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(TM) A while back, I blogged on a major new project we’ve been working on for a long time at Sunbelt, code-named “Ninja”. Well, the code name stuck and is going to be the actual product name — Sunbelt Messaging Ninja. We’re releasing it in a few weeks. We’re going to be showing the product […]

They contacted us with a cease and desist letter, asking us to change the naming of their adware programs in their database. So be it. Here is our response. Alex(Still scratching my head)

Click here . Note that this may only be a temporary measure. Ben Edelman documented some of their practices with Truste here and here. To wit: The TRUSTe ‘Click-to-Verify’ seal was placed throughout the site, and, where it appeared on the privacy statement, had not been properly implemented. TRUSTe requires that the ‘Click-to-Verify’ seal may […]

A new antispyware coalition has been announced. Before reading anything more, remember that the primary people screaming for standards in defining spyware are the adware vendors. I was immediately suspicious at the spyware conference a few weeks ago when all the spyware vendors were talking about “the need to create standards”, and a journalist I […]

An interesting and somewhat depressing report by the Annenberg Public Policy Center . Read it here. The study, entitled “Open to Exploitation: American Shoppers Online and Offline“, has tidbits like this: The study indicates that many adults who use the internet believe incorrectly that laws prevent online and offline stores from selling their personal information. […]

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Paul Roberts of eWeek writes about the AOL Netscape 8 Trust Rating.

In a surprising move, Sean Sundwall, Senior Corporate PR Manager at Microsoft, is taking the job of Director of Corporate Communications at 180Solutions/Zango.com. Yup. It’s really true. He starts next Monday. Alex Eckelberry

An update of my prior blog on this issue. The LA Times recently wrote (reg. required) about more privacy consequences of this law which will have a significant effect on your privacy. From the article: “But once the law takes full effect three years from now, it will also give many more bureaucrats access to […]

Read it here. Alex