|
Date |
Article Title |
Publication |
Author |
Synopsis |
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1/23/2012 |
Federal Trade Commission,
Consumer Financial Protection
Bureau Pledge to Work Together
to Protect Consumers |
Federal Trade Commission |
Federal Trade Commission |
The Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) and Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau (CFPB) have
signed an agreement to work
together to protect consumers in
an effort to eliminate
duplication of efforts. |
|
1/19/2012 |
For Online Privacy, Click Here |
New York Times |
Tanzina Vega |
The Digital Advertising Alliance
(DAA) unveiled a campaign
designed to raise awareness
about targeted advertising. |
|
1/14/2012 |
Tech firms' privacy measures may
get FTC scrutiny |
San Francisco Chronicle |
Casey Newton |
After last year's settlements
with Google, Facebook and
Twitter, in 2012 the Federal
Trade Commission (FTC) is
expected to expand its probe
into online consumer
privacy--with a focus on mobile
products and services. |
|
1/13/2012 |
Privacy expert adds "Do Not
Track" to Google Chrome |
PC Pro |
Stewart Mitchell |
Privacy expert Jonathan Mayer of
Stanford University has released
a do-not-track extension for
Google's Chrome browser allowing
users to opt out of tracking by
targeted advertising companies. |
|
1/10/2012 |
Privacy rights activists worry
about potential abuse of
high-tech devices featured at
CES event |
Washington Post |
Cecilia Kang |
Jules Polonetsky discusses the
privacy challenges that come
with the new breed of "smart"
devices and appliances. |
|
12/12/2011 |
Opposing view: Better ways to
protect consumer privacy |
USA Today |
Daniel Castro |
Daniel Castro, senior analyst
with the think-tank Information
Technology and Innovation
Foundation, says that proposed
do-not-track regulation
represents a "net loss for
consumers." |
|
11/1/2011 |
Google Aims to Answer the ‘Why?’
Behind Ad Targeting |
Wall Street Journal |
Tom Loftus |
Google has released a new
feature to explain why Google
search and Gmail users have been
targeted by advertisements and
allow them to opt out of such
ads from future search page
results. |
|
10/28/2011 |
Rockefeller Asks Credit Card
Companies About Behavioral
Targeting Plans |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) is
questioning two credit card
companies on reports that the
companies plan to combine
information on consumer
purchases and online activity to
better serve targeted ads. |
|
10/25/2011 |
Using Credit Cards to Target Web
Ads |
Wall Street Journal |
Emily Steel |
A report on plans by the world's
two largest credit card networks
to move into the online
behavioral advertising business. |
|
10/19/2011 |
Privacy organizations file FTC
complaint against PepsiCo |
Direct Marketing News |
Juan Martinez |
A group of privacy and consumer
advocates has filed a joint
complaint to the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) alleging
PepsiCo and its subsidiary
Frito-Lay North America
exercised unfair and deceptive
practices during a recent
digital marketing campaign aimed
at teenagers. |
|
10/17/2011 |
Mobile Marketing Assn. Issues
App Privacy Guidelines |
Online Media Daily |
Mark Walsh |
The Mobile Marketing Association
(MMA) has released privacy
guidelines to provide app
developers with a set of best
practices for creating and
maintaining privacy policies. |
|
10/13/2011 |
Verizon tweaks privacy policy
for ad targeting based on
physical address |
ZDNet |
Larry Dignan |
Verizon is altering its privacy
policy to allow advertisers to
target customers based on their
physical address. |
|
10/7/2011 |
Congressional Privacy Hawks
Target Verizon Ad Program |
ClickZ |
Kate Kaye |
Reps. Ed Markey (D-MA) and Joe
Barton (R-TX) have sent a letter
to the heads of Verizon and
Verizon Wireless asking them to
clarify how users' personal
information will be disclosed to
third parties in its new
geotargeting ad campaign. |
|
10/6/2011 |
Important Information Regarding
the Right of Borders Customers
to Opt Out of Transfer of
Personal Information to Barnes
and Noble |
Federal Trade Commission |
Federal Trade Commission |
The Federal Trade Commission is
reminding Borders Group
customers that they have until
October 15 to decide what they
want done with their personal
information. |
|
9/9/2011 |
W3C announces web-tracking
privacy protection group |
The Register |
Kelly Fiveash |
The World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C) recently announced its
Tracking Protection Working
Group. |
|
9/9/2011 |
Web Paths Are Personal Data Says
Consumer Group |
PC World |
Jennifer Baker |
In a letter to the U.S. Federal
Trade Commission and Europe's
Article 29 Working Party, an
international consumer group has
asked that both regulatory
bodies not accept the
self-regulation of online
behavioral advertising. |
|
9/1/2011 |
Ad industry's do-not-track plan
blasted by consumer groups |
USA Today |
Byron Acohido |
Advocacy groups are going on the
record against an online
advertising industry
do-not-track mechanism. |
|
8/23/2011 |
Privacy Advocates Ask FTC To
Condemn New Tracking Methods |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
Digital rights advocates are
asking the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) to draft
recommendations for the use of
online tracking technologies in
its revised advertising
guidelines. |
|
8/22/2011 |
FTC commissioner calls for new
'do not track' approach |
Cnet News |
Declan McCullagh |
FTC Commissioner J. Thomas Rosch
said the agency should
investigate online advertisers
prior to regulating how
companies collect users'
information. |
|
8/19/2011 |
Apple Shuns Tracking Tool |
Wall Street Journal |
Yukari Iwatani Kane |
Software developers who build
programs for Apple's operating
system have been asked by the
company to avoid using unique
device identifiers (UDID) in
software for its iPhones and
iPads. |
|
8/16/2011 |
NARC To Start Enforcing Privacy
Principles |
Daily Online Examiner |
Wendy Davis |
The Better Business Bureau's
National Advertising Review
Council (NARC) is going to
enforce privacy principles for
online behavioral targeting. |
|
8/11/2011 |
Site Offers Prizes to Users,
Providing Useful Data to
Advertisers |
New York Times |
Andrew Adam Newman |
Since the new website Loffles
was launched on June 27, more
than 3,400 users have registered
to watch video ads with the
chance to win prizes of their
choosing. |
|
8/3/2011 |
Web tracking has become a
privacy time bomb |
USA Today |
Byron Acohido |
A report on the rise in online
tracking for behavioral
advertising and the subsequent
challenges tracking poses to
personal privacy. |
|
7/21/2011 |
Groupon Should Make Privacy
Promises, Reps. Markey, Barton
Say |
Bloomberg |
Juliann Francis |
In light of reports that Groupon
will expand its data sharing
practices, Reps. Joe Barton
(R-TX) and Ed Markey (D-MA) have
written a letter to the
company's chief executive
officer asking how it will
protect its customers' data. |
|
7/19/2011 |
FTC Chief Says Consumers Should
Control Their Data on Social
Networks |
AdAge Digital |
Edmund Lee |
When it comes to social
networks, the debate over who
owns user profiles continues,
says David Vladeck, head of the
FTC's Bureau of Consumer
Protection. |
|
7/14/2011 |
Lawmakers push for children’s
online privacy law |
Washington Post |
Cecilia Kang |
Amidst proposals for
do-not-track legislation and a
recent study showing that some
online companies are not
complying with self-regulatory
standards, Rep. Anna Eshoo
(D-CA) suggests that focusing on
children's privacy may be the
way forward. |
|
7/11/2011 |
Online Consumers Willing to Pay
Premium for Net Privacy |
ScienceBlog |
|
A new study has found that
consumers are willing to pay
more for purchases from online
vendors "with clear, protective
privacy policies." |
|
6/8/2011 |
IPv6 To Profile Behavior |
Behavioral Insider |
Laurie Sullivan |
Hundreds of companies have began
testing the next-generation
Internet address protocol--Ipv6. |
|
4/23/2011 |
Show Us the Data. (It’s Ours,
After All.) |
New York Times |
Richard Thaler |
Consumers should be given the
right to access and use their
own data. |
|
4/20/2011 |
Unlisted number fee a 'privacy
penalty' |
MSNBC |
Bob Sullivan |
MSNBC explores the question of
whether consumers are willing to
pay to protect their privacy in
a feature that looks at one
consumer's $1,000 bill to keep
his phone number unlisted month
after month, year after year. |
|
4/13/2011 |
Plan to enpower consumers via
data free-for-all |
This Is Money |
Tara Evans |
The government has unveiled a
plan to give consumers better
access to data companies hold on
them. |
|
4/4/2011 |
Birth Of The Privacy Tax |
Forbes |
Adam Thierer |
Web surfers could soon be paying
a "privacy tax" on Internet
sites and for online services
due to the heat advocates are
putting on congress and the
Obama Administration for
increased regulation of online
advertising. |
|
3/21/2011 |
Device Fingerprinting Raises
Privacy Fears |
ClickZ |
Jack Marshall |
Device fingerprinting technology
now allows advertisers to
specifically identify connected
devices such as computers and
smart phones. |
|
3/8/2011 |
Online Privacy: Would you sell
your private information to
advertisers? |
Wall Street Journal |
Gina Cervetti |
As part of its "What They Know"
series on online tracking,
The Wall
Street Journal
is asking readers to weigh in on
the question of whether they
view their personal information
as a commodity worth selling to
advertisers. |
|
3/7/2011 |
TV's Next Wave: Tuning In to You |
Wall Street Journal |
Jessica E. Vascellaro |
As cable and satellite providers
test systems to target ads to
specific households, data
gatherers are compiling
information on what viewers are
watching with such personal data
as prescription records to
"emulate the sophisticated
tracking widely used on people's
personal computers with new
technology that reaches the
living room." |
|
3/7/2011 |
FTC urges ad industry: Take lead
in online privacy issues |
American Statesman |
Brian Gaar |
FTC consumer protection bureau
chief David Vladeck urged
advertisers to adopt a
do-not-track mechanism. |
|
3/4/2011 |
Council to Enforce Online
Tracking Principles |
Wall Street Journal |
Emily Steel |
The Council of Better Business
Bureaus plans to announce it
will start enforcing its program
to make online tracking more
transparent and give consumers
an easy way to opt out. |
|
3/2/2011 |
Device Fingerprinting Could Be
Cookie Killer |
ClickZ |
Jack Marshall |
Several startups are
experimenting with tracking
technologies that could supplant
cookies as behavioral targeting
mechanisms. |
|
2/28/2011 |
IAB Members Must Publicly Affirm
Privacy Principles |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
In the midst of looming online
tracking legislation, the
Interactive Advertising Bureau
(IAB) has voted to require all
its members to sign a new code
of conduct that includes
compliance with the industry's
self-regulatory principles. |
|
2/25/2011 |
PubMatic: Consumers Confused
About Online Tracking |
Online Media Daily |
Laurie Sullivan |
A report on a PubMatic study
that asked about 500 Internet
users how they feel about
advertisers tracking their
online activities. |
|
2/21/2011 |
Privacy By Design: Best
Practices For A TV Industry In
Transition |
Media Post |
Mark Lieberman |
Examining the possibility that
the scrutiny of online
advertising by federal
regulators could potentially
extend to the elevision medium. |
|
1/19/2011 |
Ads In Bank Statements: Latest
Targeting Controversy |
Marketing Daily |
Karlene Lukovitz |
A controversy is brewing over
behavioral ads for big-name
companies showing up in online
bank statements as coming with
"less-than-ideal timing for the
advertising industry, to put it
mildly." |
|
1/18/2011 |
ANA Urges Self-Regulation On
Online Behavioral Ads |
Marketing Daily |
Karl Greenberg |
The Association of National
Advertisers (ANA) is urging its
400 member companies to get
behind the self-regulatory
online behavioral advertising
(OBA) program developed in line
with the FTC's 2009 call for
such an initiative. |
|
1/17/2011 |
Banks allow ads in online
checking accounts |
Washington Post |
Ylan Q. Mui |
A report explores online banking
as the "latest frontier" for
behavioral targeting, exploring
a new practice by financial
institutions to match ads to
their customers' most recent
debit card purchases. |
|
1/17/2011 |
Online behavioral ads continue
to feel the heat |
BtoB Magazine |
Christopher Hosford |
A report on questions of how
online marketing will be
affected if federal regulations
come into place for behavioral
targeting. |
|
1/3/2011 |
Online Privacy: What to Expect
in 2011 |
ClickZ |
Kate Kaye |
A look back at what 2010 meant
for privacy and how that may
change in 2011 as government and
industry each work to resolve
concerns surrounding online
advertising. |
|
12/22/2010 |
FTC’s New Code-Cracker Says Web
Marketers Don’t Need Tracking |
Bloomberg |
Sara Forden |
When it comes to online
marketing, Internet companies
may be able to get more
information about customers
voluntarily than by using Web
tracking, according to incoming
FTC Chief Technology Officer
Edward Felten. |
|
12/22/2010 |
Most Internet Users Willing to
Pay for Privacy |
The Atlantic |
Daniel Indiviglio |
A new Gallup poll has found that
two-thirds of Americans do not
want to receive targeted ads
based on their Web surfing
habits. |
|
12/20/2010 |
Targeted TV Ads Set for Takeoff |
Wall Street Journal |
Suzanne Vranica |
As the FTC, Department of
Commerce and European regulators
continue to scrutinize
behavioral targeting on the Web,
DirecTV has plans to introduce
targeted ads to its 1.9 million
television subscribers in the
coming year. |
|
11/6/2010 |
Tag-Along Marketing |
New York Times |
Joshua Brustein |
The location-based services
industry has had no problem
finding investors. |
|
11/2/2010 |
Companies team to push RFID into
apparel supply chains |
RFID News |
|
Trade associations and
technology companies have come
together to develop guidelines
and standards to support the
push for RFID technology across
the apparel supply chain. |
|
10/24/2010 |
RapLeaf’s Founder on Privacy,
Business |
Wall Street Journal |
Courtney Banks |
Internet tracking company
RapLeaf has been getting quite a
bit of attention in recent days
following an investigation into
social networks sharing user
data with advertisers. |
|
10/22/2010 |
Marketers Can Glean Private Data
on Facebook |
New York Times |
Miguel Helft |
Two recent academic papers
focusing on targeted advertising
found that ads can expose
"sensitive profile information,
like a person's sexual
orientation or religion, even if
the person is sharing that
information only with a small
circle of friends." |
|
10/22/2010 |
Rapleaf is selling your identity |
CNN |
David Goldman |
A report on companies that know
your name, age, hometown, e-mail
address, income and social
networking practices and sell
that information to advertisers. |
|
10/20/2010 |
FTC To Recommend
Self-Regulation, Not New Laws,
Says Commission Member |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
member Julie Brill confirmed
that the FTC's
soon-to-be-released report about
behavioral advertising will not
recommend the enactment of new
laws. |
|
10/11/2010 |
Lawmakers Blast Legalese-Ridden
Privacy Policies |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
Two members of the Congressional
Privacy Caucus have reiterated
concerns that companies might
not be adequately informing
consumers about their
information practices. |
|
10/5/2010 |
Smart Cookies Put Targeted
Online Ads On The Rise |
National Public Radio |
Laura Sydell |
A report on the increasingly
lucrative world of display ads
capable of targeting specific
customers by tracking their
online behaviors. |
|
9/30/2010 |
Industry Coalition Bows
Self-Regulation Info Web Site,
Readies New Trade Organization |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
The Interactive Advertising
Bureau (IAB) and other
advertising groups will soon
launch a new icon to help Web
users understand when behavioral
advertising is occurring. |
|
9/29/2010 |
Web Analysts Push For Privacy
Standards |
Wall Street Journal |
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries |
The Wall Street Journal
interviewed Eric Peterson and
John Lovett of consulting firm
Web Analytics Demystified about
their efforts to create a code
of ethics for Web analysts to
clarify "what this stuff can be
used for, and more importantly,
can't be used for." |
|
9/27/2010 |
After Criticism, Scribd Changes
Privacy Settings |
Daily Online Examiner |
Wendy Davis |
A report on changes that
document-sharing service Scribd
made to its privacy defaults. |
|
9/20/2010 |
Online Behavioral Advertising:
Business Models, Technology and
Legal Issues in Q3 2010 and
Beyond |
IAPP |
Jennifer L. Saunders |
D. Reed Freeman, CIPP, of
Morrison & Foerster LLP, shares
some insights on the future of
online behavioral advertising. |
|
8/29/2010 |
Retargeting Ads Follow Surfers
to Other Sites |
New York Times |
Miguel Helft and Tanzina Vega |
A report on an ad industry
practice known as personalized
retargeting or remarketing,
where Internet users are
followed from site to site by
ads for items they've viewed
online. |
|
8/25/2010 |
FTC Official Wary About Uses Of
Data Beyond Ads |
Tech Daily Dose |
Juliana Gruenwald |
A report on FTC Consumer
Protection Bureau Director David
Vladeck's comments on concerns
that information collected for
advertising purposes could be
used in other ways. |
|
8/17/2010 |
Profits vs. Privacy as
Businesses Mine Consumer Data |
CNBC |
Jon Fortt |
CNBC reports
on retailers' increasing use of
analytics software to turn data
into profits. |
|
8/12/2010 |
Purdue information security
expert: Tracking tags on
products could threaten consumer
privacy |
Chicago Tribune |
Associated Press |
The electronic tracking tags
some retailers are putting in
their products could threaten
consumers' privacy. |
|
7/23/2010 |
Wal-Mart Radio Tags to Track
Clothing |
Wall Street Journal |
Miguel Bustillo |
Walmart will be placing
removable smart tags on
garments. |
|
7/19/2010 |
Apple responds to query about
privacy policy changes |
Cnet News |
Erica Ogg |
The U.S. congressmen who
recently asked Apple to disclose
how the company handles
customers' location information
say they are pleased with the
company's response. |
|
7/16/2010 |
You Want My Personal Data?
Reward Me for It |
New York Times |
Steve Lohr |
Just by using the Internet, we
are supplying the "raw material
that helps generate billions of
dollars a year in online
advertising revenue," Steve Lohr
writes. |
|
7/14/2010 |
Online privacy labels to prevent
shoppers 'selling their souls' |
EU Observer |
Valentina Pop |
A report on the push by EU and
U.S. consumer protection
authorities for transparency in
e-commerce data collection
practices. |
|
6/27/2010 |
Mobile coupons help retailers
track customers |
Washington Post |
Ariana Eunjung Cha |
Many companies have the
technology--and customers'
permission, thanks to the
privacy policies that users
accept routinely without
reading--to track minute details
of people's movements. |
|
6/24/2010 |
To Stem Privacy Abuses, Industry
Groups Will Track Web Trackers |
Wall Street Journal |
Emily Steel |
Stricter self-regulation for
companies that track users'
Internet habits for ad targeting
is set to be launched in the
months ahead. |
|
6/23/2010 |
Apple offers Opt-Out for iAd,
Collects Location Data |
eweek.com |
Clint Boulton |
Apple has updated its iTunes
privacy policy to let users opt
out of its iAd platform. |
|
6/21/2010 |
'Power Eye' Lets Consumers Know
Why That Web Ad Was Sent to Them |
Advertising Age |
Michael Learmonth |
Dozens of major companies will
"pull the veil off their Web
ads." |
|
6/14/2010 |
Smartphone Trackers Raise
Privacy Worries |
Wall Street Journal |
Emily Steel |
As mobile marketing expands on
smartphones and other devices,
there are concerns among U.S.
lawmakers and privacy advocates
over the geolocational
information marketers collect
and how it is used. |
|
6/3/2010 |
Firefox Soon to Dent Behavioral
Advertising?New Plans for Third
Party Cookies. |
The Future of Privacy Forum |
Jules Polonetsky |
Mozilla, creator of Web browser
Firefox, is updating its browser
code to "dramatically change the
handling of third-party
cookies." |
|
5/18/2010 |
Study: Even Moderate Privacy
Regulation Reduces Ad
Effectiveness |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
A study conducted by marketing
professors concludes that even
moderate regulation impacts the
effectiveness of ad targeting. |
|
5/17/2010 |
In Search of the Middle Ground
Between Privacy and Making Money |
ClickZ |
Amy Manus |
The online behavioral targeting
focus in a privacy bill proposed
by Rep. Rick Boucher (D-VA)
relates to what
ClickZ News
columnist Amy Manus calls the
"new 'church and state'--that
fine line between making a buck
and consumer privacy issues." |
|
5/13/2010 |
FTC Chief Hopeful Online Ad Biz
Can Self-Regulate |
Daily Online Examiner |
Wendy Davis |
During a speech in Los Angeles,
FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz
expressed hope in the online
advertising industry's ability
to self-regulate but also
signaled that the FTC may begin
looking at the "harm" factor
differently. |
|
5/12/2010 |
Liebowitz: FTC Not Interested In
Regulating Behavioral Ads |
Multichannel News |
John Eggerton |
At the Cable Show 2010 in Los
Angeles, Federal Trade
Commission Chairman Jon
Leibowitz reiterated his stance
that the commission is not
interested in regulating the
behavioral advertising space "so
long as self-regulation is
making forward progress." |
|
4/30/2010 |
Shoppers Who Can’t Have Secrets |
New York Times |
Natasha Singer |
In the post-privacy society,
technological advances "are far
outpacing personal data
protection." |
|
4/30/2010 |
Privacy Concerns Limit Online
Ads, Study Says |
New York Times |
Steve Lohr |
A survey of marketers has
revealed that privacy fears are
slowing adoption of behavioral
targeting methods. |
|
4/29/2010 |
New Tool Allows Consumers To
Manage Behavioral Targeting
Preferences |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
A new service has now been
unveiled with the aim of giving
marketers the ability to let Web
users decide what type of
targeted advertising they
receive. |
|
4/26/2010 |
My Life, Seen Through the Eyes
of Marketers |
Advertising Age |
Michael Bush |
Another advertising industry
trade publication is examining
the consumer privacy
implications of marketing
efforts, asking readers to
imagine if personal information
ranging from their dates of
birth to their mortgage balances
to their favorite sports teams
could be compiled by marketers
into personal profiles for
targeted advertising. |
|
4/23/2010 |
FTC Chairman on Privacy, Net
Neutrality and the Future of
News |
On The Media |
Bob Garfield |
As Congress considers expanded
rulemaking authority for the
nation's consumer protection
agency, Federal Trade Commission
Chairman Jon Leibowitz discusses
behavioral targeting and other
issues with Bob Garfield. |
|
4/20/2010 |
Why It's Time to Hit the Reset
Button on Trust |
Advertising Age |
Pete Blackshaw |
A feature that suggests
addressing privacy is among the
key components to establishing
and maintaining credibility. |
|
4/19/2010 |
FTC Privacy Review Could Mean
Trouble for Online Marketing |
Advertising Age |
Bob Garfield |
Here are two of a cluster of
articles in this week's privacy
news that seems to reflect
growing anxiety about the
potential for increased
regulation in the online
advertising arena. |
|
4/16/2010 |
More Privacy for Behavioral
Targeting? |
ClickZ |
Amy Manus |
Digital platforms make it easy
to track users based on what
they are reading, where they are
shopping or even whether they
are divorced, married or
expecting a baby. |
|
4/15/2010 |
Marketers Watch as Friends
Interact Online |
Wall Street Journal |
Emily Steel |
A report that major companies
are turning to smaller start-ups
to help them use social
networking data to target their
advertising, and the trend is
raising concerns among privacy
advocates. |
|
4/14/2010 |
Tech Specs Issued For 'You Are
Being Targeted' Icons |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
The Interactive Advertising
Bureau and Network Advertising
Initiative have released
technical standards to accompany
a new icon designed to inform
Internet users about targeted
ads. |
|
4/8/2010 |
Apple’s Plans for iPhone
Location Privacy |
New York Times |
Riva Richmond |
Apple introduced its iAd mobile
advertising platform last week
and previewed the next version
of the iPhone operating system,
which will include features to
help users control their geo
privacy. |
|
4/8/2010 |
Privacy Groups Urge F.T.C. to
Examine Real-Time Ad Auctions |
New York Times |
Stephanie Clifford |
Three privacy groups filed a
complaint with the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) seeking a
review of the practice of
"real-time auctions" for online
advertising slots. |
|
4/8/2010 |
Google, Yahoo and other
companies to be targeted in
complaint to FTC |
Mercury News |
Mike Swift |
The Center for Digital
Democracy, U.S. PIRG and World
Privacy Forum plan to file a
complaint today with the Federal
Trade Commission (FTC)
questioning the tracking and
profiling practices Internet
companies use to target consumer
advertising. |
|
4/8/2010 |
French Ad Retargeting Co. Brings
CPC And Privacy Model To U.S. |
Online Media Daily |
Laurie Sullivan |
The CEO of a Paris-based
retargeting company says its
experience in Europe has given
it a privacy advantage that it
will now introduce to the U.S.
market. |
|
4/6/2010 |
FTC's New Commissioners Create a
Democratic Majority |
Privacy and Information Security
Law Blog |
Hunton & Williams |
Julie Brill and Edith Ramirez
took their oaths of office this
week, bringing the Federal Trade
Commission's roster up to five
and facilitating its new tougher
stance on privacy. |
|
3/26/2010 |
Agencies Test Industry's New
'You Are Being Targeted' Icon |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
Online ad agencies plan to debut
a new behavioral targeting icon
within weeks. |
|
3/24/2010 |
NAI Says Marketers Pay More Than
Twice As Much For Behavioral
Targeting |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
The Network Advertising
Initiative (NAI) has released
study results that show targeted
ads are more valuable than
run-of-network ads. |
|
3/16/2010 |
Ipsos Mendelsohn Reveals Unknown
Practices of Affluent |
Media Daily News |
David Goetzel |
While some in the advertising
industry are warning peers to be
mindful of their practices as
the threat of increased
regulation looms, others are
experimenting with methods that
would be considered privacy
invasive by some. |
|
3/15/2010 |
Exploring Ways to Build a Better
Consumer Profile |
|
Emily Steel |
Consumer research firm Nielsen
and Web data collection company
eXelate Media are forming a new
alliance aimed at creating more
detailed consumer profiles. |
|
3/11/2010 |
Instant Ads Set the Pace on the
Web |
New York Times |
Stephanie Clifford |
A report on Web publishers' use
of real-time bidding, a sales
method that lets advertisers
"examine site visitors one by
one and bid to serve them ads
almost instantly." |
|
3/8/2010 |
Industry prepares for FTC
scrutiny of behavioral ads |
BtoB Magazine |
Christopher Hosford |
A report on two upcoming events
that could impact the behavioral
advertising industry. Next
Monday, several advertisers will
begin using an icon designed to
better inform Web users about
targeted advertisements. |
|
3/4/2010 |
New Faces At FTC Could Spur
Crackdown On Web Privacy |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
The Senate this week confirmed
two new Federal Trade
commissioners, and one is known
for her support of privacy laws. |
|
3/4/2010 |
Brain Scans Could Be Marketing
Tool Of The Future |
Duke University |
Laura Brinn |
Neuromarketing, which uses
advanced scientific tools such
as the functional MRI in an
effort to determine what
consumers like and dislike, has
some wondering if this
product-testing science will
literally allow marketers to
read people's minds. |
|
3/3/2010 |
Ads Posted on Facebook Strike
Some as Off-Key |
New York Times |
Brad Stone |
Reactions to Facebook's
self-service ad system, which
lets advertisers target
promotions to users based on
information they post to their
profiles. |
|
3/1/2010 |
Privacy Group Calls for New
Online Drug Ad Regs |
National Journal |
Sara Jerome |
The Center for Digital Democracy
is calling for new regulations
on how pharmaceutical companies
market their products. |
|
2/25/2010 |
Start-Up Links 65 Million IP
Addresses To Users, Readies
Targeting Platform |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
In a move that promises to push
the debate on whether IP
addresses should be considered
personally identifiable
information, a behavioral
targeting company says it will
soon launch an ad platform that
is based on users' IP addresses. |
|
2/24/2010 |
Congress Adds Location-Based
Mobile to List of Privacy
Concerns |
ClickZ |
Kate Kaye |
Congress is taking a closer look
at location-based technologies
and their potential impact on
consumer privacy and safety. |
|
2/15/2010 |
Pitching Self-Regulation |
Ad Week |
Mike Shields |
A report on digital media
leaders' efforts to stave off
regulation around online
advertising. |
|
2/9/2010 |
AdMob may win big even as
privacy debate rages |
San Francisco Chronicle |
James Temple |
The potential purchase of a firm
specializing in mobile device
advertising by a popular
Internet search engine has
privacy advocates bringing their
concerns to the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC). |
|
2/4/2010 |
FTC's Privacy Roundtable Series:
What Can Marketers
Expect? |
AdWeek |
Reed Freeman |
With two of its three roundtable
events now complete, it appears
the Federal Trade Commission's
(FTC) new privacy framework
could be one "where greater
transparency and choice
mechanisms will be required as
the privacy risks, including the
risk of identity theft, go up,"
D. Reed Freeman, CIPP, suggests. |
|
1/29/2010 |
FTC's Focus Re Privacy Issues
Emerging |
Marketing Daily |
Karlene Lukovitz |
Following last week's Federal
Trade Commission (FTC) privacy
roundtable event, the FTC is
focusing on the difference
between consumer expectations
and business practices. |
|
1/28/2010 |
Customers Sue ISP For Installing
NebuAd 'Spyware,' Offering
Defective Opt-Outs |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
Two customers have filed
a lawsuit against their
Kansas-based Internet service
provider (ISP) for allegedly
sharing their online information
with a defunct behavioral
targeting company. |
|
1/28/2010 |
FTC To Silicon Valley: Tech
Companies Should Protect
Consumer Data |
Forbes |
Laurie Burkitt |
The Federal Trade Commission's
Pamela Jones Harbour called on
technology companies to
encourage innovation to come up
with new ways to protect
consumer privacy at the FTC
privacy roundtable at the UC
Berkeley School of Law. |
|
1/26/2010 |
A
Little ‘i’ to Teach About Online
Privacy |
New York Times |
Stephanie Clifford |
The Future of Privacy Forum will
today introduce an icon designed
to help advertisers better
inform consumers about the
methods behind their online ads. |
|
1/25/2010 |
Rest Assured, Citizen: Privacy
Gets a RoboCop |
Media Post |
Steve Smith |
In an interview with
MediaPost's
Behavioral Insider,
Better Advertising's Scott Meyer
said that, in order for the
online advertising industry to
demonstrate to consumers,
businesses and the Federal Trade
Commission that self-regulation
works, there needs to be an
automated process for verifying
compliance with best practices. |
|
1/22/2010 |
Retail Firms Drop Controversial
Online Sales Tactic |
Tech Daily Dose |
Juliana Gruenwald |
Eight online retailers have
announced they will no longer
allow third-party marketing
firms to offer discount
memberships that result in
retailers sharing consumers'
credit and debit card
information without their
knowledge. |
|
1/20/2010 |
Microsoft: Privacy, Data, Ad
Targeting Hit Crossroads In 2010 |
Media Post |
Laurie Sullivan |
Jeff Lanctot, Microsoft's
managing director of advertiser
and publisher solutions, told
MediaPost's
Behavioral Insider
that, after a rancorous 2009,
2010 will be a year when many
questions related to behavioral
targeting (BT) and online
marketing will be defined and
answered. |
|
1/18/2010 |
Privacy & Consumer Protection:
What to Expect in 2010 |
Bank Info Security |
|
Lydia Parnes, former Director of
Consumer Protection for the
Federal Trade Commission, in a
podcast for
BankInfoSecurity,
offered her predictions for what
to expect of the FTC in 2010. |
|
1/14/2010 |
Flash Cookies Could Become
Hot-Button Privacy Issue |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
The growing use of cookie-like
local shared objects--also known
as Flash cookies--may force
regulators to draft new
restrictions if the technology
is used to override consumer
preferences and track their
browsing habits. |
|
1/12/2010 |
Consumer protection agencies
need privacy definitions |
The Hill |
Ari Schwartz |
Center for Democracy and
Technology Vice President and
COO Ari Schwartz says he
believes consumer protection
agencies need standardized
language in order to clarify
consumer complaints. |
|
1/12/2010 |
Under New Captain, FTC Trims
Sails For Speed |
Marketing Daily |
Karl Greenberg |
Statements made by a Federal
Trade Commission (FTC) official
during a discussion at the law
firm Venable LLC, send a strong
signal that, under new
management, industry can expect
the agency to be much more
aggressive this year on issues
such as privacy and advertising
to children. |
|
1/11/2010 |
F.T.C.: Has Internet Gone Beyond
Privacy Policies? |
New York Times |
Stephanie Clifford |
Top Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) officials suggested that
the Internet has evolved past
privacy policies and that when
it comes to online privacy, we
might be moving to a
post-disclosure era. |
|
1/11/2010 |
Protecting consumer privacy
online |
The Hill |
Randall Rothenberg |
In an opinion essay published in
The Hill,
Randall Rothenberg, president
and CEO of the Interactive
Advertising Bureau, says
proposed legislation aimed at
protecting consumer privacy
online will have a detrimental
effect on the Internet as a
commercial conduit by placing
the burden of privacy protection
on individual Web sites through
a strict opt-in model. |
|
1/4/2010 |
2010 Will Be a Decisive Year for
Ad Privacy and Regulation |
ClickZ |
Jack Marshall |
Regulatory scrutiny in the
online ad space will continue
and 2010 will be a decisive year
for behavioral targeting. |
|
12/7/2009 |
Yahoo Privacy Tool Lets You
Control Ad Tracking |
PC Magazine |
Chloe Albanesius |
Yahoo this week announced the
addition of advertising tracking
controls to its suite of privacy
tools. |
|
12/7/2009 |
FTC Grapples With Privacy At
Roundtable With Industry
Professionals, Privacy
Advocates, Academics |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
In a roundtable with industry
leaders and consumer advocates
this week, Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) member Pamela
Jones Harbour said "The United
States needs comprehensive
privacy legislation" to address
concerns with behaviorally
targeted advertising. |
|
12/3/2009 |
IAB: 'Advertising Is Creepy' |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
The Interactive Advertising
Bureau launched an online
campaign aimed at educating
consumers about targeted
advertising. |
|
12/3/2009 |
Seeking a Symbol for ‘This Ad
Knows About You’ |
New York Times |
Saul Hansell |
The Future of Privacy Forum
(FPF), with the help of
advertising conglomerate WPP,
has come up with an assortment
of symbols intended to help Web
users understand when their
activities are being tracked for
the purpose of customized
advertising. |
|
12/3/2009 |
Website invading your privacy?
Bookmark it (and alert the FTC) |
ARS Technica |
Nate Anderson |
As part of its new 'Take Back
Your Privacy Campaign," the
Center for Democracy and
Technology (CDT), has released a
browser tool that Internet users
can employ to flag privacy
problems. |
|
11/30/2009 |
Centrist Group Calls for Laws
Curbing Online Tracking |
Wired |
Ryan Singel |
The Center for Democracy and
Technology (CDT), a leading
privacy advocacy organization,
is poised to release a strong
rebuke of current efforts to
manage online privacy and a
concurrent campaign to push for
federal privacy legislation. |
|
11/17/2009 |
Einstein 3 Privacy Concerns
Voiced |
GovInfoSecurity |
Eric Chabrow |
Lawmakers are considering the
privacy implications of online
and offline advertising. |
|
11/17/2009 |
Study: Consumers Equate BT With
'Privacy Harm' |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon
University have released the
results of a qualitative survey
on behavioral advertising that
suggest consumers view the
practice as a "privacy harm." |
|
11/8/2009 |
Advertisers face resistance to
on-line tracking |
Google |
Daniel Silva |
Among the many developments
coming out of last week's 31st
International Conference of Data
Protection and Privacy
Commissioners in Madrid, the
world's privacy leaders have
agreed to implement steps aimed
at curbing the rate and volume
of data collected about
consumers online. |
|
10/26/2009 |
Are retailers going too far
tracking our Web habits? |
USA Today |
Jayne O'Donnell |
The ongoing debate about
behavioral
targeting--advertisers' use of
Internet users' browsing
activities for serving relevant
promotions. |
|
10/13/2009 |
Judge Dismisses Case Against
ISPs That Worked With Closed
NebuAd |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
U.S. District Court Judge
Thelton Henderson has dismissed
a privacy lawsuit targeting six
ISPs for their association with
now defunct behavioral
advertising firm NebuAd on the
grounds that California has no
jurisdiction over the companies. |
|
10/7/2009 |
Online ads: Big Brother or
customer service? |
Reuters |
Basil Katz |
In spite of the Federal Trade
Commission's recent decision to
allow the industry to
self-regulate, it appears
Congress is prepared to pass
legislation addressing data
collection and use by online
advertisers. |
|
10/5/2009 |
Study: All ages concerned with
privacy issues |
BizReport |
Kristina Knight |
BizReport
covers the university study
which reveals that, regardless
of age, the majority of
respondents don't want tailored
content if it means they would
be tracked via the internet. |
|
10/2/2009 |
Big Brother is watching you shop |
BBC News |
Michael Fitzpatrick |
A report on advertisers'
eagerness to hone targeting
abilities using biometrics and
camera-laden advertisements,
among other emerging
technologies. |
|
10/2/2009 |
FTC's Vladeck: No 8-Track
Policies in Ipod World |
Daily Online Examiner |
Wendy Davis |
FTC consumer protection bureau
chief David Vladeck reiterated
his stance on behavioral
targeting at an NYU Law School
privacy workshop on Friday. |
|
10/1/2009 |
Web surfers say no to tailored
ads, study found |
San Francisco Chronicle |
Alejandro Martinez-Cabrera |
A report on the results of the
first national survey of
Americans' attitudes toward
behavioral targeting. |
|
9/29/2009 |
Two-Thirds of Americans Object
to Online Tracking, Study Says |
New York Times |
Stephanie Clifford |
The results of what is believed
to be the first independent
nationally representative
telephone survey on behavioral
advertising were released and
the findings indicate that
two-thirds of Americans object
to online tracking. |
|
9/24/2009 |
The Looming Battle Over Targeted
Ads |
Forbes |
Evan Hessel |
Evan Hessel says Web users and
marketers should expect the
debate over Web ad privacy to
intensify. |
|
9/8/2009 |
OpenTV Opens Way to Behavioral
Advertising on the TV |
PC World |
Mikael Ricknas |
A report that OpenTV, a
television measurement platform
provider, will extend its
platform to third parties in
hopes developers will create
"next-generation set-top boxes"
that track viewing behaviors. |
|
9/4/2009 |
FTC Urges FCC To Consider
Behavioral Targeting in
Broadband Plan |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
The Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) has recommended that the
Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) consider the
privacy issues associated with
behavioral targeting when
creating its national broadband
plan. |
|
9/1/2009 |
Privacy Advocates Push for New
Legislation |
New York Times |
Stephanie Clifford |
A who's who of consumer and
privacy groups launched a
concerted push for behavioral
targeting legislation. |
|
9/1/2009 |
Planned privacy law may hamper
online ad industry |
Wall Street Journal |
John Letzing |
A spokesperson for Rep. Bobby
Rush (D-IL) has confirmed that
the Congressman's staff is
drafting a bill related to
online advertising and that an
"opt in" requirement will be
part of it. |
|
8/28/2009 |
Consumer Groups Launching Online
Privacy Push |
Broadcasting & Cable |
John Eggerton |
Consumer groups and privacy
advocates will launch a push for
government oversight of
behavioral advertising. |
|
8/24/2009 |
Do consumers care about web
privacy? |
Advertising Age |
Abbey Klaassen |
The advertising network
Fetchback compared the rate of
users' opt outs before and after
it began offering a link to more
information about the ads,
finding that slightly fewer
users opted out when given more
information about the ad
modules. |
|
8/19/2009 |
Business Leaders Must Take
Control of the Privacy
Discussion |
Advertising Age |
Gunnar Brune |
Business leaders must drive the
privacy discussion on targeted
advertising. |
|
8/17/2009 |
Outspoken Privacy Advocate Joins
FTC |
Wired |
Kim Zetter |
The U.S. Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) has hired an
outspoken privacy advocate to a
one-year, part-time position in
its Bureau of Consumer
Protection. |
|
8/14/2009 |
Mobile Advertising More Personal
In 2020 |
Online Media Daily |
Mark Walsh |
A new OgilvyOne report predicts
that by the year 2020, mobile
device users will choose the
types of targeted ads they
receive, and an opt-in model for
receiving mobile ads will be
standard. |
|
8/4/2009 |
David Vladeck's Fresh Views at
Agency Overseeing Online Ads |
New York Times |
Stephanie Clifford |
The new Consumer Protection
Bureau chief for the Federal
Trade Commission (FTC) says
current online ad industry
privacy frameworks "are no
longer sufficient." |
|
8/2/2009 |
The FTC Takes On Targeted Web
Ads |
Business Week |
Douglas MacMillan |
BusinessWeek
reports on Federal Trade
Commission Chairman Jon
Leibowitz's growing impatience
with what he views as a lack of
significant progress on the
marketing industry's attempts to
self-regulate when it comes to
behavioral advertising. |
|
7/30/2009 |
Ads Follow Web Users, and Get
Deeply Personal |
New York Times |
Stephanie Clifford |
A report on the
behind-the-scenes linking of
online and offline data that
lets marketers and advertisers
deliver uber-personalized
advertisements. |
|
7/30/2009 |
There's a price to pay in lost
privacy for all that free stuff
on the Internet |
Vancouver Sun |
Mitch Joel |
E-commerce aside, the costs of
online engagement are
inconspicuous. |
|
7/14/2009 |
Yahoo Develops Mobile Opt Out |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
Yahoo will let mobile users opt
out of tailored advertising. |
|
7/12/2009 |
The paradox of privacy |
New York Times |
Eric Pfanner |
The New
York Times
explores how recent news events
highlight the relationship
between "privacy and control,"
and how it can complicate our
online dealings. |
|
7/6/2009 |
Four Privacy Protections the
Online Ad Industry Left Out |
New York Times |
Saul Hansell |
The online advertising industry
released new standards for
collecting and using data
collected from Web users. |
|
7/6/2009 |
Differing definitions of
'sensitive data' |
BusinessWeek |
Douglas MacMillan |
The online advertising industry
released new self-regulatory
guidelines.
A BusinessWeek blog
examines the industry's proposed
definition of "sensitive data,"
which some feel is too broad. |
|
7/1/2009 |
Industry Tightens Its Stantdards
for Tracking Web Surfers |
New York Times |
Stephanie Clifford |
Advertising industry trade
groups will release a report
today outlining new
self-regulatory guidelines for
behavioral targeting. |
|
6/25/2009 |
The Political Ad Practice
Insiders Want to Keep Secret |
ClickZ |
Kate Kaye |
Depending on your political
persuasion and certain other
factors, in the future, your
presence in the area of a
candidate's political rally
might result in the delivery of
an ad to your mobile phone
encouraging you to attend. |
|
6/25/2009 |
Web Privacy Efforts Targeted |
Wall Street Journal |
|
Advertising groups will announce
new self-regulatory guidelines
for online marketing in the
coming weeks. |
|
6/23/2009 |
FTC: BT Privacy Strategies 'Not
Working' |
Online Daily Examiner |
Wendy Davis |
Two Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) officials discussed online
advertising practices at an
American Bar Association
conference recently. |
|
6/22/2009 |
Cable venture suspends first
ads, citing technical issues |
News Day |
Associated Press |
Canoe Ventures has suspended
plans to begin trialing its
targeting advertising product,
citing technical concerns. |
|
6/19/2009 |
Lawmakers Blast Internet Data
Collection |
Wall Street Journal |
Amy Schatz |
At a joint hearing, legislators
from House Energy and Commerce
subcommittees pressed Internet
companies on their behavioral
targeting practices. |
|
6/18/2009 |
Internet Marketing: Is
Regulation Coming? |
Business Week |
Douglas MacMillan |
A
BusinessWeek
report explores the Congress
hearing on Web companies'
behavioral targeting practices
and touches on the results of a
university study showing the
pervasiveness of behavioral
targeting tools. |
|
6/16/2009 |
Congress to Griill Web Companies
Thursday |
Daily Online Examiner |
Wendy Davis |
The House Subcommittee on
Communications, Technology and
the Internet and the
Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade,
and Consumer Protection will
hold a joint hearing to discuss
cookies-based behavioral
advertising. |
|
6/15/2009 |
Hunch wants you to give it some
ideas |
Los Angeles Times |
David Sarno |
A New York company, Hunch.com,
will tailor answers to
consumer-generated questions
using user-supplied and
microdemographic data. |
|
6/10/2009 |
Internet Ad Group: Pols should
be careful with privacy rules |
PC World |
Grant Gross |
The Interactive Advertising
Bureau (IAB) wants lawmakers to
consider the scope of the
Internet economy when
considering tighter restrictions
on certain online advertising
practices. |
|
6/3/2009 |
Microsoft, Google Cautiously
Endorse Privacy Bill |
InternetNews.com |
Kenneth Corbin |
During a panel discussion about
online advertisers' behavioral
targeting practices at the
Computers, Freedom and Privacy
conference in Washington, DC ,
top lawyers for two behavioral
advertisers expressed their
support for privacy legislation
and more industry
self-regulation. |
|
6/3/2009 |
Opting out of Targeted Ads Too
Hard, Privacy Advocates Say |
PC World |
Grant Gross |
That opting-out of targeted
advertising is difficult was a
point panelists and audience
members agreed upon during a
discussion on behavioral
targeting at the Computers,
Freedom and Privacy conference
in Washington, DC. |
|
6/2/2009 |
White House Aide Warns Online
Advertisers To Be Monitored |
Wall Street Journal |
|
A senior aide to President
Barack Obama said that the
administration will keep a close
watch on the practices of online
advertisers. |
|
5/21/2009 |
NebuAd Defense Does Way More
Than Rest |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
Last week, behavioral targeting
company NebuAd filed liquidation
papers in a California court.
This week, defense attorneys for
the company asked a San
Francisco federal court to
withdraw them as counsel in a
privacy lawsuit against NebuAd. |
|
5/20/2009 |
Can WPP Demystify Behavioral
Targeting? |
The Daily Online Examiner |
Wendy Davis |
The Future of Privacy Forum
(FPF) has embarked on research
to find effective ways to
communicate with Web users about
online behavioral advertising
practices. |
|
5/18/2009 |
NebuAd Shuts Down |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
Behavioral targeting firm NebuAd
has closed. |
|
5/18/2009 |
Paper: Consumer Data Helps Fuel
Internet Economy |
PC World |
Grant Gross |
The authors of a paper contend
that online data collection and
the practices it feeds are "the
basis for many of the business
models that are fueling the
growth of the Internet." |
|
5/18/2009 |
IAB Issues Social Advertising
Guidelines |
Online Media Daily |
Mark Walsh |
The Interactive Advertising
Bureau (IAB) released guidelines
for social media advertising. |
|
5/15/2009 |
A
"Strong Nudge" from FTC May Lead
to "Draconian Measures" |
ClickZ |
Kate Kaye |
The Federal Trade Commission
continues its push for more
robust standards in the online
advertising arena. |
|
5/12/2009 |
FTC's Leibowitz Opts For BT
Opt-In |
The Daily Online Examiner |
Wendy Davis |
A top regulator thinks companies
should get Web users' consent
before tracking their online
behavior to serve targeted ads. |
|
4/27/2009 |
FTC: "Last chance" for 'Net
advertisers to come to Jesus |
Ars Technica |
Nate Anderson |
The head of the Federal Trade
Commission, Jon Leibowitz, has
just made clear that the online
behavioral advertising business
is "pretty close to its last
clear chance to demonstrate" the
wonders of self-regulation. |
|
4/27/2009 |
AT&T Says It Didn't Lie to
Congress |
InternetNews.com |
Kenneth Corbin |
Telecom giant tries to set the
record straight amid scrutiny
over behavioral targeting after
testimony in a House hearing
last week. |
|
4/24/2009 |
AT&T Sends Mixed Message on
Behavioral Advertising |
IDG via PC World |
Grant Gross |
AT&T's chief privacy officer
told U.S. lawmakers that the
company does not engage in
behavioral advertising, but the
company has apparently used the
controversial technology to sell
its products, according to a
vendor of such services. |
|
4/22/2009 |
AT&T Backs Privacy Rules |
Wall Street Journal |
|
AT&T's chief privacy officer
will be among those testifying
before the House Subcommittee on
Communications, Technology and
the Internet. |
|
4/22/2009 |
Canoe Responds To Suggestions of
Privacy and Antitrust Problems |
Broadcasting & Cable |
John Eggerton |
Canoe Ventures is defending its
move into what it calls
"Community Addressable
Messaging," saying that
suggestions of privacy issues
associated with the practice are
unwarranted. |
|
4/16/2009 |
Wikipedia opts out of Phorm User |
Wired |
Ryan Singel |
Wikipedia has asked behavioral
advertising technology company
Phorm to remove its domain names
from the company's controversial
Webwise service. |
|
4/7/2009 |
Cable's answer to online's ad
success: targeting |
The Associated Press |
|
A consortium of the nation's six
largest cable companies--Canoe
Ventures--will begin delivering
targeted advertisements to
television viewers nationwide
beginning this summer. |
|
4/6/2009 |
FCC Looks Ahead to Net
Neutrality, Privacy |
Internet News |
Kenneth Corbin |
Speaking at the National Cable
and Telecommunications
Association conference, a
Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) representative
suggested that the commission
might become more involved in
the behavioral advertising
debate. |
|
3/25/2009 |
Firms track and sell data on all
your web clicks |
New York Times |
Stephanie Clifford |
A report on the emergence of
virtual cookie
stores--behavioral exchanges
where advertisers can buy
information on Web users'
behavior. |
|
3/24/2009 |
Preventing Fraud Requires
Customer Data Response |
CIO |
Sagi Leizerov |
Up to nine percent of return
transactions involve some form
of fraud or abuse. |
|
3/19/2009 |
An Icon That Says They're
Watching You |
New York Times |
Saul Hansell |
A university professor has
developed a way for companies
that employ behavioral
advertising on their sites to
better communicate this activity
to users. |
|
3/17/2009 |
Broser Add-on Locks out Targeted
Advertising |
PC World |
Jeremy Kirk |
A Harvard fellow has developed a
tool to help Internet users take
a bite out of targeting
advertising. |
|
3/12/2009 |
A
Guide to Google's New Privacy
Controls |
New York Times |
Saul Hansell |
Saul Hansell offers a guide to
the privacy controls of Google's
behavioral advertising platform. |
|
3/11/2009 |
Google to Offer Ads Based on
Interests |
New York Times |
Mighel Helft |
A year after its acquisition of
Doubleclick, Google yesterday
began showing Web surfers
"interest-based ads." |
|
3/10/2009 |
P&G Lawyer Calls Up Industry to
Work at Defending
Self-Regulation |
Advertising Age |
Rupal Parekh |
Speaking at the Association of
National Advertisers'
Advertising Law and Business
Affairs Conference in New York,
former Federal Trade Commission
chairperson Deborah Platt
Majoras said that business needs
to defend self-regulation. |
|
3/4/2009 |
Behavioral Targeting: Not That
Bad? |
Market Watch |
Carolyn Hodge |
Consumers are more attuned to
behavioral targeting efforts
than they were two years ago,
and are doing something about
it. |
|
3/4/2009 |
Adzilla faces Potential
Class-Action Lawsuit |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
A Virginia woman has filed a
lawsuit against behavioral
targeting company Adzilla. |
|
3/3/2009 |
Cable Companies Target
Commercials to the Audience |
New York Times |
Stephanie Clifford |
Television viewers in Brooklyn,
the Bronx and parts of New
Jersey will begin seeing
television ads more relevant to
them as Cablevision Systems
expands the scope of its
targeted ad testing to a
half-million homes. |
|
3/2/2009 |
Advertiser tracking of Web
surfing brings suits |
The National Law Journal |
Tresa Baldas |
Behavioral advertising has come
under increasing scrutiny over
the past several months, with
consumer backlash, congressional
hearings and the first
class-action law suit on the
deep packet inspection efforts
of targeted ad provider NebuAd. |
|
2/13/2009 |
FTC Online Privacy Guidelines
Faulted |
BusinessWeek |
Douglas MacMillan |
Shortly after releasing its
guidelines for online marketing
industry self regulation, the
Federal Trade Commission came
under criticism from consumer
and privacy advocates for not
doing enough to protect consumer
privacy. |
|
2/12/2009 |
FTC Staff Revises Online
Behavioral Advertising
Principles |
Federal Trade Commission |
Betsy Lordan |
The Federal Trade Commission
this morning released a revised
report outlining its guidelines
for online marketing industry
self-regulation. |
|
1/13/2009 |
FTC asked to protect mobile
privacy |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
Advocacy groups want the Federal
Trade Commission (FTC) to look
into mobile marketers' use of
behavioral and geo-targeting
practices. |
|
1/6/2009 |
Kroger uses loyalty data to
target coupons |
Washington Post |
Dan Sewell |
The nation's largest traditional
grocery store chain has
harnessed data mining to put the
right coupons into the hands of
its customers |
|
12/23/2008 |
Privacy Policies:
The Good, the Bad and the
Witty |
TechNewsWorld |
Erika Morphy |
In contrast to lengthy policies
packed with legalese and
seemingly endless details that
most consumers ignore, some
firms are opting for a more
blunt approach. |
|
11/13/2008 |
Web tracker NebuAd sued over
privacy claims |
seattlepi.com |
Paul Elias |
A lawsuit accusing Internet
startup NebuAd of breaking
federal and state privacy laws
was filed in San Francisco
federal court. |
|
10/13/2008 |
Can biometrics in retailing
really take off? |
Talking Retail |
Mary Brett Whitfield |
Retailers' use of biometrics
promises to speed checkouts, cut
costs and help reduce fraud. |
|
10/8/2008 |
Privacy Group Asks States To
Investigate Social Nets |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
The Center for Digital Democracy
(CDD) on Tuesday sent letters to
the New York and California
Attorneys General, asking them
to investigate "hypertargeting"
advertising methods used by
popular social networking sites. |
|
10/2/2008 |
Consumers' Understanding of
Privacy Rules in the Marketplace |
Red Orbit |
Joseph Turow, Michael Hennessy
and Amy Bleakley |
Researchers Joseph Turow,
Michael Hennessy and Amy
Bleakley compiled the findings
of several studies to deliver
"Consumers' Understanding of
Privacy Rules in the
Marketplace," which examines in
detail the concept of "limited
knowledge" as a factor in
consumers' failure to protect
their online privacy. |
|
10/1/2008 |
Credit-card security standard
issued after much debate |
Network World |
Ellen Messmer |
NetworkWorld
reports that the Payment Card
Industry Security Standards
Council last week issued revised
rules in an attempt to better
protect cardholders' data. |
|
9/25/2008 |
Large ISPs endorse customer
opt-in for Web tracking |
New York Times |
Grant Gross |
Before a Senate committee
yesterday, three of the four
largest U.S. Internet service
providers (ISPs) said they will
adopt a customer opt-in policy
before tracking their online
activities. |
|
9/23/2008 |
Tougher consumer data rule
adopted |
Boston Globe |
Todd Wallack |
The Massachusetts Office of
Consumer Affairs and Business
Regulation yesterday released
rules designed to help protect
consumers' personal information. |
|
9/22/2008 |
IAB Pushes For Self-Reg |
Online Media Daily |
Joe Mandese |
The Interactive Advertising
Bureau wants an industry
regulatory body to police
consumer online privacy, but a
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
official fears regulation is on
the horizon. |
|
9/16/2008 |
If you don't need it don't keep
it |
Wall Street Journal |
Ben Worthen |
Ben Worthen describes a shifting
mindset in the business
community, where organizations
are weighing the benefits of
storing customer data for future
market research purposes versus
the risks they acquire when
housing the data. |
|
9/3/2008 |
I'll be back'" Vetoed data
breach bill goes to
Schwarzenegger again |
Computerworld |
Jaikumar Vijayan |
California's Consumer Data
Protection Act is headed back to
Governor Schwarzenegger's desk. |
|
9/3/2008 |
CEO of embattled Web-tracking
firm NebuAd leaves |
Washington Post |
Peter Svensson |
NebuAd Inc., the company whose
tracking technology helps
Internet service providers
(ISPs) deliver targeted ads to
subscribers has a new chief
executive |
|
9/3/2008 |
Facebook Ads Target You Where It
Hurts |
Washington Post |
Rachel Beckman |
Rachel Beckman writes about
using a social network that
targets advertising to users
based on the personal details
they divulge, and the
psychological toll such methods
could inflict. |
|
9/1/2008 |
Slow movement toward online
privacy reform |
Miami Herald |
Edward Wasserman |
Washington and Lee University
Professor Edward Wasserman
discusses the lack of consumer
outrage on the use of behavioral
targeting among Internet service
providers and online
advertisers. |
|
8/26/2008 |
Customer privacy a serious
challenge for marketers |
SearchCRM.com |
Barney Beal |
In a Q&A interview with
SearchCRM.com,
Ray Everett Church, a
self-described privacy
evangelist and the world's first
chief privacy officer, explains
how embedding an organization's
privacy philosophy into customer
communications helps build
trust. |
|
8/25/2008 |
What we need is a digital bill
of rights |
Washington Post |
Erick Schonfeld |
Erick Schonfeld takes a "first
stab" at a proposed digital
"bill of rights" intended to
spell out "what freedoms and
rights consumers can expect from
Internet service providers,
content companies, device
manufacturers and the government
itself." |
|
8/21/2008 |
Face-Based Advertising, coming
soon to store near your |
Wired |
Meghan Keane |
Meghan Keane writes on new
innovations that are
contributing to a resurgence in
out-of-home advertising, or
"place-based media." |
|
8/21/2008 |
Internet Providers' New Tool
Raises Deep Privacy Concerns |
The Washington Post |
Rob Pegoraro |
In his "Fast Forward" column,
Rob Pegoraro of the
Washington
Post
goes deep on deep packet
inspection, the technology many
Internet service providers are
considering to enhance the way
they advertise to customers. |
|
8/19/2008 |
FTC Bans Pre-Recorded
Telemarketer Calls |
Consumer Affairs |
|
Telemarketers are no longer
permitted to deliver
pre-recorded calls to consumers
now that the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) has finalized
two amendments to the
Telemarketing Sales Rule. |
|
8/14/2008 |
AT&T Mulls Watching You Surf |
New York Times |
Saul Hansell |
Saul Hansell reports on AT&T's
response to a congressional
committee's inquiry on whether
it monitors customers' Web
surfing activities. |
|
8/14/2008 |
Congress to Push Web Privacy |
BusinessWeek |
Heather Green |
Congress is watching the
behavioral targeting industry
and the behavioral targeting
industry is watching Congress,
as House Energy & Commerce
Committee members prepare to
introduce broad online privacy
legislation in the upcoming
congressional session. |
|
8/12/2008 |
Some Web Firms Say They Track
Behavior Without Explicit
Consent |
The Washington Post |
Ellen Nakashima |
The House Energy and Commerce
Committee has posted on its Web
site the response letters it has
received so far from Internet
and broadband companies about
their use of
targeted-advertising technology. |
|
8/11/2008 |
Web privacy on the radar in
Congress |
International Herald Tribune |
Stephanie Clifford |
An
International Herald Tribune
report highlights ongoing
congressional action in the area
of behavioral targeting,
including July hearings on deep
packet inspection technologies
and customer notification. |
|
8/1/2008 |
Lawmakers demand info Web
tracking practices |
The Associated Press |
Joelle Tessler |
U.S. lawmakers concerned about
the practice of behavioral
targeting have broadened their
inquiry on the topic. |
|
7/22/2008 |
FTC settles CAN-SPAM dispute |
DMNews |
Dianna Dilworth |
The Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) voted 4-0 to settle its
case against Spear Systems Inc.,
which allegedly violated the
CAN-SPAM Act
by sending unsolicited e-mails
for weight loss supplements. |
|
7/22/2008 |
ISP responds to lawmaker
concerns about ad tracking |
Network World |
Grant Gross |
The Internet service provider
(ISP) under Congressional
scrutiny for its use of a
controversial customer-tracking
tool has suspended its test of
the tool, reports
Network
World.
In a letter, Embarq, the
Kansas-based ISP, assured
lawmakers that it will not test
or deploy NebuAd's tracking
service until privacy concerns
have been addressed. |
|
7/16/2008 |
NebuAd Faces More Congressional
Scrutiny |
Online Media Daily |
Wendy Davis |
Members of Congress continue
looking at the potential privacy
ramifications of behavioral
targeting practices. |
|
7/7/2008 |
CAN-SPAM updates take effect |
DMNews |
Diana Dilworth |
Updates to the CAN-SPAM Act,
including a mandate that
marketers make opt-out a
one-step process, went into
effect this week. The updates
were designed to clarify
ambiguity in the 2003 law, and
DM News
reports the marketing community
has embraced the changes. |
|
7/7/2008 |
CAN-SPAM updates take effect |
DMNews |
Diana Dilworth |
Updates to the CAN-SPAM Act,
including a mandate that
marketers make opt-out a
one-step process, went into
effect this week. The updates
were designed to clarify
ambiguity in the 2003 law, and
DM News
reports the marketing community
has embraced the changes. |
|
5/16/2008 |
WhitePages.com grapples with
privacy in a Web 2.0 world |
Computerworld |
Steven Vaughan-Nichols |
A
Computerworld
report
highlights the next steps for
Whitepages.com, provider of
online phone book-style
listings, which include both
increased social-networking
capabilities and added features
to let the 180 million people
listed on the site manage the
privacy of their information. |
|
5/16/2008 |
WhitePages.com grapples with
privacy in a Web 2.0 world |
Computerworld |
Steven Vaughan-Nichols |
A
Computerworld
report
highlights the next steps for
Whitepages.com, provider of
online phone book-style
listings, which include both
increased social-networking
capabilities and added features
to let the 180 million people
listed on the site manage the
privacy of their information. |
|
5/15/2008 |
Most don't know personal data
can be sold |
San Francisco Chronicle |
Deborah Gage |
A survey of 1,000 Californians
finds that most are unaware of
how businesses are using and
selling their personal data. |
|
5/15/2008 |
Most don't know personal data
can be sold |
San Francisco Chronicle |
Deborah Gage |
A survey of 1,000 Californians
finds that most are unaware of
how businesses are using and
selling their personal data. |
|
5/14/2008 |
Charter will monitor customers
web surfing to target ads |
New York Times |
Saul Hansell |
Providing an enhanced user
experience and a healthy bottom
line is the impetus behind
Charter Communications' foray
into the behavioral targeting
market. |
|
5/14/2008 |
Charter will monitor customers
web surfing to target ads |
New York Times |
Saul Hansell |
Providing an enhanced user
experience and a healthy bottom
line is the impetus behind
Charter Communications' foray
into the behavioral targeting
market. |
|
5/12/2008 |
FTC to scrutinize contactless
payment technology |
Network World |
|
The Federal Trade Commission has
announced a town hall meeting
for the purpose of looking into
the security and privacy
implications of contactless
payment systems that utilize
radio frequency identification. |
|
5/12/2008 |
FTC Approves New Rule Provision
under the CAN-SPAM Act |
Federal Trade Commission |
|
The Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) approved four new rule
provisions to clarify
requirements of the CAN-SPAM Act
(Controlling the Assault of
Non-Solicited Pornography and
Marketing Act of 2003). The new
rule provisions address four
topics, including modifying the
definitions of the terms
"sender" and "person," and
tightening restrictions on what
companies can and cannot require
of e-mail recipients who opt-out
of future emails. |
|
5/12/2008 |
FTC to scrutinize contactless
payment technology |
Network World |
|
The Federal Trade Commission has
announced a town hall meeting
for the purpose of looking into
the security and privacy
implications of contactless
payment systems that utilize
radio frequency identification. |
|
5/12/2008 |
FTC Approves New Rule Provision
under the CAN-SPAM Act |
Federal Trade Commission |
|
The Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) approved four new rule
provisions to clarify
requirements of the CAN-SPAM Act
(Controlling the Assault of
Non-Solicited Pornography and
Marketing Act of 2003). The new
rule provisions address four
topics, including modifying the
definitions of the terms
"sender" and "person," and
tightening restrictions on what
companies can and cannot require
of e-mail recipients who opt-out
of future emails. |
|
5/6/2008 |
Loopt's Brian Knapp: Mapping Out
a Proactive Privacy Strategy |
E-Commerce News |
Rachelle Crum |
Staying ahead of the curve on
user privacy is essential to
Brian Knapp, who has worked to
build relationships with
privacy-related organizations in
an effort to take Loopt, the
mobile mapping company, "up a
level" when it comes to user
privacy. |
|
5/6/2008 |
Groups Complain to FTC About
Mobile Marketing |
Online Media Daily |
Jeffrey Chester |
Two groups have filed complaints
with the Federal Trade
Commission against mobile
marketers. The Center for
Digital Democracy (CDD) and the
U.S. Public Interest Research
Group announced their intent to
protest mobile marketing early
in the industry's development in
an attempt to influence policy
before marketers abuse the
medium as they believe online
marketers did before. |
|
5/6/2008 |
Loopt's Brian Knapp: Mapping Out
a Proactive Privacy Strategy |
E-Commerce News |
Rachelle Crum |
Staying ahead of the curve on
user privacy is essential to
Brian Knapp, who has worked to
build relationships with
privacy-related organizations in
an effort to take Loopt, the
mobile mapping company, "up a
level" when it comes to user
privacy. |
|
5/6/2008 |
Groups Complain to FTC About
Mobile Marketing |
Online Media Daily |
Jeffrey Chester |
Two groups have filed complaints
with the Federal Trade
Commission against mobile
marketers. The Center for
Digital Democracy (CDD) and the
U.S. Public Interest Research
Group announced their intent to
protest mobile marketing early
in the industry's development in
an attempt to influence policy
before marketers abuse the
medium as they believe online
marketers did before. |
|
4/24/2008 |
E-Contracting Wrap-Up: One Hit,
Three Errors |
bnablog |
Thoms O'Toole |
Adware vendor Direct Revenue on
March 12 turned back a lawsuit
filed by the New York State
Attorney General based on the
strength of the company's end
user license agreement (EULA). |
|
4/24/2008 |
E-Contracting Wrap-Up: One Hit,
Three Errors |
bnablog |
Thoms O'Toole |
Adware vendor Direct Revenue on
March 12 turned back a lawsuit
filed by the New York State
Attorney General based on the
strength of the company's end
user license agreement (EULA). |
|
4/17/2008 |
Privacy Advocates:
Consumer Education Isn't
Enough |
PC World |
Grant Gross |
Two more advocacy groups have
signed on to the notion that
Congress should pass "do not
track" legislation to protect
consumers from having data
gathered about their online
habits. |
|
4/17/2008 |
Privacy Advocates:
Consumer Education Isn't
Enough |
PC World |
Grant Gross |
Two more advocacy groups have
signed on to the notion that
Congress should pass "do not
track" legislation to protect
consumers from having data
gathered about their online
habits. |
|
4/8/2008 |
Microsoft-Yahoo:
The Privacy Issue |
Business Week |
David Holtzman |
In a Viewpoint piece, Holtzman
discusses the anticipated
Microsoft acquisition of Yahoo
in terms of the privacy concerns
that will result as Microsoft
forays into the world of
identity management. Holtzman
raises questions about how, as
the two companies combine, the
vast amount of consumers'
personal data on Yahoo will be
used, and for how long it will
be retained, among other
questions. |
|
4/8/2008 |
Microsoft-Yahoo:
The Privacy Issue |
Business Week |
David Holtzman |
In a Viewpoint piece, Holtzman
discusses the anticipated
Microsoft acquisition of Yahoo
in terms of the privacy concerns
that will result as Microsoft
forays into the world of
identity management. Holtzman
raises questions about how, as
the two companies combine, the
vast amount of consumers'
personal data on Yahoo will be
used, and for how long it will
be retained, among other
questions. |
|
3/31/2008 |
Web surfers know advertisers are
watching - and don't like it |
ARS Technica |
Jacqui Cheng |
According to a recent poll
conducted by TNS Global on
behalf of TRUSTe, nearly 3/4 of
U.S. consumers know that data is
being collected about them when
they are online, 57 percent of
them aren't happy about it. |
|
3/31/2008 |
Web surfers know advertisers are
watching - and don't like it |
ARS Technica |
Jacqui Cheng |
According to a recent poll
conducted by TNS Global on
behalf of TRUSTe, nearly 3/4 of
U.S. consumers know that data is
being collected about them when
they are online, 57 percent of
them aren't happy about it. |
|
3/28/2008 |
TRUSTe Report Reveals Consumer
Awareness and Attitudes About
Behavioral Targeting |
Marketwire.com |
Morgan McDowell |
Consumer privacy specialist
TRUSTe released results of a
study to determine how American
Internet users feel about
behavioral targeting and its
impact on their personal
privacy. |
|
3/28/2008 |
Phones Will Soon Tell Where You
Are |
Wall Street Journal |
AMOL SHARMA and JESSICA E.
VASCELLARO |
Until now, privacy and liability
concerns have restrained
cellular carriers from offering
up real-time location tracking
services via their GPS-enabled
phones. But with a generation of
young people clamoring for still
more ways to stay connected with
friends, carriers are weighing
potential risks against
potential sales and are
cautiously bringing the feature
to market. |
|
3/28/2008 |
TRUSTe Report Reveals Consumer
Awareness and Attitudes About
Behavioral Targeting |
Marketwire.com |
Morgan McDowell |
Consumer privacy specialist
TRUSTe released results of a
study to determine how American
Internet users feel about
behavioral targeting and its
impact on their personal
privacy. |
|
3/28/2008 |
Phones Will Soon Tell Where You
Are |
Wall Street Journal |
AMOL SHARMA and JESSICA E.
VASCELLARO |
Until now, privacy and liability
concerns have restrained
cellular carriers from offering
up real-time location tracking
services via their GPS-enabled
phones. But with a generation of
young people clamoring for still
more ways to stay connected with
friends, carriers are weighing
potential risks against
potential sales and are
cautiously bringing the feature
to market. |
|
3/17/2008 |
David Lazarus: Next lines of
cell phones have privacy
implications |
FresnoBee.com |
David Lazarus |
As California considers bills to
address the use of RFID,
wireless phone makers continue
implementing RFID technology
into cell phones, in a move that
will technologically "tag"
nearly everyone, eventually. |
|
3/17/2008 |
David Lazarus: Next lines of
cell phones have privacy
implications |
FresnoBee.com |
David Lazarus |
As California considers bills to
address the use of RFID,
wireless phone makers continue
implementing RFID technology
into cell phones, in a move that
will technologically "tag"
nearly everyone, eventually. |
|
3/11/2008 |
Google Finalizes $3.1 Bilion
Double Click
Acquisition |
Information Week |
Thomas Claburn |
With Tuesday's okay by
regulators in the European
Union, Google has cleared the
final hurdle in its pending
acquisition of online
advertising metrics group
DoubleClick. |
|
3/11/2008 |
Google Finalizes $3.1 Bilion
Double Click
Acquisition |
Information Week |
Thomas Claburn |
With Tuesday's okay by
regulators in the European
Union, Google has cleared the
final hurdle in its pending
acquisition of online
advertising metrics group
DoubleClick. |
|
3/10/2008 |
To Aim Ads, Web Is Keeping
Closer Eye on You |
New York Times |
Louise Story |
A New York
Times
article on the growing
sophistication of behavioral
targeting techniques shows that
privacy advocates continue to be
alarmed at the volume of
consumer data collection and the
ways in which it is collected
online. |
|
3/10/2008 |
Advertising Sent to Cellphones
Opens new Front In War On Spam |
Washington Post |
Kim Hart |
No longer solely the bane of
email, spam has begun to plague
the text services of cell phone
subscribers. Industry estimates
put the number of text messages
sent to cell phones between 1.1
and 1.5 billion per year, and
Verizon Wireless says it blocks
more than 200 million spam text
messages per year. |
|
3/4/2008 |
Online Advertisers Beware:
Privacy Regulators
Closing In On Online Tracking |
The Metropolitan Corporate
Counsel |
Amy Worlton |
According to the Metropolitan
Corporate Counsel, recent
actions by the Federal Trade
Commission may signal increased
attention on the behavioral
advertising sector. |
|
1/31/2008 |
Company Combines Voter And
Consumer Data |
Wired |
Kim Zetter |
At the height of the
presidential primary season, a
Wired
article tells the story of data
aggregator Aristotle, which for
nearly twenty years has been
combining voter registration
data with information from other
sources to provide highly
detailed voter lists to campaign
strategists. |
|
1/31/2008 |
Company Combines Voter And
Consumer Data |
Wired |
Kim Zetter |
At the height of the
presidential primary season, a
Wired
article tells the story of data
aggregator Aristotle, which for
nearly twenty years has been
combining voter registration
data with information from other
sources to provide highly
detailed voter lists to campaign
strategists. |
|
1/12/2008 |
Proposed Mass. Privacy Laws Too
Costly, Businesses Say |
The Boston Globe |
Ross Kerber |
New privacy laws proposed in
Massachusetts by the Deval
Patrick administration and
designed to protect consumers
from compromised personal and
credit data drew sharp criticism
from business groups. |
|
1/12/2008 |
Proposed Mass. Privacy Laws Too
Costly, Businesses Say |
The Boston Globe |
Ross Kerber |
New privacy laws proposed in
Massachusetts by the Deval
Patrick administration and
designed to protect consumers
from compromised personal and
credit data drew sharp criticism
from business groups. |
|
1/9/2008 |
Consumers Not Just Getting Mad,
They're Getting Even |
Business Week.com |
Catherine Holahan |
More privacy headaches for
Sears.In the wake of a class
action lawsuit for privacy
violations stemming from a
security flaw in its
managemyhome.com Web site,
Harvard University's Berkman
Center for Internet and Society
has charged that Sears Holdings,
parent of retailers Sears and
Kmart, has not sufficiently
disclosed the purpose for a
software application download
required to join its online
community. |
|
1/9/2008 |
Consumers Not Just Getting Mad,
They're Getting Even |
Business Week.com |
Catherine Holahan |
More privacy headaches for
Sears.In the wake of a class
action lawsuit for privacy
violations stemming from a
security flaw in its
managemyhome.com Web site,
Harvard University's Berkman
Center for Internet and Society
has charged that Sears Holdings,
parent of retailers Sears and
Kmart, has not sufficiently
disclosed the purpose for a
software application download
required to join its online
community. |
|
12/18/2007 |
FTC Settles Complaint With
Online Seller Of Telephone
Records |
PC World |
Grant Gross |
The FTC has settled a complaint
with CEO Group, which does
business as Check Em Out. The
settlement bars the company and
its operator, Scott Joseph, from
marketing or selling telephone
records. |
|
12/18/2007 |
FTC Settles Complaint With
Online Seller Of Telephone
Records |
PC World |
Grant Gross |
The FTC has settled a complaint
with CEO Group, which does
business as Check Em Out. The
settlement bars the company and
its operator, Scott Joseph, from
marketing or selling telephone
records. |
|
10/16/2007 |
Verizon letter on privacy stirs
debate |
Cnet News.com |
Laura Holson |
A recent letter sent by Verizon
Wireless notifying customers
that it plans to share
information from their calling
records with its "affiliates,
agents and parent companies" has
stirred privacy concerns. |
|
10/10/2007 |
FTC Sues to Stop Spam Touting
Bogus Weight Loss and Anti-Aging
Products |
Information Week |
Thomas Claburn |
The Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) has filed a complaint in
Illinois against companies and
individuals in Australia, Canada
and the U.S. allegedly
responsible for sending spam
touting weight loss and
anti-aging products. |
|
10/5/2007 |
Managing Data for Privacy and
Security |
destinationCRM.com |
Scott Schumacher |
Scott Schumaker, Chief Scientist
at Initiate Systems, explores in
this CRM.com "viewpoint" piece
how customer data integration
(CDI) solutions allow companies
to most effectively use their
customer data while securing and
managing information to achieve
compliance with privacy and
security laws and best
practices. |
|
9/7/2007 |
Calif. Data Protection Bill
Moves Forward |
Information Week |
K.C. Jones |
A bill that would require
retailers to adopt key aspects
of the Payment Card Industry
Data Security Standard is headed
back to the Assembly after
passage by the California
Senate. The bill also would
provide notice to consumers
after retail security breaches
involving credit or debit card
numbers. |
|
8/12/2007 |
CONSUMER CONFIDENTIAL - An
advocate for readers, a name you
can trust |
Los Angeles Times |
David Lazarus |
Telecoms that bundle their
voice, video and Internet
services are in the position to
know and collect a vast amount
of data about their customers |
|
8/9/2007 |
United States: New Minnesota
Data Retention Law Creates
Potential Liability For
Merchants |
Mondaq |
John Nicholson and Meighan E.
O'Reardon |
The Minnesota Legislature has
enacted the Plastic Card
Security Act, which prohibits
any merchants conducting
business in the state from
retaining credit or debit card
security data after the
transaction. |
|
7/31/2007 |
FTC Looks at Use of SSNs by
Businesses |
PC World |
Tom Spring |
This week, the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) began
soliciting comments from
businesses, law enforcement,
consumer reporting agencies,
academics and consumer advocates
on private-sector use of Social
Security Numbers (SSNs). |
|
7/25/2007 |
Yahoo Yodels New Privacy Tune |
E-Commerce News |
Walaika Haskins |
Following the lead of Ask.com
and Microsoft, Yahoo has
announced that it will revise
its approach to retaining users'
search data. The company said it
plans to anonymize search
histories after 13 months,
rather than the 18-month
timeframe recently rolled out by
its major competitors. |
|
7/6/2007 |
Minnesota on track to secure
card data |
DMNews |
Joseph Sanscrainte |
Gov. Tim Pawlenty signed a bill
in May that is the first of its
kind in the nation to enact a
part of the credit card
industry's data security
standards into law. The
Minnesota law requires that any
business in that state that
accepts payment via credit or
debit cards must not retain the
card's security code
information, the PIN
verification code number or the
card's track data after the
transaction has been authorized. |
|
12/29/2006 |
New law targets unwanted faxes |
TribStar.com |
Howard Greninger |
Indiana businesses and residents
have a new Do-Not-Fax law at
their disposal that allows them
to file a complaint with the
Attorney General’s Office if
someone they do not have a prior
business relationship with sends
them an unsolicited advertising
fax. |
|
6/6/1977 |
Behavioral Icon Appears in
Political Ads |
ClickZ |
Kate Kaye |
The Digital Advertising Alliance
(DAA) says that more companies
are adhering to its
self-regulatory program for
behavioral targeting. |