Google helps you manage your online identity, justify those vanity Alerts

You know that Google Alert you set up to ping you every time someone mentions your name on the internet? Don’t worry, that wasn’t self-centered or anything, you were just protecting your online identity. Google today is encouraging the growth of vanity Alerts with its «Me on the Web» feature, a new segment of Google Dashboard dedicated to managing your online identity and finding out what people are saying about you on the global bathroom wall that is the world wide web. The feature makes it easy to set up alerts with your personal information and includes links to tools for identity management and content removal, because the seven billion other people on this planet don’t need to know exactly what happened at your office’s last Christmas party.

Twitter, compelled by a judge to reveal the identity of a user

Order crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Pacific. Precisely, to California where a court demanded the social network Twitter to identify anonymous user accused of defamatory comments.

The legal battle began in the United Kingdom. There, the city of South Tyneside went to justice following the complaint of several officials and Councillors, who reported that they were being defamed from a Twitter account whose pseudonym was ‘mr monkey’.

The authorities of South Tyneside launched a legal process that came to California, where Twitter is headquartered.

According to a spokesman for the Town Hall, Paul Robinson, Twitter agreed to provide at least one account information. The English Justice had sent a warrant requesting data from five: @ fatcouncillor, @ cllrdavidpotts, @ councillorahmedkhan, @ councillorkhan and @ ahmedkhan01.

According to European media, it was intended to thus confirm whether the person behind the libelous comments was the independent Councillor Ahmed Khan, who has denied having anything to do with the matter.

Khan is a ‘Orwellian’ situation and still can not understand how a city can embark on similar process, with requirements to the Justice of EE n.UU., just because some Councillors do not like what is said about them on Twitter.

According to British media, it is believed that the costs to hire lawyers in the United States.UU. It has been about 55 thousand pounds or $90 thousand.

Khan told representatives of Twitter contacted him and told him that he had 21 days to submit a legal argument against the demand and that, if she did not, would facilitate their data, including email, cell phone number and IP numbers.

The Councillor was not opposed. «I’m the kind of person that says what you think face to face.» «No need to hide behind an anonymous blog», told the BBC.

The decision of Twitter to disclose data was presented by some as an important precedent in the battle by regular internet. In particular, after that, last week, this issue downgrade at the Summit the G8.

«Twitter – like many other Internet companies us – complies with orders of the courts of United States and applications of the various agencies responsible for enforcing the law,» warned Rory Cellan-Jones at the BBC, who recalled that it is not the first time that Twitter gets this kind of requirements. Suffice it to recall the request made by the Government of United States on several accounts of people linked to WikiLeaks.

Indeed, as he published the newspaper The Guardian, a few days ago the director-general of the European operations of Twitter, Tony Wang, had said that the company – in case of being forced to reveal the personal details of the accounts – could do but previously notified to the users.

Twitter privacy policy indicates that it may «disclose your information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation or legal request, to protect the safety of any person, to address fraud, security or technical issues, or to protect the rights of Twitter or their property». But the truth is that most people accept the terms and conditions without reading that huge list that appears when you first registered for the first time.

Another highly ventilated and also in the United Kingdom case is that of footballer Ryan Giggs which aims to prevent the spread of data that related it to a model . The Manchester United player asked the courts to identify all the Twitter users who distributed this information. The case is being studied in the Superior Court in London.

Twitter, compelled by a judge to reveal the identity of a user

Order crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Pacific. Precisely, to California where a court demanded the social network Twitter to identify anonymous user accused of defamatory comments.

The legal battle began in the United Kingdom. There, the city of South Tyneside went to justice following the complaint of several officials and Councillors, who reported that they were being defamed from a Twitter account whose pseudonym was ‘mr monkey’.

The authorities of South Tyneside launched a legal process that came to California, where Twitter is headquartered.

According to a spokesman for the Town Hall, Paul Robinson, Twitter agreed to provide at least one account information. The English Justice had sent a warrant requesting data from five: @ fatcouncillor, @ cllrdavidpotts, @ councillorahmedkhan, @ councillorkhan and @ ahmedkhan01.

According to European media, it was intended to thus confirm whether the person behind the libelous comments was the independent Councillor Ahmed Khan, who has denied having anything to do with the matter.

Khan is a ‘Orwellian’ situation and still can not understand how a city can embark on similar process, with requirements to the Justice of EE n.UU., just because some Councillors do not like what is said about them on Twitter.

According to British media, it is believed that the costs to hire lawyers in the United States.UU. It has been about 55 thousand pounds or $90 thousand.

Khan told representatives of Twitter contacted him and told him that he had 21 days to submit a legal argument against the demand and that, if she did not, would facilitate their data, including email, cell phone number and IP numbers.

The Councillor was not opposed. «I’m the kind of person that says what you think face to face.» «No need to hide behind an anonymous blog», told the BBC.

The decision of Twitter to disclose data was presented by some as an important precedent in the battle by regular internet. In particular, after that, last week, this issue downgrade at the Summit the G8.

«Twitter – like many other Internet companies us – complies with orders of the courts of United States and applications of the various agencies responsible for enforcing the law,» warned Rory Cellan-Jones at the BBC, who recalled that it is not the first time that Twitter gets this kind of requirements. Suffice it to recall the request made by the Government of United States on several accounts of people linked to WikiLeaks.

Indeed, as he published the newspaper The Guardian, a few days ago the director-general of the European operations of Twitter, Tony Wang, had said that the company – in case of being forced to reveal the personal details of the accounts – could do but previously notified to the users.

Twitter privacy policy indicates that it may «disclose your information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation or legal request, to protect the safety of any person, to address fraud, security or technical issues, or to protect the rights of Twitter or their property». But the truth is that most people accept the terms and conditions without reading that huge list that appears when you first registered for the first time.

Another highly ventilated and also in the United Kingdom case is that of footballer Ryan Giggs which aims to prevent the spread of data that related it to a model . The Manchester United player asked the courts to identify all the Twitter users who distributed this information. The case is being studied in the Superior Court in London.

Twitter, compelled by a judge to reveal the identity of a user

Order crossed the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Pacific. Precisely, to California where a court demanded the social network Twitter to identify anonymous user accused of defamatory comments.

The legal battle began in the United Kingdom. There, the city of South Tyneside went to justice following the complaint of several officials and Councillors, who reported that they were being defamed from a Twitter account whose pseudonym was ‘mr monkey’.

The authorities of South Tyneside launched a legal process that came to California, where Twitter is headquartered.

According to a spokesman for the Town Hall, Paul Robinson, Twitter agreed to provide at least one account information. The English Justice had sent a warrant requesting data from five: @ fatcouncillor, @ cllrdavidpotts, @ councillorahmedkhan, @ councillorkhan and @ ahmedkhan01.

According to European media, it was intended to thus confirm whether the person behind the libelous comments was the independent Councillor Ahmed Khan, who has denied having anything to do with the matter.

Khan is a ‘Orwellian’ situation and still can not understand how a city can embark on similar process, with requirements to the Justice of EE n.UU., just because some Councillors do not like what is said about them on Twitter.

According to British media, it is believed that the costs to hire lawyers in the United States.UU. It has been about 55 thousand pounds or $90 thousand.

Khan told representatives of Twitter contacted him and told him that he had 21 days to submit a legal argument against the demand and that, if she did not, would facilitate their data, including email, cell phone number and IP numbers.

The Councillor was not opposed. «I’m the kind of person that says what you think face to face.» «No need to hide behind an anonymous blog», told the BBC.

The decision of Twitter to disclose data was presented by some as an important precedent in the battle by regular internet. In particular, after that, last week, this issue downgrade at the Summit the G8.

«Twitter – like many other Internet companies us – complies with orders of the courts of United States and applications of the various agencies responsible for enforcing the law,» warned Rory Cellan-Jones at the BBC, who recalled that it is not the first time that Twitter gets this kind of requirements. Suffice it to recall the request made by the Government of United States on several accounts of people linked to WikiLeaks.

Indeed, as he published the newspaper The Guardian, a few days ago the director-general of the European operations of Twitter, Tony Wang, had said that the company – in case of being forced to reveal the personal details of the accounts – could do but previously notified to the users.

Twitter privacy policy indicates that it may «disclose your information if we believe that it is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation or legal request, to protect the safety of any person, to address fraud, security or technical issues, or to protect the rights of Twitter or their property». But the truth is that most people accept the terms and conditions without reading that huge list that appears when you first registered for the first time.

Another highly ventilated and also in the United Kingdom case is that of footballer Ryan Giggs which aims to prevent the spread of data that related it to a model . The Manchester United player asked the courts to identify all the Twitter users who distributed this information. The case is being studied in the Superior Court in London.