As a follow up to our story yesterday on the Maryland Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services’ policy of requiring applicants to provide their Facebook login credentials, that practice is now suspended pending a 45 day review. For those of you unfamiliar with the story, Robert Collins had taken a leave of absence following…

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Privacy issues surrounding Facebook and other social networking sites appear in the news on a daily basis. A story broke last week that has garnered much attention with the news media, bloggers, and privacy advocates…virtually anyone with a remote interest in social media and/ or privacy. The Maryland Department of Corrections shocked not only the…

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Update: We have had email communication with the Cafe Public Zoo Contests page administrators today. At this time, we do not believe they are operating the page in an effort to mine user data or deceitfully spam or scam users. Initially the page caught our attention because it had components and behaviors of traditional Facebook…

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Hollywood, CA – Paris Hilton celebrated her 30th birthday Tuesday night at V-Moda Fortress, a private house in the Hills. A Los Angeles musician who goes by the name, ‘Paz’ swiped her $2,000 birthday in the wee hours of the night. He later posted pics of the big, red behemoth of confectionary goodness on his…