Protecting your privacy — and reputation — online

The Google Buzz privacy flap last month got me — and, I’d suspect, many others — a bit preoccupied by the concept of privacy on the Internet. The controversy over the new social networking tool, which initially made public some email contacts of Gmail users, proved just how little we control our information — and information about us — online. Sure, our data might be hidden behind a password or our status updates available only to “friends,” but can we feel secure that anything on the Internet is truly private? Read more.