INTERNET PRIVACY NEWS FROM AROUND THE WEB

CLUCKMAN SAYS: These news stories show why we all should be concerned about our Internet privacy.

These selected Internet privacy news stories show why we all should be concerned about the widespread abuses by ISP's, search engines, major web sites and even the Government. Yes, the Government is prying into citizens' lawful private online activities.

Your Internet provider is watching you
By Peter Svensson Associated Press

NEW YORK - What's scary, funny and boring at the same time? It could be a bad horror movie. Or it could be the fine print on your Internet service provider's contract. Those documents you agree to — usually without reading — ostensibly allow your ISP to watch how you use the Internet, read your e-mail or keep you from visiting sites it deems inappropriate. Some reserve the right to block traffic and, for any reason, cut off a service that many users now find essential. Read the article.

ISP goofs up gives wrong IP address to the cops costs techie 50 days in jail
This scenario is a very scary reality that we people in the virtual world have to be aware of. Imagine getting picked for a crime that your neighbor committed, just because the telecom company goofed up and gave the wrong address... Read the article.

Feds: Details of ISP snooping haven't been decided
WASHINGTON--The Bush administration hasn't settled on what data it would like Internet service providers to retain about their subscribers or for how long, a U.S. Department of Justice attorney said Tuesday. Read the article.

Congress may make ISPs snoop on you
A prominent Republican on Capitol Hill has prepared legislation that would rewrite Internet privacy rules by requiring that logs of Americans' online activities be stored, CNET News.com has learned. Read the article.

Google Hands Over Blogger's IP Address
Google has released information that will result in the identification of an Israeli blogger who used its Blogger.com platform to allegedly slander Shaarei Tikva council members running for re-election. Read the article.

Big brother isn't watching - Google is
"I regularly use a search engine to find stories, papers, or websites using words like "terrorism," "Al Qaeda," "bombings," "Taliban" - you name it. Again, the thought has crossed my mind about the kind of sites I'm visiting and how that would look to some bored tech worker at the Department of Homeland Security." So when I heard that the United States government recently had asked Google, the Internet's most widely used search engine, to hand over a chunk of its data on Web searches, it made me sit up and pay attention. The request was ostensibly to help the government persuade a court to support a law that penalizes websites that allow children to access porn. While Google's refusal to provide the data turns out not to be the challenge to privacy portrayed in much of the media, the government's actions in this case do have long-term implications that need to be examined. But first, let me answer the question that has been on many people's minds:

How could the government use the data from Google (or the other search engines that have already handed over data) to find out what we've been searching for on the Internet?

Answer: IP addresses and "cookies."

Read the article.

Atlantic Records v. Catherine Njuguna
A South Carolina woman is fighting back after being charged with illegal file sharing by a music label.
Read the article

Google's Servers Log and Retain Your IP Address and Search Terms
Google's servers log information every time someone conducts a web search, keeping data such as keywords used, the IP address, a unique number assigned to that person's computer, and information from web site cookies.
Read the article

EU official says IP address is personal; Google disagrees
IP addresses, a string of numbers that identifies a computer, should generally be regarded as personal information, the head of the European Union's group of data privacy regulators said Monday.
Read the article

VIDEO: CNBC's Big Brother, Big Business - You Are Being Watched!
This video explains how ISP's and search engines retain records of your activities. Web surfers are being watched and recorded more and more. This story focuses on criminal activities, but pay attention to the details about how your personal records are stored by Google and AOL. Your online activities and search queries leave an "electronic fingerprint" that defines who you are. This video tells how the IP address is the primary ingredient to identify web users.

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