When you give a computer away, or move to a new computer, chances are you’re keen enough to delete all of your old information and files off the hard drive. Maybe you’re even alert enough to re-install the computer’s operating system or to ‘refresh’ the hard drive image from a restore disc. What you might not realize, is just how easy it is for the next owner of your computer to recover everything you thought you’d deleted…
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The Law and Your Privacy
Feb 4
Following the theme of yesterday’s article about privacy and the law I would like to expand it into this post. Search engines keep track of our IP address and search information. This is explained in our Google information page. What is stored can help identify who you are as well as create an electronic dossier [...]
About OOP
Feb 3
Our Online Privacy is a website that is dedicated to reporting on online privacy issues as well as educating the public on how to maintain their personal privacy online. With the web growing at an impressive rate, there are countless ways that your online privacy could be breached. I hope you find the information on [...]
When we create an account on a website, we are creating an electronic identity for our self. We use this identity to interact with others or the services provided by the website. When utilizing these provided services, should we expect our privacy to be respected? This question brings up a few key points. When we [...]
Dec 21
Google is a massive online company. They have so many free products for you to use in so many different realms. From Google Documents, to Google Maps, and more, a lot of personal information is collected by this giant. What does Google do to keep your information safe? For starters, they have a privacy FAQ. [...]
