As a default setting, YouTube.com tracks both your Viewing History and Search History. Here are the YouTube.com privacy settings to disable the collection of this information. 1. Login to your YouTube.com Account. 2. Go to www.youtube.com/history 3. Select the Videos you want to Remove from your YouTube Watch History then click [Remove] or click [Clear all watch history]. … [Read more...] about How to Disable YouTube Watch History & YouTube Search History
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CISPA – HR 3523 – Stop Cyber Spying Week – April 16, 2012
This is "Stop Cyber Spying Week" and many civil liberties groups and advocates are raising the awareness of CISPA. The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the ACLU are against it, Microsoft and Facebook are for it. Here's the info on CISPA, the current privacy bill in Congress that is scheduled for vote on April 23, 2012. H.R. 3523 - CISPA Cybersecurity Bill in Congress H.R. … [Read more...] about CISPA – HR 3523 – Stop Cyber Spying Week – April 16, 2012
How to Remove Your Google Web Search History
Google automatically turns on Web History for anyone with a Google Account. This means that if your Web History is on, Google stores on their servers anything you search for in Google, what appeared in the search and any website pages you visit. This can be incredibly invasive, but fortunately you can remove your web history and "pause" Web History storing by following the 3 … [Read more...] about How to Remove Your Google Web Search History
FTC Privacy Report – Download
The FTC's Privacy Report, "Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change Recommendations For Business and Policy Makers" was released in March of 2012. Here are some highlights: 5,00 Consumers - Doesn't apply to "companies that collect and do not transfer only non-sensitive data from fewer than 5,000 consumers per year. Do Not Track - DNT gives users the … [Read more...] about FTC Privacy Report – Download
Obama Administration Calls for A Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights for the Digital Age
The Obama Administration unveiled a “Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights” as part of a comprehensive blueprint to improve consumers’ privacy protections and ensure that the Internet remains an engine for innovation and economic growth. The blueprint will guide efforts to give users more control over how their personal information is used on the Internet and to help businesses … [Read more...] about Obama Administration Calls for A Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights for the Digital Age