With the recent upheavals in Social Media Security and reports of privacy invasion, it seems that ensuring personal privacy and online protection are of paramount importance. In the last week, reports that the hack on Twitter was much more serious than previously reported have come to light; Tagged, self-proclaimed third-largest social networking site has been sued by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) in New York for serious invasions of privacy; and Facebook is being investigated in Canada for retaining personal information from accounts that have either been closed or abandoned,  in violation of Canadian privacy laws. Read the rest of this entry »