Online Reputation

Tweets can be deemed libelous and form the basis for a defamation lawsuit

August 24, 2011 Cyberlaw

In an excellent piece entitled What journalists need to know about libelous tweets at journalism website Poynter.org, the author cites a legal expert who warns that tweets and other twitter postings are not being treated any differently under the law. “Statements on Twitter can form the basis of a defamation lawsuit just as much as any [...]

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Facebook seduction – dozens of members of business network Ecademy duped into friending fake account

July 18, 2011 Online Reputation

An attractive young lady going by the name of Jenn Collins is in the process of friending hundreds of people on Facebook, many of them members of the UK based business network, Ecademy.  A few days ago she had 488 friends, today 553. Jenn says she lives in Miami Florida and speaks multiple languages. She [...]

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Check if your email address and password have been hacked at this website

July 12, 2011 Cybercrime

Has your email address or password been exposed in one of the many recent and ongoing website hacks? Check it quickly and easily at ShouldIChangeMyPassword.com ShouldIChangeMyPassword.com has been created to help the average person check if their password(s) may have been compromised and need to be changed. This site uses a number of databases that [...]

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Swiss Life Insurance launches Online Reputation insurance product

June 17, 2011 Online Reputation

Swiss Life has just announced the launch of a new insurance product destined to protect the reputation of an individual. Swiss Life E-Reputation has been developed in partnership with Reputation Squad, specialist in reputation management on Internet, and is for now only available to individuals in France. This product provides financial, legal and technical resources [...]

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Do you own and control your name?

April 26, 2011 Online Reputation

Are you in control of your name online? Do you even own your name? Is (at a minimum) the .com domain of your name under your control and correctly registered? The consequences of not owning your name The consequences of not owning your name (if your name is uncommon or you are a person of [...]

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Anonymous poster targets extreme smear campaign at Google executive

September 7, 2010 Online Reputation

An anonymous poster has targeted Google’s ((Redacted)) ((Redacted)) in an extreme smear campaign, using the consumer complaints website Ripoff Report. Highwick Associates monitors Ripoff Report on behalf of multiple clients, and to observe trends in the visibility and legal aspects of online reputation and online defamation. On Sunday September 5 we noticed a new posting [...]

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Online Reputation in a Connected World

January 27, 2010 Online Reputation

Image via CrunchBase Microsoft recently commissioned a detailed study on the impact of and trends around online reputation. The study was undertaken in part to contribute to “Data Privacy Day”, which falls on January 28, 2010. The survey results and conclusions available in a PowerPoint presentation. Overview from the report summary: This research examines the [...]

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Celebrity Deaths — and the impact of an ‘overly Twittered culture’

December 22, 2009 Online Reputation

Image via Wikipedia An interesting blog this morning from the Washington Post. The added underlined emphasis is mine. Celebrity Deaths — and the impact of an ‘overly Twittered culture’ by Adam Bernstein Lisa France, a writer and producer at CNN.com, has this story today on celebrity death of 2009 and why it may appear to [...]

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