- How Behavioral Should Look In 6 Months
Online Media Daily, Paul Knegten - Thursday, September 17, 2009
I must admit, I'm a sucker for being targeted. Just the other day I was making a mockup of a JetBlue ad (don't ask, I'm a marketing guy!) and ...
- FTC To Hold Public Discussions On Online Privacy
Online Media Daily, - Wednesday, September 16, 2009
The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday that it intends to hold public roundtable discussions about online privacy. ...
- Hidden Cookies: Privacy Landmines
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Consumers who delete tracking cookies, or instruct their browsers to reject them, often do so for a simple reason: They don't want to be tracked online. But some online ...
- After Unmasking, Judge Throws Out Libel Case Against Anonymous Blogger
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 11, 2009
An ex-Congressman in New York successfully unmasked an online commenter at a site run by The Journal News by alleging that the commenter made defamatory posts. But when former Re ...
- Sears Required To Destroy Tracking Data
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 10, 2009
In a case closely watched by privacy advocates and behavioral targeting executives, the Federal Trade Commission has given final approval to a settlement with retail giant Sears Holdings Management Corporati ...
- FTC Targets Targeters, Keeping Watchful Eye On BT
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 11, 2009
Any Web companies that use or plan to use behavioral targeting should know that the Federal Trade Commission has made it very clear that it's patrolling the space for potenti ...
- Google Book Search Settlement Draws Writers' Ire
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Two dozen authors including Michael Chabon, Jonathan Lethem and Cory Doctorow have joined the ranks of opponents to Google's controversial settlement with authors and publishers, arguing that the deal cou ...
- Challenge To Maine Privacy Law Dismissed
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, September 9, 2009
A federal judge in Maine said today that he agrees with media organizations and Web companies that the state's new privacy law, which restricts gathering or publishing information about mino ...
- Maine AG Rejects Challenge To Privacy Law
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Maine Attorney General Janet Mills has asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit by media groups and Web companies challenging a controversial new privacy law. Mills argues that t ...
- Texas Murder Defense Seeks To Unmask Commenters
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 8, 2009
This summer, The Houston Chronicle and other news organizations in Texas carried articles about the alleged murder of a 4-year-old by her stepfather, Lucas Coe. The pieces drew hundreds ...
- Amazon: Big Brother Apologizes
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, September 4, 2009
Conspiracy theorists, and those generally unsettled by the rising digitization of the written word, could have a field day with this one. After wirelessly deleting copies of two George Orwe ...
- Google Books Lays Out Privacy Policy
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Friday, September 4, 2009
Under pressure from privacy advocates, Google has published a detailed privacy policy surrounding it Google Books settlement. The search giant promises not force a user to log into a Goog ...
- Court Rejects Challenge To Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, September 3, 2009
A federal appellate court has upheld a 2006 law that prohibits banks and credit card companies from processing payments used for unlawful online gambling. The Third Circuit Court of Appea ...
- Congress Asked To Limit Online Data Collection
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 1, 2009
A coalition of privacy groups and consumer advocates are calling on Congress to limit companies' ability to track Web users and serve them targeted ads. The advocacy groups put forwa ...
- Predatory Marketing Law Opposed By AOL, News Corp., Yahoo, Others
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, August 27, 2009
A new privacy law in Maine is facing a court challenge from media organizations as well as a coalition of online companies including AOL, News Corp. and Yahoo. The n ...
- Facebook's New Privacy Policy: Underwhelming Changes
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, August 27, 2009
In response to concerns by Canada's privacy commissioner, Facebook said today that it will roll out some new privacy features. But, despite some sweeping language about empowering users, the chang ...
- Facing Backlash: Facebook Sued By Users Over Privacy Concerns
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Five Facebook users have sued the social networking company for allegedly misappropriating their names, photos and private information. In the lawsuit, filed this week in state court in California, t ...
- FTC Hires Privacy Blogger
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, August 17, 2009
In yet another sign that the Federal Trade Commission is serious about examining online privacy, Christopher Soghoian said today that he's accepted a job as technical consultant to the FTC ...
- Social Network Site Accused Of 'Harvesting' Email Addresses
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, August 13, 2009
Two California residents have sued social networking site Tagged.com for allegedly duping them into sharing their email contacts and then sending those contacts misleading ads. "Tagged harvested millions of ema ...
- Consumer Advocates Press For Details About Broadband Lines
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, August 11, 2009
A coalition of consumer groups and broadband advocates are asking the FCC to collect information about broadband availability on a more granular level than in the past -- to requi ...
- Groups Sound Off About Governmental Tracking Of Web Users
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Government sites that collect Web users' IP addresses should delete or obscure them as soon as possible, privacy watchdogs are recommending. "If some IP-based information is needed for web measureme ...
- Dispelling The Myth Of 'Anonymous' Data
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Until relatively recently, ad industry executives tended to talk about the differences between "personally identifiable" and "non-personally identifiable" information when they discussed privacy. But in the last three years, it ...
- Clueless Murdoch Move: Without Subscriber Names, Might Break With Kindle
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, August 7, 2009
When you go to a kiosk and buy that day's Wall Street Journal, you can be fairly certain that no one's going to request your name and address and se ...
- PII (Personally Identifiable Information), R.I.P.
Online Spin, Dave Morgan - Thursday, August 6, 2009
Yes, it's time for the digital marketing industry to move on from the term "PII" ("personally identifiable information") as the defining benchmark for what information is anonymous versus what ...
- Facebook Adds New Privacy Setting
Online Media Daily, - Tuesday, August 4, 2009
After rumors surfaced last week that Facebook was allowing ad networks to add any user photos to ads without their permission, the company tightened the rules for ads in Facebo ...
- More Pressure Brought On Google To Protect Readers' Privacy
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, July 27, 2009
The digital rights group Center for Democracy & Technology has joined the roster of advocates calling for Google to build more privacy protections into its book program. Like other advocate ...
- White House Asks Public If It Wants Cookies
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, July 24, 2009
The Obama administration is asking the public to weigh in on whether the government should liberalize its 9-year-old policy limiting the use of persistent cookies. In a blog post issu ...
- Group Worries That Google Books Could Violate Readers' Privacy
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 23, 2009
The digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation is raising concerns about whether Google's upcoming digital book service will adequately protect readers' privacy. The organization said in a statement, "Google m ...
- Interview: Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook's Origins and its Future
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Ross Fadner - Thursday, July 23, 2009
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg talks with Newsweek's Dan Lyons about the origins of what would come to be the world's largest social networking site. Over late night pizza, Zuckerberg sa ...
- School Sued For Reading Student's Private Facebook Messages
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 23, 2009
Authorities at Pearl High School in Pearl, Mississippi have allegedly joined the managers of a Houston's in New Jersey and officials from Bozeman, Montana in demonstrating a stunning disregard ...
