As a psychotherapist in private practice, I can’t help but notice that Facebook is wreaking mischief in some of my clients’ personal lives.

One client caused a family scandal when he established privacy settings that prevented some, but not all, of his relatives from seeing his status updates. A 14-year-old client gave up Facebook for Lent, yet still managed to become entangled in a high school “de-friending” drama. A third client “disallowed” her arch Conservative brother from commenting on her statuses after he started arguing with her politically liberal friends. And finally, a 20-something client tried to gauge the temperature of his on-again-off-again girlfriend based on how often she “friends” or “de-friends” him

Cyberspying and Defriending: How Facebook is Finding its Way to the Therapy Couch | Psychology Today

Facebook is making a sweeping set of changes to its privacy and sharing policies that will give users much more control over the information they share and who they share it with.

Facebook Rolls Out Major, Sweeping Privacy Changes

Epsilon Email Issue

We were recently informed by Epsilon, a marketing vendor used by Stonebridge Life Insurance Company and its affiliates to send emails, that an unauthorized third party gained access to email files of a number of Epsilon’s clients, including
our email lists. For your security, you are receiving this notice from us because Stonebridge Life Insurance Company or its affiliates has sent you information via email in the past using Epsilon as our
vendor.

What information was accessed?

Your email address and first name has been accessed. No other personal information regarding you was accessed.

How does this impact you?

In all likelihood, this will not impact you. However, we recommend that you continue to be cautious of unwanted emails, emails that contain links with potential viruses or emails prompting you to provide personal or financial information. We urge you to be cautious when opening links or attachments from unknown third parties.

What is Epsilon doing about this?

Epsilon has notified us that they have identified the cause of the breach and have taken the necessary steps to prevent additional data access. Epsilon has reported this incident to the appropriate authorities for investigation.

We sincerely regret any concern or inconvenience this may have caused you. Your privacy and the security of your information is a top priority for us.

Sincerely,

Stonebridge Life Insurance Company and its Affiliates

2700 West Plano
Parkway ● Plano, Texas 75075-8200

Facebook admits its third-party developers have mishandled private data | Web Apps News – Betanews

Google: Oops…our Street View cars also saw websites you were visiting

By Tim Conneally | Published May 14, 2010, 5:26 PM

Google today said it will stop collecting Wi-Fi network data from its Street View cars, after an investigation from the German Data Protection Authority (DPA) found the search company was also collecting data about websites people were visiting on public hotspots.

Google: Oops…our Street View cars also saw websites you were visiting | Tech Policy & Law News – Betanews

Anyone else ready to remove their facebook page?