- Tough Broadband Privacy Proposal Draws Support From Former FTC Official
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 13, 2016
"No power in the technological history of our nation has been ab ...
- FCC Rejects Senator's Request To Extend Timeline For Privacy Rules
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 10, 2016
FCC Chairman Wheeler has rejected a lawmaker's request to extend the offici ...
- Peter Thiel Drives Gawker Into Bankruptcy
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 10, 2016
Gawker Media said Friday that it has filed for bankruptcy protection a ...
- Newspaper Association Slammed For Anti-Privacy Stance On Ad Blockers
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 10, 2016
The Newspaper Association of America brushed aside Web users' legitimate privacy concer ...
- Senate Delays Email Privacy Bill, Tech Industry Fights Back
Email Marketing Daily, Jess Nelson - Wednesday, June 8, 2016
After unanimously passing the House of Representatives, the Email Privacy Act h ...
- From Posts To Messages -- Are People Turning Their Backs On Public Social?
London Blog, Sean Hargrave - Thursday, June 9, 2016
Social network use is in the early stages of declining while priva ...
- Cable Companies Accused Of Violating Customers' Privacy
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Thursday, June 9, 2016
Public Knowledge, the Center for Digital Democracy, Consumers Union and others alleg ...
- Court Won't Reconsider Privacy Ruling Against Gannett
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 8, 2016
A federal appellate court won't reconsider an earlier ruling that Gannett m ...
- Broadband Providers Step Up Criticism Of Privacy Proposal
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 8, 2016
The CTIA, USTelecom and other industry groups are ratcheting up their fig ...
- The State Of The Ad Biz: A Mess Of Our Own Making
Around the Net in Real-Time, Tobi Elkin - Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Writing on the MediaVillage blog, ad veteran Brian Jacobs says media agenci ...
- Android Users Seek Class-Action Status In Privacy Battle Over App Purchases
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Android users who made purchases from Google's app store are asking ...
- Facebook's Privacy Policy Is Broken
Around The Net in Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 6, 2016
"Facebook’s privacy policy is literally still broken," writes Dave Carroll, associate profess ...
- Attorneys General Urge FCC To Boost Privacy Protections For Unlocked Cable Boxes
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Monday, June 6, 2016
Google and other potential set-top-box manufacturers should make privacy promises to consume ...
- UK Prime Minister's Office Leaks Email Details
Around The Net In EU Email Marketing, Sean Hargrave - Friday, June 3, 2016
The email addresses of hundreds of women registered on a "confidential" databa ...
- Google Urges Judge To Dismiss Claims Over Gmail Privacy
Daily Online Examiner, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 3, 2016
A recent Supreme Court decision involving the online data broker Spokeo entitl ...
- Silicon Valley Says Broadband Privacy Rules Shouldn't Apply To Web Companies
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Friday, June 3, 2016
The Internet Association, which represents Google, Amazon, eBay and others, urges t ...
- 65 Million Tumblr Email Addresses Hacked
Around The Net In EU Email Marketing, Sean Hargrave - Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Personal information from more than 65m Tumblr accounts has been discovered f ...
- Courts Rule That Police Can Obtain Cell Location Data Without Warrant
Around the Net in Mobile, Gavin O'Malley - Wednesday, June 1, 2016
A U.S. appeals court has ruled that police do not need ...
- ISPs Should Obtain Users' Consent To Use 'Content' For Ad Targeting, FTC Says
PolicyBlog, Wendy Davis - Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Internet service providers should obtain consumers' opt-in consent before using a bro ...