The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, September 3, 2012
A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence

General Online Privacy
News (U.S.) -  Amazon Hires Chief Privacy Counsel, The Wall Street Journal, Aug. 31, 2012

News (U.K.) -  Chris Soghoian, delights in exposing security flaws and privacy violations, The Economist, Sep. 1, 2012

News (Australia) -  Digital Will: How to share your data after death, CNET, Aug. 30, 2012

News (U.S.) -  Hacker Group GhostShell says it published one million stolen records, CNET, Aug. 28, 2012

News (U.S.) - Priveazy offers a dashboard to manage  privacy across a dozen popular sites, IT World, Aug. 28, 2012

General Online Safety
News (U.K.) -  Xbox Live security: how to avoid getting hacked, OXM, Aug. 28, 2012

News (Germany) -  Internet addiction fueled by gene mutation, scientists say, CNET, Aug. 29, 2012

News (Australia) -  Charlotte Dawson Attempts Suicide, LeAnn Rimes Seeks Treatment As Cyberbullying Reaches Fever Pitch, International Business Times, Aug. 31, 2012

Advocates (U.S.) - School Climate 2.0:Preventing Cyberbullying and Sexting, Cyberbullying Research Center, Aug. 31, 2012

Advertising & Search
News (U.S.) -  Judge Allows Challenge to Google Privacy Penalty, National Journal, Aug. 29, 2012

News (U.S.) -  Privacy Issues Will Weigh Heavily On Google's Recent Gains, Seeking Alpha, Aug. 29, 2012 

Mobile
News (U.S) -  Stakeholders Continue Slog on Mobile App Privacy, National Journal, Aug. 29, 2012

News (U.S.) -  Smartphone apps track users even when shut down,  Boston Globe, Sep. 3, 2012

News (U.S.) -  Kid’s Corner brings parental controls to Windows Phone 8, Geek.com, Aug. 31, 2012

Social Networks
News (U.S.) -  5 Design Tricks Facebook Uses To Affect Your Privacy Decisions, Tech Crunch, Aug. 25, 2012

News (Germany) -  German consumer group sets Facebook privacy ultimatum, Reuters, Aug. 29, 2012

News (U.S.) -  Your Old Tweets Resurface with Twitter’s Data Reseller Partners, Bostino, Aug. 30, 2012

News (U.S.) -  Browser plug-in and website warn about data harvesting by Facebook apps, IDG, Aug. 30, 2012

Legislation & Regulation
News (U.S.) -  SEC Guidance on Cyber-Disclosure Becomes Rule for Online Companies, Bloomberg, Aug. 28, 2012

News (U.K.) -  Advocate: Ministers 'have been sabotaging' the battle to block porn on internet, Daily Mail, Sep. 2, 2012 

-- Compiled by David Burt, CISSP, CIPP