Canadian Privacy Commissioner Tags Google for Medical BT In only her second month on the job, Interim Privacy Commissioner Chantal Bernier took on one of the giants of the Internet – Google. Bernier cited Google for sending targeted ads for medical conditions based on consumer searches which violates Canada’s “Privacy and Online Behavioural Advertising Guidelines”…
WASHINGTON WATCH Patent Reform, Privacy and Copyright Enforcement Congress Approves Patent Reform With Bank Bailout Provision Patent Reform legislation that would change patent approvals from a first to invent to a first to file standard and create a procedure for a post grant review process to challenge bad patents has been sent from Congress to…
Do Not Track Bill Introduced, Browsers Advance The 112th Congress’ privacy legislation derby is expected to have plenty of contestants, Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) has reintroduced his “Best Practices Act,” while Reps. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) and Sen,. John Kerry (D-MA) are each expected to offer bills soon. Stearns recently indicated that…
FTC RELEASES PRIVACY REPORT CALLING FOR DO NOT TRACK OPTION ACTION LIKELY ON PRIVACY IN 2011 The Federal Trade Commission released its much anticipated staff report on privacy following its 2009-2010 privacy round-tables with all attention going to its call for a Do Not Track (“DNT”) System. Unlike earlier DNT proposals which called for…
From 9/21 Cyber Report Last week the Federal Trade Commission announced that beginning on Dec. 7th, it will hold the first in a series of three public round tables to discuss the growth of social networking, cloud computing, online and advertising marketing with a goal towards determining “how best to protect consumer privacy while supporting…
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