- Google Settles Buzz Class-Action Privacy Suit
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Google has agreed to pay $8.5 million to settle a privacy class-acti ...
- Opt-Out Man: The Summer Catch-Up Tour
Data and Targeting Insider, Steve Smith - Friday, September 3, 2010
As the controversies surrounding digital privacy become more public, the responses ...
- Consumer Watchdog Pushes For Do-Not-Track List
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, September 3, 2010
As part of a new initiative to lobby Congress to create ...
- The Inconvenient Truth... About Consumer Privacy
Online Spin, Cory Treffiletti - Wednesday, September 1, 2010
The last few weeks have seen a lot of press surrounding t ...
- Litigants May Have To 'Like' Facebook Feature Despite Calif. Law Cited
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, August 30, 2010
A new lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly violating a California law banni ...
- 'Creepy' Ad Retargeting Revisited
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, August 30, 2010
The New York Times takes look at "personalized retargeting" -- ...
- FTC Closes LimeWire Privacy Probe Without Taking Action
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, August 30, 2010
In February, the Federal Trade Commission warned a host of businesses, loc ...
- Your Born Identity
Performance Marketing Insider, Janel (Landis) Laravie - Friday, August 27, 2010
Two weeks ago, I read a provocative statement made by Google C ...
- Has Facebook Checked In With Another Privacy Flub?
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, August 20, 2010
Facebook's launch of location-based services, Places, has set off a new rou ...
- Teacher Schooled In Facebook Privacy Policy
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, August 19, 2010
Facebook's share-everything-with-everyone default settings appear to have blindsided ex-teacher June Talvitie-Siple, w ...
- Judge Allows Amazon Users To Fight To Keep Identities From North Carolina Department Of Revenue
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Giving a boost to some North Carolina Amazon users, a judge h ...
- NJ Police Create Facebook Perp Walk
The Social Graf, Erik Sass - Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Here's another one for the "bound to happen eventually" file: It see ...
- Schmidt: Kiss Your Name Goodbye
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Google CEO Eric Schmidt thinks 18-year-olds will one day be able ...
- Google's Privacy 'Fix' Evades Real Issues
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Many Internet industry insiders and observers are attempting to seriously address t ...
- After FTC Weighs In, Judge Allows Subscriber Data Collected By Now Bankrupt XY Magazine To Be Destroyed
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, August 12, 2010
A bankruptcy judge has agreed to allow the defunct XY Magazine, aim ...
- Privacy Baked In From The Beginning
Online Spin, Dave Morgan - Thursday, August 12, 2010
Many in the industry have been taking a lot of reactive ...
- Do You Really Think Online Privacy Exists?
Data and Targeting Insider, Laurie Sullivan - Wednesday, August 11, 2010
"At one time I was a big believe in the old stateme ...
- Google Torn Over Personal Data Use
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, August 10, 2010
The Wall Street Journal has obtained a "confidential," seven-page Google "visi ...
- Journal Throws in the Towel on Online Ad Revenue
Online Media Daily, George Simpson - Friday, August 6, 2010
You would have to have been living under a rock not ...
- Legislators Question Web Companies' Privacy Practices
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, August 5, 2010
Two senior lawmakers are questioning AOL, Yahoo, MSN and other Web compani ...
- Study: Dramatic Rise In College Students Tweaking Facebook Privacy Settings
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Frequent assertions that young people no longer care about privacy to t ...
- More on Foursquare and Gender (It's the Privacy, Stupid)
The Social Graf, Erik Sass - Tuesday, August 3, 2010
I hate having to admit that I'm wrong, so I'm not goi ...
- WSJ Tracking Story Riles Industry, Arms Privacy Advocates
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, August 2, 2010
Last year, Pace University computer science professor Cathy Dwyer reported that ...
- Major Companies Download Data From Public Facebook Profiles
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Thom Forbes - Friday, July 30, 2010
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- Facebook Users Who Sued Over Privacy Setting Changes Drop Case
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 29, 2010
A group of four Facebook users who
sued the site earli ...
- Mr. Zuck Goes to Washington
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Thursday, July 29, 2010
A right of passage for any young mogul, Facebook chief exec Ma ...
- Google Didn't Collect 'Meaningful' Personal Information From WiFi Users In U.K.
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, July 29, 2010
Authorities in the U.K.'s Information Commissioner's Office say that Google gathered on ...
- Shhhh! Google's Listening
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Ever wonder how often your personal information is sent to Google's serve ...
- FTC Considers Do-Not-Track List
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, July 27, 2010
The Federal Trade Commission is considering proposing a do-not-track mechanism that wou ...
- Media Companies, Quantcast Face Privacy Lawsuit About Flash Cookies
Online Media Daily, - Tuesday, July 27, 2010
A group of Web users have sued Quantcast, ABC, MySpace, ESPN, Hul ...