Mar 7, 2013 | Regulation
Microsoft has been fined €561m (£484m) in Europe for failing to promote a range of web browsers, rather than just Internet Explorer. The software giant was forced to introduce a browser choice screen back in 2010 as part of an antitrust settlement with the EU....
Mar 6, 2013 | Online advertising, Regulation
Mozilla’s new Firefox browser cookie settings, which will come into effect in early April and will block third party cookies by default, have come under fire from the UK’s digital advertising trade body. In an open letter, the Internet Advertising Bureau UK (IAB)...
Mar 4, 2013 | Mobile, Regulation
Evernote has reset all 50 million user passwords after it became the latest in a string of high profile technology firms to be hit by hackers. Over the weekend, the popular personal organiser app said it had discovered and blocked suspicious activity on the network...
Mar 4, 2013 | Regulation
UK domain registry Nominet has shelved plans for a shorter “.uk” country code domain, following a three-month consultation. According to the organisation, most stakeholders welcomed the idea of cutting out second-level domains like “.co” or “.gov”, but couldn’t agree...
Feb 28, 2013 | Facebook marketing, Online advertising, Online video, Regulation, Russia, Search engine marketing, Social media
This video takes a look at the EU’s laws on personal data protection and some of the online privacy guidelines and best practices in this field. The BEUC, The European Consumer Organisation in Brussels gives here an overview of the types of very personal digital data...
Feb 28, 2013 | Online advertising, Regulation
Consumer willingness to share information with brands has rocketed in the past 18 months, according to new research from the DMA. View larger image The number of consumers happy to provide their data to brands selling ‘products they might consider buying’...
Feb 27, 2013 | Regulation
Yahoo has come under fire for placing restrictions on its flexible working scheme, after an internal memo asking all employees not to work from home was leaked. Marissa Mayer, new chief executive officer at Yahoo, has decided to end with the working-from-home policy,...
Feb 27, 2013 | Online advertising, Regulation
Controversial web tycoon Kim Dotcom has announced plans to launch an encrypted email service to complement his free cloud storage tool Mega. In an interview with The Guardian, the New Zealand entrepreneur said that the service will be fully encrypted, but didn’t say...
Feb 25, 2013 | Mobile, Regulation
North Korea is to grant foreigners access to mobile internet service while in the country, but its citizens remain cut off from 3G signals. Starting next week, foreigners will be allowed to purchase monthly mobile Internet data plans for use with a USB modem or on...
Feb 12, 2013 | Facebook marketing, Regulation, Social media
Irish and German regulators have confirmed that Facebook has deleted all trace of European facial recognition data, following a privacy outcry last year. The move comes as the social network reintroduces the controversial tagging tool in the US. The Irish Data...
Feb 12, 2013 | Facebook marketing, Regulation
Facebook is facing legal action over the use of its “like” button and other social networking features, after the widow of a Dutch programmer claims Facebook is using patented technology. The lawsuit, filed last week, claims that Facebook is infringing two...
Feb 8, 2013 | Regulation
Netflix has taken the web by storm with its new ‘cultural manifesto’, hailed by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg as “the most important document to ever come out of Silicone Valey”. The slideshow presentation made several radical points, including offering...
Feb 7, 2013 | Facebook marketing, Regulation, Social media
Facebook will start revealing which ads have been behaviourally targeted to users on the social network, in a bid to ease privacy fears. The social network has agreed with the Online Interest-Based Advertising Accountability Program to start displaying the...
Feb 5, 2013 | Facebook marketing, Regulation, Social media
Facebook has reintroduced its controversial tag suggest feature for photos, following its temporary suspension over privacy fears last year. Surprisingly, the tagging feature is still set as the ‘default’ option, meaning users will have to turn off facial recognition...
Feb 5, 2013 | Regulation, Social media, Twitter marketing
Twitter was hacked over the weekend, resulting in the passwords of up to 250,000 user accounts being exposed. Twitter said in a blog post that the passwords were encrypted and that it had already reset them as a “precautionary measure,” and that it was in...
Feb 4, 2013 | Regulation, Search engine marketing
Google has agreed to pay €60m to help French publishers, as part of a settlement over a long-running tax dispute in the country. The dispute stems from the French government attempting to place a tax on Google’s advertising revenues and Google responded by...
Feb 1, 2013 | Regulation, Search engine marketing
A new third-party search engine dedicated to the newly-launched online storage service Mega has sparked controversy over piracy fears. Mega was launched by Kim Dot Com, the infamous internet entrepreneur who was arrested last year and charged with criminal copyright...
Jan 29, 2013 | Facebook marketing, Online advertising, Regulation, Social media
Facebook has been forced to send emails to users that were used in some of its ads without permission, informing them they may be entitled up to $10 (£6.40) each in compensation. The legal notices follow class action brought against it in California after profile...
Jan 28, 2013 | Mobile, Regulation
Google is being sued by a group of web users in the UK for undermining the security settings on Apple’s Safari browser to track online usage covertly. The move means that some 10 million Britons could have grounds to launch a privacy claim over the way Google...
Jan 25, 2013 | Regulation, Search engine marketing
Google has been forced to change its search practices, after a two year antitrust investigation into its operations. But what will the changes mean for SEO? This infographic from internet marketing agency Imfoza looks at the implications… The decision form the FTC in...
