A US Justice Department automobile database to fight car theft and fraud is getting closer to reality. The National Motor Vehicle Title Information System, authorized by Congress 17 years ago, currently contains 77 percent of all automobile title records in the United States. The database currently has over 300 million VINs ( vehicle identification numbers […]
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The rise of social networks and social media has put millions of people within a few degrees of separation of each other and made it easier for them to post and share volumes of personal data online. Many people who use social networks like Facebook and MySpace are more than willing to publish any and […]
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AT&T claims they have fixed a problem on their mobile network that placed misdirected Facebook account cookies on the wrong user’s mobile devices. Mobile users on the AT&T network who experienced the problem reported that when they visited the Facebook social network, they were instantly logged into other people’s Facebook accounts and had to all […]
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Responding to privacy concerns from groups regarding the length of time and amount of information that search engines store on users, Microsoft announced that it will remove the IP addresses associated with Bing searches after six months. User data from Bing searches had previously been saved by Microsoft for 18 months. Microsoft has agreed to […]
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A new data mining system, similar to the ones used by Homeland Security agencies, is being used by the New York State Department of Taxation to catch tax fraud by individuals and businesses. The use of data mining to catch tax cheats is the brainchild of Bill Comiskey, deputy commissioner fo the Office of Tax […]
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