|
Date |
Article Title |
Publication |
Author |
Synopsis |
|
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 |
Deborah Yao |
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. |
|
2/28/2000 |
Technology leading to
more invasive marketing |
San Francisco Chronicle |
Alejandro Martínez-Cabrera |
A
report on marketers' growing use of technologies to
discern more about customers and prospective customers. |
