The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, May 21, 2012

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The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, May 21, 2012A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence

General Online Privacy
News (U.S.) - How the Rich and Famous Foil Identity Theft, BusinessWeek, May 15, 2012
News (U.S.) - Developing Layered Privacy Notices, Government InfoSecurity, May 14, 2012 

General Online Safety
Research (Australia) – The secret world of porn addiction, Raj Sitharthan, U. of Sydney, May 10, 2012
Opinion (U.S.) - Balance the benefits of online sharing with the risk, Larry Magid, San Jose Mercury News, May 13, 2012
News (U.S.) - Microsoft bolsters parental controls with Windows 8, CNET, May 18, 2012
Advocates (U.S.) - Kids Are More Than Data Points, James Steyer, Common Sense Media, May 11, 2012
Opinion (U.S.) - Parent Traps: Don’t monitor your kids’ Web surfing, Katie Rophie, Slate, May 16, 2012

Advertising & Search
Research (U.K.) - Nearly half of web users happy with behavioral advertising , IAB UK, May 14, 2012
News (U.S.) - Are you a mom or dad who's guilty of 'oversharenting'?, The Wall Street Journal, May 11, 2012
News (U.S.) - Microsoft readies NUads: They watch you watching them, CNET, May 15, 2012

Mobile
News (U.S.) - The implications of schools demanding access to student mobile devices, CNET, May 17, 2012
Research (U.K.) - Mobile Internet censorship: What’s happening and what we can do, Open Rights Group, May, 2012 

Social Networks
News (U.S.) - Doctors warned not to use social media with patients, Network World, May 17, 2012
News (U.S.) - School officials' Facebook rummaging prompts mom's privacy crusade, MSNBC, May 18, 2012
News (U.S.) - Twitter Implements Do Not Track Privacy Option, The New York Times, May 17, 2012

Legislation & Regulation
News (U.K.) -  Proposed British Law Would Monitor, Block Suicide Websites, Slate, May 16, 2012
News (U.S.) – California, Congress Move to Keep Social Network Passwords Private From Employers, Wired, May 10, 2012
Government (E.U.) - Opinion 3/2012 on developments in biometric technologies, Article 29 Working Party, Apr. 27, 2012
News (U.S.) - FTC steps in as Obama’s chief enforcer on Internet privacy, The Hill, May 15, 2012

 -- Compiled by David Burt, CISSP, CIPP