- Franken Chairs New Senate Tech Subcommittee
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 14, 2011
Outspoken Net neutrality proponent Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) will lead a n ...
- Privacy 'Track' Bill Draws Key Support
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 11, 2011
Privacy advocates are cheering an online privacy bill unveiled on Friday th ...
- Browser Solutions: The Geeks Rush In
Data and Targeting Insider, Steve Smith - Friday, February 11, 2011
Opt-Out Man may have to go in for a name change soo ...
- California Court Rules ZIP Codes ARE Personal ID Info
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, February 11, 2011
When Jessica Pineda checked out via credit card at a Williams-Sonoma sto ...
- Web Companies' Do-Not-Track Mechanisms Far From Foolproof
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 10, 2011
The Federal Trade Commission recently called on Web companies to create ...
- Lawmaker Readies Do-Not-Track Proposal
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 8, 2011
A new privacy bill that includes authorization for do-not-track regulations could ...
- North Carolina Agrees To Stop Asking For Names Of E-Commerce Purchasers
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 9, 2011
To resolve a privacy lawsuit brought by Amazon and the ACLU, t ...
- Judge Hands Spokeo A Victory In Privacy Lawsuit
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, February 7, 2011
Online data aggregator and broker Spokeo has come in for criticism ...
- Lawmakers Question Facebook About Plan To Share Users' Contact Info
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, February 3, 2011
Facebook recently sparked a wave of criticism when it announced in ...
- ISP-Based Targeting Company Argues For Tech-Neutral Rules
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, February 1, 2011
The start-up Kindsight, which plans to roll out a form of behavior ...
- Ad Nets Ignore Do-Not-Track At Their Own Peril
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, February 2, 2011
The prospect of an easy-to-use browser-based opt-out for behavioral advertising advanced th ...
- Deal Allows Google To Keep Users' WiFi Data Confidential
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 31, 2011
The Connecticut Attorney General has agreed that Google need not turn ov ...
- Industry Groups Argue Against Regs Based On Fair Information Practice Principles
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 28, 2011
Fair Information Practice Principles are a "useful tool" when analyzing online privac ...
- Have Web Sites Cut Back On Flash Cookies?
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 31, 2011
Some Web companies are still using Flash cookies to recreate HTTP cooki ...
- Burst Taps Evidon For 'You-Are-Being-Tracked' Icons
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Ad network Burst Media has tapped the privacy compliance company Evidon ...
- Privacy Advocates: Commerce Department's Call For Self-Regulation Falls Flat
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 27, 2011
The Department of Commerce recently issued a privacy report recommending that onli ...
- Breached Facebook Broaches Security
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, January 26, 2011
A day after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's fan page was hacked, a ...
- Will Ad Networks Be As Supportive Of Mozilla And Google Do-Not-Track Tools As FTC Is?
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 24, 2011
The Federal Trade Commission is cheering Mozilla's plans for a new featu ...
- Mozilla, Google Offer Do-Not-Track Buttons
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Monday, January 24, 2011
Sure to shake the online advertising ecosystem, Mozilla has unveiled do-not-track technolog ...
- Ad Groups Granted Extension To Comment On Do-Not-Track
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Friday, January 21, 2011
At the request of a coalition of industry groups, the Federal Tra ...
- Will Consumers Take Charge of Their Own Privacy?
Data and Targeting Insider, Steve Smith - Friday, January 21, 2011
One of the slipperiest parts of the online privacy issue is understandi ...
- Ads In Bank Statements: Latest Targeting Controversy
Marketing Daily, Karlene Lukovitz - Wednesday, January 19, 2011
The new channel -- a moneymaker for banks that's reportedly working extreme ...
- Digital Advertising Alliance Icons Move Forward With TRUSTe
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Thursday, January 20, 2011
The ad industry's self-regulatory privacy initiative is advancing this week, with addition ...
- ANA Asks Marketers To Comply With Self-Regulatory Privacy Standards
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Faced with federal regulators' calls for a do-not-track mechanism as well ...
- Facebook Phones In Privacy Change
Around the Net In Online Marketing, Gavin O'Malley - Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Before users and privacy advocates had the chance to mount a full-sca ...
- Facebook's Latest Privacy Flub: Letting App Developers Access Users' Contact Info
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, January 17, 2011
Once again, Facebook is rolling out a new feature that seems a ...
- Raising Disclosure's Digital Profile
Marketing Daily, Rosanna Fiske - Friday, January 14, 2011
Buzzwords abound in the marketing, public relations and advertising industries. But o ...
- Facebook Argues That Personally Identifiable Data Leaks Do Not Violate Wiretap Laws
Online Media Daily, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Facebook is asking a federal judge to dismiss a class-action lawsuit allegi ...
- One Step For Privacy: Adobe To Develop Product To Delete Flash Cookies
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, January 12, 2011
In a move aimed at improving users' ability to control their onli ...
- Patriotic Undies: Scan This
Around the Net In Brand Marketing, Karl Greenberg - Monday, January 3, 2011
Attorney Marcus Carey started an apparel line last month that sells clothi ...