- Advocates Say White House Privacy Proposal Filled With Loopholes
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 27, 2015
This afternoon, the White House unveiled a discussion draft of its long-await ...
- Cold-Calling Marketers Threatened With GBP500k Fines
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Companies engaged in cold calling potential customers could be in line f ...
- Digital Advertising Alliance Unveils Mobile Privacy Options
MoBlog, Erik Sass - Wednesday, February 25, 2015
The Digital Advertising Alliance is helping keep the industry on the rig ...
- Boy Scouts Sweepstakes Site Faulted By Self-Regulatory Group
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 25, 2015
An online site operated by the Boy Scouts of America as pa ...
- Children's Lawyers Seek To Revive Privacy Case Against Google, Viacom
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Representatives for a group of young children are appealing a judge's decisi ...
- Lenovo Sued Over Superfish Adware
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 23, 2015
Computer manufacturer Lenovo has been hit with a potential class-action lawsuit f ...
- Google Agrees To Italy's Data Privacy Checks
Search & Performance Marketing Daily, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, February 20, 2015
Those who think a government agency should spot-check Google's privacy practices wi ...
- Does Anyone Care About Privacy Anymore?
Online Media Daily, George Simpson - Thursday, February 19, 2015
Isn't it grand that privacy is a profit center for AT&T? ...
- Google Wants Lockdown on Gov. Remote Access To Private Servers
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, February 19, 2015
An updated proposal by the U.S. Justice Department to expand federal powe ...
- Consumers Are Getting Serious About Privacy -- So Should Adland
MAD London, Josh Manion - Thursday, February 19, 2015
As Facebook prepares to take the stand to defend its actions ...
- Hulu Battles Users About Disclosures To Facebook
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 19, 2015
Consumers who are suing Hulu for allegedly violating their privacy are aski ...
- Are We Guilty Of 'Numbed' Marketing?
Online Spin, Gord Hotchkiss - Monday, February 16, 2015
A few years ago, I was moderating a panel on mobile advertisin ...
- Google Questioned On Customer Privacy Practices
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Friday, February 13, 2015
Google faces new questions regarding the way it handled subscribers’ private information ...
- Appeals Court Weighs Privacy Case Against Pandora
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 13, 2015
A recent pro-Pandora decision in a privacy lawsuit "guts the protections" th ...
- Samsung's Smart TV Privacy Policy Draws Questions On Capitol Hill
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Today, Sen. Al Franken told Samsung that its policies regarding voice recogniti ...
- IAB Appoints WPP's David Moore To Chairman Of Newly Formed Tech Lab
MediaDailyNews, Laurie Sullivan - Monday, February 9, 2015
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has named WPP Digital President David Moo ...
- Verizon, Turn Sued Over Tracking Technology
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Verizon and ad company Turn have been hit with a potential class-acti ...
- Samsung Reworks Privacy Policy For Smart TVs
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Faced with a growing public relations debacle, Samsung today edited its priva ...
- Will Your Thermostat Destroy Your Life? It Might. It Just Might
Garfield at Large, Bob Garfield - Monday, February 9, 2015
New from Samsung: SmartAleck TV - yes, a television that eavesdrops ...
- Lawmakers Ask FCC, FTC To Investigate Verizon's Tracking Technology
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 6, 2015
Three Senate Democrats are asking the Federal Communications Commission and the Feder ...
- Watchdogs Seek FTC Scrutiny Of 'Big Data' Consolidation
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 6, 2015
Despite advocates' concerns, after Oracle announced it had reached a deal ...
- Sideswipes: How To Get Yourself To Care More About Privacy
MediaDailyNews, Katie Meier - Tuesday, February 3, 2015
We had Data Privacy Day last week, but did anyone care? Priva ...
- LinkedIn's Data Breach Settlement Moves Forward
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 3, 2015
A federal judge has tentatively approved LinkedIn's $1.25 million settlement of ...
- Google Must Review Privacy Policy And Communicate Better Over Its Data Use
Around the Net In MAD London, Sean Hargrave - Monday, February 2, 2015
The ICO, which regulates data protection issues in the UK, has fou ...