TOP STORY: Facebook, Google Stir Privacy Debate, FTC Holds Fire
FACEBOOK, GOOGLE MISSTEPS FUEL PRIVACY DEBATE, WHILE FTC BACKS AWAY FROM REGULATION OF BT Facebook was back in the privacy spotlight after a recent Wall Street Journal investigation found that many of the most popular Facebook applications were sharing user profiles with other advertisers and data firms (as was MySpace but to a more limited degree),…
Congress Watch: Privacy and Online Gambling
Privacy Bill to Address BT and Geo Targeting The long awaited privacy bill from House Internet Subcommittee Chairman Boucher still has not surfaced but reports are that it may require opt-in consent for behavioral targeting. In addition, the bill may address geo-targeting in mobile devices after a recent hearing on the matter in which Rep.…
FTC Privacy Roundtable II
FTC Privacy Roundtable II BT Enforcement Actions in the Works The FTC’s second of three Privacy Roundtables was held on International Data Privacy Day (or January 28th to most of us) and the FTC was struggling with how to give the consumer greater control or awareness over the use of his/her data. David Vladeck, head…
Top Stories of 2009
TOP STORIES OF 2009 ZERO HOUR APPROACHING ON PRIVACY; NINTH CIRCUIT SHUTS DOOR TO LITIGATION MILLS & NEGATIVE OPTION CRACK DOWN Zero Hour on Privacy Throughout the year, the FTC ratcheted up the rhetoric that action was imminent if the online advertising industry did not move to provide greater privacy safeguards for behavioral targeting. The year ended with…
FTC Privacy Roundtable Background And Summary
Background and Summary of December 7th FTC Privacy Roundtable. Click here to see slides.
Privacy Update
The FTC has released the agenda of the first of three public “Exploring Privacy” roundtables to be held on December 7th at the FTC Conference Center and announced that the second roundtable will be held on January 28th at UC Berkeley Law School.
Cyber Report 