The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, January 21, 2013A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence
General Online Privacy News (U.S.) - Web Hunt for DNA Sequences Leaves Privacy Compromised, The New York Times, Jan. 17, 2013News (U.S.) - The Internet of Things Has Arrived — And So Have Massive Security Issues, Wired, Jan. 10, 2013
General Online SafetyNews (U.S.) - Online Safety Lessons From the Manti Te'o Hoax, Shine, Jan. 17, 2013 News(U.K.) - Playboy Fined $160,000 for Not Restricting Children From Online Porn, Mashable, Jan. 17, 2013Research (U.S.) - Association of Maltreatment With High-Risk Internet Behaviors, Pediatrics, Jan. 2013
Advertising & SearchNews (U.S.) - Attention shoppers: Retailers can now track you across the mall, IT World, Jan. 17, 2013
MobileNews (U.S.) - California AG Releases Mobile App Guidelines; Industry Responds, Information Law, Jan. 17, 2013News (U.S.) - FTC Settlement Targets Mobile App Background Checks, Privacy and Security Law, Jan. 16, 2013
Social NetworksNews (U.S.) - Netflix Is Now Free To Post on Your Facebook Wall, Forbes, Jan. 10, 2013News (U.S.) - Facebook's Big Announcement: 'Graph Search', Forbes, Jan. 15, 2013News (Ireland) - Social media giants face grilling over cyberbullying, Irish Examiner, Jan. 17, 2013
Legislation & RegulationNews (EU) - Europe Weighs Requiring Firms to Disclose Data Breaches, The New York Times, Jan. 17, 2013News (U.S.) - Lawmaker Releases Draft of App Privacy Bill, Ad Week, Jan. 17, 2013News (Germany) - US law threatens privacy in EU, study warns, Deutsche Welle, Jan. 13, 2013
-- Compiled by David Burt, CISSP, CIPP