- Email Privacy Act Gets Heard In The House Of Representatives
Email Marketing Daily, Jess Nelson - Monday, November 30, 2015
A 2-year-old email privacy bill will finally have its day in t ...
- Google Grants 42% Of 'Right To Be Forgotten' Requests
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 25, 2015
In the last 18 months, Google has received almost 350,000 requests fr ...
- Facebook Presses Judge To Dismiss 'Faceprint' Lawsuit
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 25, 2015
Facebook says that Illinois lawmakers never meant to prohibit it from applyi ...
- FAA Wants To Track Drone "Pilots"
Around the Net in IoT, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, November 24, 2015
A special FAA task force is recommending that all drone “pilots” mu ...
- FCC Hires Online Tracking Expert Jonathan Mayer
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 24, 2015
In a move that signals a focus on Web privacy, the Feder ...
- Iran Hacks Young State Dept. Staffers' Social Media
The Social Graf, Erik Sass - Tuesday, November 24, 2015
IIranian hackers have infiltrated State Department computers by gaining access to ema ...
- Reddit To Honor Do-Not-Track Headers
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 23, 2015
Reddit won't load any third-party analytics trackers when it encounters users w ...
- Montana Newspaper To Unmask All Commenters
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 23, 2015
"The Montana Standard," a daily newspaper in Butte, Montana, has decided ...
- 53% Unaware of Internet of Things, 72% Find it Confusing
Connected Thinking, Chuck Martin - Friday, November 20, 2015
For a business to tap into the potential of The Internet ...
- SilverPush Deploys Sound-Based Tracking Technology In India
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, November 19, 2015
Forbes reporter Thomas Fox-Brewster looks at SilverPush, which uses inaudible sound beaco ...
- Phone Manufacturers Settle Privacy Battle Over Carrier IQ
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, November 19, 2015
Six mobile phone manufacturers have agreed to resolve a privacy class-action allegi ...
- Federal Health Privacy Law Doesn't Apply To Wearables, Online Storage Services
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 18, 2015
A landmark law privacy protecting people's health and medical information doesn't cov ...
- Android User Wants New Hearing In Privacy Battle With Cartoon Network
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 18, 2015
A ruling in favor of the Cartoon Network "robs smartphone and tabl ...
- Vizio Hit With Privacy Lawsuit Over Connected TVs
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, November 17, 2015
Smart TV manufacturer Vizio was hit with a potential class-action lawsuit allegi ...
- Google Must Face Safari-Hack Lawsuit, Appeals Court Says
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 16, 2015
In a blow to Google, a federal appellate court has revived ...
- Digital Advertising Alliance Extends Privacy Rules To Cross-Device Tracking
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 16, 2015
Ad networks, publishers and other companies that collect data from someone's lapt ...
- Appeals Court Revives Safari-Hack Lawsuit Against Google
Raw, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 16, 2015
In a blow to Google, a federal appellate court has revived ...
- Facebook Users Battle Company Over 'Faceprints'
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 13, 2015
A group of Illinois Facebook users are urging a federal judge ...
- Google Makes It Easier To Control Personal Data
Around the Net in Search Marketing, Laurie Sullivan - Thursday, November 12, 2015
Google has begun addressing concerns from users that it has too mu ...
- Facebook Sees Spike In Government Data Requests
Around the Net In Social Media & Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, November 12, 2015
Government demands for Facebook’s user data have never been higher, the soci ...
- Franken Presses For Location Privacy Bill
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, November 12, 2015
Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is renewing a push for legislation aimed ...
- Google Rolls Out New Privacy Tool
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Google has rolled out a new privacy dashboard that aims to ma ...
- FCC Chair Previews Broadband Privacy Rules: 'Nothing About Me Without Me'
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 11, 2015
The Federal Communications Commission plans to forge ahead with broadband privacy rul ...
- Vizio Smart TVs Collect Very Specific Data On Users' Behavior
Around the Net in Video, P.J. Bednarski - Tuesday, November 10, 2015
Vizio’s technology analyzes snippets of the shows you’re watching, whether on tradition ...
- Facebook Loses Privacy Fight In Belgium
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, November 9, 2015
Facebook must stop tracking non-users in Europe within 48 hours, a jud ...
- FCC Won't Impose Privacy Rules On Web Publishers, Ad Networks
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, November 6, 2015
The Federal Communications Commission has rejected advocacy group Consumer Watchdog's request ...
- App Makers Playing Dangerous Game With Personal Privacy
MoBlog, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, November 6, 2015
Threatening to bust the mobile boom, app makers are playing a dangero ...
- International Trade Agreement Could Affect Online Privacy, Net Neutrality
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Thursday, November 5, 2015
The full text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership has finally been released. Priva ...
- Apps Found To Transmit Personal Information To Third Parties
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Popular apps frequently send users' email addresses, names and geolocation to thi ...
- Outbrain And Gravity Failed To Comply With Privacy Rules, Watchdog Says
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Native advertising companies Outbrain and AOL-owned Gravity failed to follow the onli ...