- Coalition Seeks Updated Online Privacy Laws
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, March 30, 2010
In an effort to update the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, a coaliti ...
- Privacy Rules Only Apply to New Products
Performance Marketing Insider, Kaila Colbin - Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Let's face it: Facebook is a privacy disaster. From the Beacon disast ...
- Cleveland Paper Unmasks Judge As Commenter
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 30, 2010
In the last few years, newspapers have gone to court in ...
- The Monster Ball Of Privacy
Online Spin, Kendall Allen - Monday, March 29, 2010
Surely you know about the monsters in your closet. For consumers, the ...
- Lawmakers Seek Investigation Of Google Buzz
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 29, 2010
For Google, the fallout from Buzz shows no signs of letting u ...
- FTC To Consider New Restrictions On Collecting Data From Children
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 24, 2010
The Federal Trade Commission said Wednesday that it's seeking input from t ...
- Beacon Settlement Approval Despite Objections
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Rejecting complaints by privacy organizations, a federal judge in San Jose, Cali ...
- FTC Hears Debate About Whether Privacy Polices Can Work
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Speaking at the Federal Trade Commission's roundtable discussion about online privacy, Fr ...
- A Peek Into How the Feds Use Social Nets -- Like What You See?
Social Media Insider, Catharine P. Taylor - Wednesday, March 17, 2010
The New York Times has a big story today on online priva ...
- FCC Broadband Plan Focuses on Privacy, Competition
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 15, 2010
The Federal Communications Commission's ambitious national broadband plan will include recommendations aim ...
- New Efforts To Merge Online And Offline Data Revive Old Privacy Issues
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, March 16, 2010
More than 10 years ago, DoubleClick's plan to acquire Abacus and mar ...
- Where Did Buzz Go Wrong?
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, March 15, 2010
GigaOm examines why Google Buzz has drawn so much criticism, and wh ...
- Who Owns The Privacy?
Data and Targeting Insider, Steve Smith - Friday, March 12, 2010
The industry initiative to implement and enforce self-regulation is dovetailing with risi ...
- Maine Repeals Law Restricting Data That Can Be Collected From Minors
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 11, 2010
A Maine legislative committee voted Thursday to repeal a controversial 2009 onli ...
- Privacy Concerns Force Netflix To Shelve New Contest
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 12, 2010
Facing a consumer class-action privacy lawsuit and a Federal Trade Commission inquir ...
- Chatroulette Users Not As Anonymous As They Thought
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 11, 2010
The fast-growing Chatroulette has been hailed as the next viral sensation. B ...
- The Mother of All Bad Ideas: Puzz Roulette
The Social Graf, Erik Sass - Thursday, March 11, 2010
Call it edgy, call it innovative, call it forward-thinking, call it whatev ...
- Report: Facebook To Add Location-Sharing
Online Media Daily, Mark Walsh - Tuesday, March 9, 2010
As location-based social networks like Foursquare gain traction, Facebook is getting rea ...
- EFF Questions Tighter Privacy Rules For Sensitive Data
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 10, 2010
In conversations about online privacy, industry executives and consumer advocates often appe ...
- High School Reunion Ruin: Classmates.com Sued Over Opt-Out Privacy Setting Change
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 8, 2010
Two members of networking site Classmates.com have sued the service for alleged ...
- Complaint About Google Buzz Draws FTC Interest
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, March 8, 2010
Evidence is mounting that the Federal Trade Commission is gearing up ...
- Another Lawsuit Filed Over Buzz Blunder
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, March 5, 2010
Google was hit this week with a second potential class-action lawsuit ov ...
- Watchdog Group Alleges Google Violates Own Privacy Policy With Buzz
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, March 3, 2010
A watchdog group that recently asked the Federal Trade Commission to investiga ...
- New Faces At FTC Could Spur Crackdown On Web Privacy
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, March 4, 2010
Setting the stage for a Federal Trade Commission crackdown on companies th ...
- Online Advertising Recall
Publishing Insider, Ari Rosenberg - Thursday, March 4, 2010
I have been working in the interactive advertising industry since April ...
- Report: Phorm's Secret Behavioral Targeting Tests Spark Criminal Probe
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Sunday, February 28, 2010
The British Internet Service Provider BT is reportedly facing a criminal investigati ...
- Freedoms, Borders And Google
Performance Marketing Insider, Derek Gordon - Monday, March 1, 2010
Google's having a tough time in Europe. Last week, an Italian jud ...
- Google Hits More Privacy Speedbumps
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 26, 2010
Google's privacy woes in Europe just keep mounting. Earlier this week, thr ...
- Microsoft's Fourth Amendment Freewheeling
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, February 25, 2010
According to ReadWriteWeb, watchdog site Cryptome was recently "removed from the We ...
- Google Says Conviction Of Execs In Italy Is Attack On Internet Freedom
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Google is condemning a Milan court's decision Wednesday to convict three executiv ...