The WSJ has put together a nice video on how cookies and behavior marketing works….

Missed this yesterday, but the FTC posted a list of companies that have used “unfair, false, deceptive or misleading claims about consumer privacy,” which included Twitter, Microsoft, CVS, and Petco [BNET]

So that Facebook user data we mentioned yesterday, that got lifted and posted at The Pirate Bay…apparently it was data from 170 million users, not just 100 million… [CNET]

AND it wasn’t just downloaded by individual users but also corporations (or at the very least, employees of corporations) including Apple, Disney, HP, IBM, Proctor and Gamble, Sony, and a lot of other major players  [Gizmodo]

I can’t imagine they WON’T roll all these lawsuits against Google into one class action suit, but a panel of federal judges is deciding whether or not to do that, and if they do, where to litigate [AP]

In seeking to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, is the White House trying to make it easier for the FBI to access our private communications and data? [AP]

And what does this Google – CIA investment in a company called Recorded Future – which “scours tens of thousands of websites, blogs and Twitter accounts to find the relationships between people, organizations, actions and incidents — both present and still-to-come” – mean to OUR future? [Wired]

“100 million Facebook users’ details published online”…ugh, here we go again [MSNBC]

Sounds like Mark Zuckerberg might as well just buy some property in our nation’s capital… [Washington Post]

The FTC’s thinking of instituting the internet equivalent of a do-not-call list [DMNews]

Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security‘s Deputy Secretary has spoken – There will be rules! [CNET]

I almost feel bad for the FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. And not because he has one of the worlds least spellable last names…because all he wants is some clarity [Broadcasting and Cable]

And John Kerry jumps on board the effort to bring our nation’s privacy laws into 2010 [PC Mag]

Some guy in California is just NOW suing Google for its Street View chicanery? [Bloomberg]

Well, at least they’re off the hook in the UK [Guardian]

Elsewhere in litigious society (aka Virginia), a court has said some “privacy advocate” can post public figures’ social security numbers on the interwebz [Wired]

Oh, and if you’re curious to know if/when Google is “spying on” YOU, perhaps you should check out Google Alarm (probably best for users who mute their laptops and/or are deaf, though) [Mashable]

Privacy holes in Chatroulette? Shocking!…hardly [PC World]

So, about 1000 people who complained to ESRB – the entity Blizzard (World of Warcraft’s parent company) – about lifting the ability to anonymously comment on World of Warcraft forums had their email addresses exposed…enjoy your continued anonymity, horde [Kotaku]

How to control your privacy using Facebook lists… [Engadget]

The Entertainment Software Ratings Board is on privacy detail [Ars Technica]

Europe thinking about saving every keystroke users type into search engines for two years to fight pedophilia… [Fox News]

Anyone who thinks privacy and transparency don’t go hand-in-hand is not to be trusted (or something like that)… [Huffington Post]

FTC kindly notes that selling user information during a bankruptcy proceeding would violate this now non-existent publication’s privacy policy [PC World]

World of Warcraft makers bow to user outcry, won’t remove anonymity in forums… [eWeek]

The clamor over Facebook‘s privacy policies may have died down here in the US, but what about the rest of the world where 75% of its users live? [ZDNet]

Still, according to this, it hasn’t had much effect on German users, despite the country’s aggressive attempts to protect its users’ data [NY Times]

Watch out when installing Google gadgets…what you think is harmless just might not be… [PC World]

Whether intentional or not, this article provides a pretty good general overview of pending data/privacy protection legislation [CNN]

Quick PSA – Gotham Media has just launched Privacy Net as it’s own stand-alone blog! So be sure to check that daily, in addition to the Digital Breakfast for all the latest online privacy news!

Some hackers perform what you might call an “ethical hack” on popular bit torrent site, The Pirate Bay, and are able to gain access to all of the sites users’ personal information [Mashable]

Apparently, Facebook’s growth has plateau’d for the first time (ever?)…maybe because of privacy issues, maybe just because the number of Americans who aren’t already on Facebook is so proportionately small that you could metaphorically count them on one hand… [CNET]

The latest on the government’s efforts to potentially amend/expand the Children’s Online Privacy Protections Act [Fox News]

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office issues a set of guidelines for properly collecting personal data online [BBC]

World of Warcraft creator Blizzard Inc. makes a move to remove anonymity in the hopes that it cuts down on trolling…logic predicts it should be at least moderately successful [AP]

The age old question – “Can privacy be preserved while bringing a semblance of safety and security to a world that seems increasingly lawless?” [NY Times]

Things we missed while gorging ourselves on bbq’d meats and drinking adult beverages – a bunch of iTunes accounts got hacked [Mashable]

Quoth Microsoft‘s Chief Identity Architect — “If privacy isn’t dead, Apple is now amongst those trying to bury it alive”…them’s fightin’ words! [NetworkWorld]

Facebook – now the subject of both a new Hollywood film AND a Canadian class action lawsuit [AllFacebook]

But the legal actions don’t end in North America, Facebook’s also looking at an action in Germany [Fox News]

Not sure what Peek is, but it sounds like it’s got a pretty big privacy problem… [CrunchGear]

Health insurance provider Healthnet has settled a suit with the State of Connecticut for a reported 250K over the the loss of a disc containing names and confidential info related to the coverage of 500,000 state residents. State AG Richard Bluementhal’s office believes that the disc was stolen. I’m wondering how access to this info resides on one readily accessible disc.

State Settles Massive Security Breach | NBC Connecticut.

I’ve seen this in a couple of different places over the past couple of days and haven’t posted it for whatever reason…but hey, it’s Friday and [hopefully] most of you are off on some exciting and exotic vacation for July 4th weekend, so why not – A UK woman is up in arms over a Google Street View picture of her son in his birthday suit [CNET]

Which provides a semi-good segue into this link, wherein a number of privacy groups are hoping to expand the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act‘s scope [Broadcasting and Cable]

In case you aren’t already sick of reading about the Foursquare privacy hole… [Fast Company]

And here’s some more on that Spokeo chicanery [Network World]

How do you like this – woman takes her iPhone in to Apple for an upgrade to iOS4, gets back a phone full of someone else’s pictures and data! GENIUS Bar, indeed… [CNET]