- 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 ...
- Law Firm Readying Class-Action Suit Against Amazon For Deleting Orwell Books From Users' Kindles
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, July 20, 2009
A law firm known for bringing class-action suits on behalf of consumers against Internet companies says it's readying a case against Amazon for deleting George Orwell books on users' Kindle ...
- Privacy Concerns Over The Cloud In LA
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, July 19, 2009
A privacy group is raising concerns about a plan by the city of Los Angeles to use Google Apps for storage of email and other official records. "There is considerab ...
- Privacy Report: 'Facebook Does Not Have Adequate Safeguards'
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 16, 2009
Facebook's recent move to give members more control over who can see information they post doesn't go far enough to protect users' privacy, according to a new report by t ...
- Senates Probes Discount Club Practices
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, July 13, 2009
As part of its probe into whether online "discount clubs" trick consumers into subscribing, the Senate Commerce Committee has asked Affinion to provide detailed information about how it enrolls n ...
- Power Play: Countersuit Alleges Facebook Is Monopolistic
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, July 12, 2009
A battle over who can access data provided by Web users intensified last week when Power.com sued Facebook for allegedly trying to monopolize the social networking market. "Facebook is attempti ...
- Advertisers Worry About Privacy Bill
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Ross Fadner - Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Advertising and media executives are worried about the threat of an online privacy bill that could pose a threat to their business, writes BusinessWeek's Jon Fine. Under one scenario, W ...
- Court: IP Addresses Are Not 'Personally Identifiable' Information
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, July 6, 2009
In a ruling that could fuel debate about online privacy, a federal judge in Seattle has held that IP addresses are not personal information. "In order for 'personally identifiable informatio ...
- Behavioral Targeting Company Phorm Hits Stumbling Block
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, July 6, 2009
In a rebuff to behavioral targeting company Phorm, the U.K. Internet service provider BT Group is backing off plans to deploy Phorm's platform. ...
- Trade Group Issue Guidelines To Safeguard Internet Privacy
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Thom Forbes - Friday, July 3, 2009
Privacy advocates are giving lukewarm support to a set of self-regulatory principles to govern the use of behavioral targeting by advertisers. Four trade groups issued the regulations yesterday following ...
- Facebook Making It Easier To Open Up (And Close Off)
Online Media Daily, Mark Walsh - Thursday, July 2, 2009
Facebook is overhauling its privacy controls to make it easier for users to determine whom they share information with on the social network. The changes will allow people to deci ...
- New BT Principles May Not Go Far Enough To Stop Regulation
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 2, 2009
Faced with the prospect of new regulation, a coalition of the major ad industry trade groups have issued new privacy principles for online behavioral advertising, or tracking people as th ...
- Zango Loses Legal Battle With Anti-Spyware Company
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, June 28, 2009
A federal appellate court has sided against adware company Zango in its dispute with spyware removal vendor Kaspersky Lab. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that Kaspers ...
- Rounding Up The Privacy Debate
Data and Targeting Insider, Steve Smith - Friday, June 26, 2009
When we started the OMMA Behavioral shows two years ago, privacy was still regarded as an unwanted, if necessary, topic. The arguments were predictable ("We don't collect personally identifiable informati ...
- How Much Targeting Is Too Much?
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Lawmakers are prepping legislation about online privacy and trade groups are tightening self-regulatory standards. But do consumers care whether marketers send ads to them based on their Web activity? Mi ...
- In Italy, Google Faces Landmark Video Case
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Ross Fadner - Wednesday, June 24, 2009
In Italy, four Google executives face allegations of defamation and violating privacy for allowing a video that showed a teenager with Down Syndrome being bullied onto Google Video. Prosecutors arg ...
- Free Speech Advocates Ask N.H. Court To Vacate Injunction Against News Site
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Last October, an online news site that covers the mortgage industry published a summary of loans held by The Mortgage Specialists -- a New Hampshire company, which responded by sui ...
- 5 Ways To Keep Documents Secure
Marketing Daily, Adi Ruppin - Tuesday, June 23, 2009
You work hard every day, creating, developing and sharing marketing collateral. Here are five free ways to keep it all safe. ...
- Okay, So Let's See What Mike Germano Has To Say After A Case Of Beer
Show Daily, Joe Mandese - Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Carrot Creative chief Mike Germano seems to be polarizing OMMA Social’s privacy panel, taking a hard line position that no one cares about control and privacy.  All the oth ...
- City Drops Quest For Job Seekers' Passwords
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 22, 2009
While Bozeman appears to have been unique in asking prospective employees to supply names and passwords, some employers appear equally disrespectful of the privacy of people already on the payr ...
- The Meaning in Being Mobile
Data and Targeting Insider, Steve Smith - Friday, June 19, 2009
Not to diminish the role that Web learnings will play in the evolution of mobile platforms, there will in fact be a lot that is similar here. Smart phones ...
- Judge: Craigslist Doesn't Kill People, Guns Do
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 18, 2009
A federal judge in New York has added to the growing number of rulings absolving sites like Craigslist of responsibility for crimes committed by users. This week, U.S. District Cou ...
- Lawmakers Eye A Fine Line In Privacy Regulation
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 18, 2009
Influential lawmaker Rep. Rick Boucher (D-Va.) said Thursday that he plans to introduce legislation that will require Web companies to obtain consumers' opt-in consent before sharing information about users wi ...
