Heretofore, Twitter hasn’t really had any privacy troubles, unlike it’s other social networking behemoth friend, Facebook. But, with the service planning to record all of the links you click, there are certainly some privacy implications if they don’t provide a way for you to purge this click log or somehow anonymize yourself [CNET]
It looks like Google is off the hook in New Zealand (I’m sure they’ll breathe a big sigh of relief) – the country’s law enforcement officials said today that Google’s “inadvertent” data collection did not violate any New Zealand laws [AFP]
One aspect of Apple‘s latest iTunes feature Ping that you may or may not have heard about is – simple privacy controls, that somewhat mirror those of Twitter [NY Times]
Some might say Zuckerberg wanting his privacy is ironic (and maybe it is just a little), but in this case, it’s not like he’s choosing to share these alleged private details with anyone, the man suing him is allegedly trying to force him to do so… [Reuters]
Congress has announced a petition in support of the Main Fairness Act, which would stop states from requiring internet merchants to report consumers’ purchases to state revenue agencies [Press Release]
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