical aspects of its controversial proposal to establish Net neutrality regulations. Julius […]

The Federal Trade Commission today held a policy meeting to discuss potential actions against data collection and sharing by online advertisers. While FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz did not lay out any specific plans, he did express concern for the amount of data being collected and how it could compromise the security of everyone involved. The […]

Data collection for online advertising has long been a hot-button issue among privacy advocates. Now, with regulators and lawmakers weighing in, the Web’s heavyweights are taking steps to become more transparent in their use of consumer data and more willing to provide greater consumer say over how that data is used. Today saw Yahoo becoming […]

President Obama has made his share of promises as relates to cybersecurity, and there are high hopes given how tech-savvy he has proven to be. The BSA decided to track his most important promises. With all the talk around federal cybersecurity policy these days, one of the groups with the most skin in the game […]

ECommerce-Guide.com takes a look at new efforts by Sen. John Rockefeller to clamp down on what he’s described as e-tailers’ online marketing partnerships that betray their users’ trust. But the companies involved have a far different take on their activities. A prominent Senate Democrat has stepped up his inquiry into the dubious practices of online […]

Comcast and General Electric’s long-anticipated merger agreement — which would see see the cable giant take a controlling stake in NBC Universal — is already facing strident opposition from consumer groups, and concerns from lawmakers around the alliance of content with distribution. To critics, the deal to create the nation’s biggest entertainment conglomerate invites a […]

A leading advocacy group looks to more actively shape the debate when it comes to Net privacy laws. Meanwhile, legislators and some of the largest Internet companies are signaling growing support for federal privacy safeguards or other action. eSecurity Planet takes a look. WASHINGTON — As political momentum appears to be building for enacting tighter […]

Amid mounting criticism from at least one outspoken newspaper publisher, Google said today that it would offer news Web sites more control over how their content is indexed and made available through Google News. That one publisher, of course, is News Corp. boss Rupert Murdoch, who as recently as yesterday blasted the practice of online […]