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7/17/2008 Facebook bug leaks members' birthday data Computer World Robert McMillan Facebook users who limit access to their personal information may have been surprised to see their dates of birth viewable on the site last weekend. A bug in the beta version of Facebook's site redesign inadvertently exposed the birthdays of some of its 80 million users.
7/15/2008 Microsoft Says Yahoo-Google Deal Threatens Internet Privacy Information Week Paul McDougall Microsoft yesterday had its say before governmental officials regarding Yahoo's plans to outsource some of its search advertising to Google. The House and Senate antitrust subcommittees are examining the plan, which would give Google up to 90 percent of all Internet search queries and a "clear picture of your online activities," according to Microsoft. 
7/10/2008 Can Internet Activity Ever Be Truly Anonymous? PC Magazine Chloe Albanesius The ability for Web surfers' online activities to remain truly anonymous was questioned yesterday during Senate hearings on Internet advertising. 
7/10/2008 FTC, Internet Firms Split On New Privacy Laws Wall Street Journal Fawn Johnson At the same time that Google and Microsoft offered their support for new legislation aimed at protecting consumer privacy online, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) told a Senate committee looking into behavioral targeting that existing law and self-regulation were sufficient. 
7/9/2008 Viacom Versus Google:  Coming Of Age of the "Viderate" Generation Huffington Post Jerry Weinstein A judge's order that Google provide user names and IP addresses of users of its YouTube property following a subpoena request by media giant Viacom, which is suing the company over copyright violations, continues to draw sharp criticism.
7/9/2008 Microsoft, Google back broad privacy legislation Associated Press Joelle Tessler Technology rivals Google and Microsoft have both put their support behind new privacy legislation designed to protect consumers from having their online habits tracked for the purposes of advertising. 
7/8/2008 NebuAd to come under spotlight at Senate hearing Associated Press Joelle Tessler While better known Internet entities take their turns testifying before a Senate committee looking into issues of online privacy, one company with less name recognition is expected to attract the most attention in Washington, D.C. today. Silicon Valley behavioral targeting startup NebuAd is expected to be the focus of questioning today as senators seek to learn more about the company's technology, which allows Internet service providers to monitor customers' online habits and serve ads based on information gathered. 
7/7/2008 One Subpoena Is All It Takes to Reveal Your Online Life New York Times Saul Hansell Saul Hansell says that a subpoena in either civil or criminal proceedings is all that is necessary to put the online habits of consumers at risk. Hansell points to a current dispute between media giant Viacom and online titan Google in which lawyers for Viacom have subpoenaed for access to the user names and Internet protocol addresses of YouTube users.
7/7/2008 How Magic Might Finally Fix Your Computer MSNBC Bob Sullivan Bob Sullivan reports from the Security and Human Behavior conference in Boston that hackers, fraudsters and other online charlatans have always had an edge against even the most sophisticated security technologies because they understand and exploit the frailties of human behavior, whereas product developers tend to ignore basic human behavior when designing their products. 
7/4/2008 Google Changes Home Page, Adding Link to Privacy Policy New York Times Saul Hansell Google has added a link to its privacy policy on its homepage, reports Saul Hansell of the New York Times, stifling the argument that the company might have been violating California's online privacy protection act by not displaying the link in a prominent enough location. 
7/4/2008 Judge Orders Google to Turn Over YouTube Records New York Times Miguel Helft Viacom wants the records of all Internet users who have watched videos on YouTube since its 2005 inception, and a federal judge has ordered YouTube owner Google to turn over the information.
7/3/2008 Our Paradoxical Attitudes Toward Privacy New York Times Brad Stone Brad Stone discusses the privacy paradox: the phenomenon where "normally sane people have inconsistent and contradictory impulses and opinions when it comes to their safeguarding their own private information." 
7/2/2008 Survey: Advertisers should acknowledge targeted ad concerns Webware Caroline McCarthy A report released last week shows that consumers have mixed feelings about the use of behavioral marketing strategies used to serve them targeted ads. A CNET story says that the report, "Behavioral Targeting Attitudes: The Privacy Issue," which used metrics from a TRUSTe study, found that of the 70 percent of Internet users who are aware that their browsing activities could be used by third parties to serve tailored ads, only about 23 percent said they were "OK" with the method. 
6/26/2008 Google tests using your search data to tailor ads to you New York Times Saul Hansell Saul Hansell explores Google's foray into using cookie data to "better aim search ads at Web surfers." But don't call it behavioral targeting. Google says its method differs from behavioral advertising methods because it targets ads based on very recent search queries, rather than user patterns from days back.
6/24/2008 SocialMedia to Push Privacy Boundaries with Social Banner Ads Mashable Social Networking News Paul Glazowski Testimonials have long been an effective method in the world of advertising, and now one company plans to create personalized testimonials for its advertising partners. Social Media, marketing service provider to applications used on Facebook, MySpace, Bebo and Hi5, will roll out to clients and their users social banners.
6/19/2008 House leaders plan hearing on Google-Yahoo deal Computer World Linda Rosencrance Last week's online advertising partnership announcement from Google and Yahoo got the attention of congressional leaders, who will hold hearings on the matter this summer.
6/18/2008 Let go of my texts--all 75,000 of them! Cnet News.com Kevin Ho The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco yesterday ruled that users of text messaging services have a reasonable expectation of privacy under the Fourth Amendment, even if the employer is paying for the service. 
6/14/2008 How Facebook spells the end of privacy Boston Globe Hary Lewis There was a time when we called it the World Wide Web without, perhaps, realizing just how Web-like it would become. 
6/16/2008 Firefox dumps privacy button The Inquirer Nick Farrell A privacy feature set to be included in Firefox 3 has been dumped due to technological concerns. Private Browsing is the feature allowing users to, in the stroke of a key, disable all caching, cookie downloads, history records and form data while online, meaning that you could surf without footprints.
6/12/2008 Privacy vs. Profit on the Internet NPR Cyrus Farivar Internet Service Providers efforts to increase revenue by serving more tailored ads to users continues to spark debate. But on its "All Things Considered" program, National Public Radio spoke with one advertising executive who feels the practice of tracking consumers' surfing behavior in order to deliver targeted ads is "largely deceptive." 
6/12/2008 California lawmaker puts Google on notice about missing link to privacy policy Computer World Jaikumar Vijayan California State Assemblyman Joel Anderson says he is eager for Google to add a link to its privacy policy from its homepage, and he's ready to take action if the company does not do so.
6/12/2008 Senate Slates Online Ad Hearing Online Media Daily Wendy Davis The Senate Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade and Tourism will next week hear from various interests on the practice of behavioral targeting--tracking Web clicks in order to tailor ads to Web users based on their online activity. 
6/10/2008 Google says it would support U.S. privacy law Reuters Diane Bartz In a letter to Texas Rep. Joe Barton, Google's chief lobbyist pledged the company's support of a federal privacy law, says a Reuters report. The letter states that Google would support a law aimed at "building consumer trust and protections; creating a uniform framework for privacy, which would create consistent levels of privacy from one jurisdiction to another; and putting penalties in place to punish and dissuade bad actors." 
6/6/2008 MySpace Privacy Flaw Exposes Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan Pics The Channel Wire Stefanie Hoffman MySpace and Yahoo have disabled data availability between the two services until a privacy flaw can be corrected. MySpace's Data Availability initiative allows users to share profile information with other sites, such as Yahoo. 
5/16/2008 Facebook Disconnects Google Friend Connect Information Week Thomas Claburn Citing a failure to respect privacy requirements, Facebook has suspended Friend Connect, the Google service that adds social features to any Web site.
5/15/2008 Plaxo users worried about privacy in wake of Comcast buyout ARS Technica Jacqui Cheng Some customers of Plaxo, the online address book and social networking site, are expressing concern about the company's agreement to be acquired by Comcast.
5/14/2008 How to Make Security And Privacy Fit Together Forbes.com Bruce McConnell In his Forbes.com commentary, former White House IT policy chief Bruce McConnell makes the case that security and privacy need not be a zero-sum game. 
5/12/2008 Q&A: Jules Polonetsky, Chief Privacy Officer, AOL InternetNews.com Kenneth Corbin AOL's Chief Privacy Officer Jules Polonetsky, CIPP, says he thinks businesses have a chance to prove right now that they're ready to give consumers control over their data, perhaps nulling the need for future legislative controls.
5/8/2008 Facebook agrees to Protect Young Customers New York Times Brad Stone Facebook has agreed to better protect young users from inappropriate material and other users, says a New York Times report. As part of the improvements, Facebook chief privacy officer Chris Kelly said the company will create technology that helps flag those who falsify their age. 
5/5/2008 Internet Says: 'Me Want Cookie' The Wall Street Journal L. Gordon Crovitz L. Gordon Crovitz writes that cookies remain the center of the online privacy discussion because of the mystery that surrounds their use and their importance in tracking consumer activity.
5/2/2008 The Rise of Alter Egos In Everybody's Space The Washington Post Kim Hart After a few years of posting their lives online, subscribers to online social networking utilities are starting to change their habits, and some are opting to start over and apply hard-earned lessons.
4/28/2008 Social networking apps can pose security risks The Globe and Mail Martha Irvine Social networkers might think that as long as they've set their page as "private," only friends and specific groups can access it. But if they use applications, they're also allowing developers into that seemingly private world.
4/23/2008 FBI, politicos renew push for ISP data retention laws Cnet News.com Declan McCullagh FBI Director Robert Mueller and a number of members of Congress are pushing to require Internet service providers (ISPs) to retain subscriber activity data longer in order to provide more options for the investigation of criminal activity online.
4/16/2008 AOL CPO Jules Polonetsky on Hitting the Privacy Sweet Spot E-Commerce News Rachelle Crum AOL this month launched its "penguin" campaign to educate users, in a user-friendly manner, about how their online activities may be tracked and used for targeting ads. An animated penguin lets users know when behavioral targeting is happening, and aims to help them understand how it works and how they can opt out of it.
4/16/2008 Phorm hires first chief provacy officer NMA.co.uk Suzanne Bearne Online tracking company Phorm this week announced the hiring of a chief privacy officer, the firm's first. Jeffrey Brooks, formerly DoubleClick's vice president of privacy and government affairs, was appointed to the position on Tuesday in a move praised by at least one industry observer. 
4/15/2008 Consumer groups urge do not track registry Reuters Diane Bartz Two consumer advocacy groups, the Consumer Federation of America and the Consumers Union, asked in a letter to the Federal Trade Commission for the creation of a "Do Not Track" registry aimed at preventing companies from collecting consumers' online activity data.
4/14/2008 Proposed Privacy Standards Infringe on Rights Online Media Daily Wendy Davis With the possibility of new privacy rules on the horizon, MediaPost reports the Newspaper Association of America is weighing in on the debate. In a letter to the Federal Trade Commission, the NAA says that proposed privacy rules could infringe upon the First Amendment rights of newspapers by restricting advertising, which the association says is a form of free speech.
4/14/2008 Microsoft offers plan for ad data self-regulation E-Commerce News Richard Adhikari Microsoft has provided the Federal Trade Commission with its recommendations for online behavioral advertising self-regulation.
4/2/2008 Americans feel safe online, says poll SC Magazine Sue Marquette Poremba Experts agree on the need for better education about online security risks after seeing recent poll results showing that most Americans feel safe online, says an SC Magazine report. 
3/26/2008 Google to push privacy initiatives in U.S. Mac World Grant Gross Search engine and online advertising giant Google is pushing an aggressive consumer privacy agenda on Capitol Hill. The company led a group of organizations in pushing for new privacy legislation in Congress as well as committed to working with the Federal Trade Commission on further development of that agency's online advertising guidelines, which will be finalized later this year. 
3/24/2008 Security lapse exposes Facebook photos MSNBC Michael Liedtke Despite recent privacy upgrades to Facebook, strangers were able to view the personal photos of members whose profiles were thought to be restricted.
3/20/2008 I.S.P. Tracking:  The Mother of All Privacy Battles New York Times Saul Hansell In what is being described as the "Mother of all Privacy Battles," The New York Times this week wrote that the looming privacy debate over tracking consumers online will likely dwarf all other privacy discussions to date.
3/20/2008 Wells Fargo plans to sell online safes for storing vital records Globe and Mail Associated Press Wells Fargo & Co. plans to roll out an online vault service, vSafe, this summer. Called vSafe, the service aims to provide an online alternative to the safe deposit box, where customers can store digital versions of their most important files. 
3/20/2008 College gossip site totally busted MSNBC Matt Haynes The Web site with the tagline "Always Anonymous. Always Juicy." finds itself on the radar of New Jersey prosecutors, who subpoenaed JuicyCampus.com company records after receiving complaints from alleged victims of malicious gossip. 
3/20/2008 A Push to Limit the Tracking of Web Surfers' Clicks New York Times Louise Story New York lawmakers are considering a bill that would prohibit Web companies from using without permission consumers' personal data for targeted advertising purposes.
3/18/2008 Facebook adds privacy controls, plans chat feature Reuters Eric Auchard Facebook has enhanced its privacy controls to give users more control over their online profiles. Effective today, Facebook's 67 million users worldwide will have the option to exercise preference among "friends" lists by adjusting the level of personal details various friends have access to.
3/17/2008 ValueClick to Pay $2.9 Million to Settle FTC Charges Federal Trade Commission Claudia Bourne Farrell According to an agency press release, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will collect $2.9 million from online advertiser ValueClick, Inc., in the largest settlement to date based on the 2003 CAN-SPAM Act. The agency charged that ValueClick made deceptive advertising and e-mail claims and violated federal law.
3/17/2008 Web creator rejects net tracking BBC News Rory Cellan-Jones Internet and World Wide Web pioneer Sir Tim Berners-Lee said this week that he is opposed to technologies that track Web users' activities online and would change his Internet service provider if it introduced such capability. 
3/14/2008 Trend Micro hit by massive web hack Network World Robert McMillan An attack on Trend Micro's site last week affected more than 20,000 legitimate Web pages 
3/12/2008 Zoning the Internet: A New Approach to Protecting Children Online redorbit Cheryl Preston Cheryl Preston lays out a new approach to protecting children online by reducing or eliminating minors' access and exposure to Internet pornography. The Internet Community Ports Concept uses technology to "zone" the virtual world into ports, which Internet users may opt-into. 
2/25/2008 Phishing Crusader Lauds Senate Bill Congress Daily Andrew  According to the National Journal's Tech Daily Dose, the Anti-Phishing Working Group's Peter Cassidy has offered his praise of a new bill introduced in the Senate by senators Ted Stevens, Olympia Snow and Bill Nelson. 
2/18/2008 Facebook Says It Has Fixed Deletion Issue New York Times Maria Aspan Enduring backlash from subscribers and critics for an account deletion process that was both difficult to navigate and which some alleged did not completely erase a former subscriber's data, Facebook says they have fixed the problem.
2/18/2008 Opinion: Facebook & Google Have Different Data Problems The Huffington Post Ari Melber While Facebook continues to draw the ire of critics over its account deletion process because of the difficulty users face when they decide to unsubscribe, Google's problems stem from its data retention policies which make it impossible to recover when account data is lost.
2/18/2008 Opinion: Facebook Still Working Through Privacy Issues  New York Times Adam Cohen In an editorial in The New York Times, Adam Cohen comments on the privacy issues that continue to dog popular social networking utility Facebook.
2/11/2008 Online Dating Services Contend With Background Checks Associated Press David Crary The Associated Press' David Crary looks at the ongoing debate within the online dating services industry as the major players balance the issue of client safety and privacy. 
2/8/2008 Challenges, Successes As Facebook Evolves Info World Juan Carlos Perez Facebook Chief Privacy Officer Chris Kelly discusses the ongoing evolution of the popular social networking utility, including controversies surrounding its Beacon behavioral targeting system and efforts to protect users from sexual predators.
2/5/2008 Career Impact Of Chronicling Personal Exploits Online law.com  Harry Valetk IAPP member Harry Valetk examines the professional implications of engaging in online activities such as blogging and social networking. 
2/1/2008 Opinion: Privacy Critical Factor in Microsoft-Yahoo Merger Center for American Progress Peter Swire Peter Swire says privacy issues will be a critical factor in the review and approval process for Microsoft's proposed $44.6 billion bid for online news and search service, Yahoo.
2/1/2008 Microsoft-Yahoo Merger Faces Anti-Trust Hurdle The Mercury News Pete Carey Microsoft has expressed confidence that its proposed $44.6 purchase of online news and search service Yahoo will be approved this year.
1/30/2008 FTC Announces COPPA Settlement With Imbee.com  Federal Trade Commission Claudia Bourne Farrell Last week the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it had reached a settlement with Industrious Kid Inc. for violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Industrious Kid operates imbee.com, a social networking site designed for children between the ages of 8 and 14. 
1/29/2008 Majority Of Europeans Worried About Online Privacy Theage.com.au   European Union Commissioner of Justice and Home Affairs, Franco Frattini, says that three out of four Europeans are worried about posting personal information online.
1/25/2008 EU Likely To OK GoogleClick Reuters David Lawsky The European Commission is likely to okay the pending merger between search engine giant Google and interactive advertising metrics firm DoubleClick.
1/24/2008 Ask.com Responds To AskEraser Critics  Computer World Jaikumar Vijayan Ask.com, with help from the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), has responded to critics who claim that the company's AskEraser feature presents a privacy risk by tracking user activity online and providing that data to advertisers. 
1/23/2008 Facebook App Dev Program Is Privacy Risk CNET News.com Chris Soghoian Social networking utility Facebook may be facing a new privacy crisis.
1/22/2008 Groups Claim Ask.com's Eraser Not As Advertised Wired Blog Network Ryan Singel A number of privacy watchdog groups have complained to the Federal Trade Commission that the AskEraser feature of Ask.com, which is supposed to facilitate anonymous use of the company's search engine, does not function as advertised.
1/15/2008 MySpace Strikes Safety Deal With State AGs The Boston Globe Jonathan Saltzman Social networking utility Web site MySpace has reached an agreement with the attorneys general of 49 states to implement rules designed to provide greater parental controls and protect children from the actions of sexual predators. 
1/14/2008 Connecticut Considers Search Engine Opt-Out Registry DM News Dianna Dilworth Responding to constituent complaints over the appearance of personal information in search engines and online informational services, Connecticut Governor Jodi Rell has called for an "opt-out" registry for Nutmeg State residents. 
1/10/2008 MySpace Subpoenaed In Teen Suicide Case vnunet.com Iain Thomson A federal grand jury has subpoenaed MySpace in the ongoing investigation into the online harassment and suicide of teenager Megan Meier.
1/3/2008 Opinion: Sharing Responsibility For Protecting Personal Information Online Cerosmedia.com Scott Charney Scott Charney, Corporate Vice President, Trustworthy Computing, shares his views in this WorldFinance op-ed on the shared responsibility of governments, businesses and individuals to protect sensitive information online.
1/2/2008 Anti-Spyware Researcher Finds Fault With Marketing Software business.ca Robert MacMillan Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Ben Edelman has written a critical analysis of Sears's marketing software on the basis that it does not meet Federal Trade Commission (FTC) standards that require notification of users about what exactly results when they download the software.
12/30/2007 Facebook Enhances Choice In Response To Beacon Complaints The ClickZ Network Zachary Rodgers Facebook has changed the way its new online advertising program works by giving users more control over which online activities will be broadcast to their friends.
12/30/2007 Peter Fleischer's Privacy Mission For Google San Francisco Chronicle Verne Kopytoff A profile of Peter Fleischer, Google's Global Privacy Counsel, about his privacy agenda during a year that launched the "Internet privacy wars." 
12/20/2007 FTC Releases Online Behavioral Ad Guidelines Information Week K.C. Jones The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is asking for comments on its just-released guidelines for online behavioral advertising.
12/20/2007 Google Turns To YouTube Privacy Channel To Reach Users CNET News.com Elinor Mills Google's YouTube privacy videos are helping users to better understand online privacy issues.
12/18/2007 Google-DoubleClick Merger Continues to Draw Opposition PC Magazine Chloe Albanesius Critics of the Google-DoubleClick merger are expecting the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to review the privacy implications of the deal.
12/18/2007 Tech Workers To Government: Keep Out Of Internet Regulation, Including Privacy CNET News.com Anne Broache A recent poll of 600 information technology workers conducted for the Computing Technology Industry Association has found that its members are generally hands-off when it comes to government regulation of the Internet.
12/17/2007 Pew Study: People Sharing More Personal Information Online San Francisco Chronicle Ellen Lee A Pew Internet & American Life Project survey indicates that nearly half of the online adult population has researched themselves or someone they know online. 
12/14/2007 Profile Of An Expert Data Miner  Business Week.com Catherine Holahan A profile of Usama Fayyad, Yahoo's Chief Data Officer, who is responsible for achieving ways to make money from the mega amounts of information the search engine collects from the 500 million users who visit its site monthly.
12/14/2007 Report: Security Becoming Business Tool Wall Street Technology Kelly Jackson Higgins Compliance, privacy and data protection, and meeting business objectives are top three drivers for security
12/13/2007 Congressman Says Google Is Resisting Deal Inquiry New York Times   Google representatives gave aides to the House Energy and Commerce Committee a "chilly response" when they sought a meeting with the company on its proposed $3.1 billion acquisition of DoubleClick. 
12/11/2007 Ask.com Pitches Privacy To Users The Boston Globe Associated Press Ask.com is unveiling a new privacy control known as AskEraser, which kills users' search requests from the search engine's systems within a few hours.
12/11/2007 Google's Street View Launches In Boston Today The Boston Globe Robert Weisman Internet users today will be able to see street images of Boston and surrounding communities on Google Maps. Privacy advocates have expressed concerns about the service, which already is up and running in 15 other cities across the U.S.
12/10/2007 Flirting With An Information Disaster vnunet.com Ian Williams Online security firm PC Tools is warning that a new software program developed in Russia is masquerading as a flirtatious potential partner in a ruse to quickly collect personal information from unsuspecting users who frequent online dating sites.
12/6/2007 Facebook Founder Apologizes To Users For Beacon Roll-Out New York Times Louise Story Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and Chief Executive of Facebook, has apologized to users in a blog post for the way it unveiled Beacon, a service that tracks its members' online behavior and then alerts other users about the activities.
11/28/2007 Privacy Groups May File FTC Complaint Against Facebook Media Post Publications Wendy Davis The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and the Center for Digital Democracy are planning to file complaints with the FTC protesting Facebook's SocialAds, which alert members when their friends have signed on as "fans" of certain marketers, and Beacon ads, which alert members to their friends' off-site purchases.
11/28/2007 Changes To Facebook's Beacon Service Under Discussion Business Week Catherine Holahan Criticism of Facebook's planned changes to a new advertising tool that would publicize users' Web activities and purchases to their friends has forced discussions about possible changes to the new service.
11/28/2007 Privacy Advocates Express Concerns About Google's New Online File Storage newsfactor.com Frederick Lane Google has declined to comment on a report in the Wall Street Journal about a new service it is offering to users that involves storing their information on the company's servers. The story indicated that the new service would allow users to store photos and files on the company's servers.
11/26/2007 Microsoft's Peter Cullen and IAPP's Trevor Hughes Discuss Data Governance The Data Privacy Imperative Brendon Lynch J. Trevor Hughes, CIPP, Executive Director of IAPP and Peter Cullen, CIPP, Chief Privacy Strategist of Microsoft, recorded a video at the IAPP Privacy Academy last month, discussing how different roles within organizations are collaborating to protect personal information. The video also touches on other challenges facing privacy professionals today. 
11/23/2007 Research: The Relationship Between Trust And Self Disclosure Online  The Economic Times   Research conducted as part of a project titled "Privacy and Self-Disclosure Online," has found that users who previously were reluctant to reveal personal information online, would accept losses to their privacy if they trust the recipient of the personal information, according to Dr. Adam Joinson, who led the study.
11/20/2007 ICO Confirms Facebook Probe The Redgister John Oates Following up on a television report earlier this week, The Register has confirmed that a British user has encountered difficulty deleting his account details, leading to the lodging of a complaint with the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). 
11/20/2007 Facebook, MoveOn.org Tangle Over New Social Advertising Feature CNET News.com Caroline McCarthy After criticism from MoveOn.org about its new social advertising feature known as Beacon, Facebook is fighting back, saying in a statement that the service "gives users an easy way to share relevant information from other sites with their friends on Facebook."
11/13/2007 Groups Ask FTC To Investigate Online Advertising Plans Computer World Heather Havenstein The Center for Digital Democracy and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group are challenging new advertising schemes announced by MySpace and Facebook, saying the plans fail to take into account consumer privacy.
11/12/2007 Opinion: Social Networking Site Leverages Users For Advertising Purposes Sci-Tech Today Frederick Lane Reaction to Facebook's Social Ad system, which has the capability to report to others what product or service a particular user bought online. 
11/6/2007 Congressman Calls For Hearing To Explore Privacy Implications Of Google-DoubleClick Merger Reuters Julie Vorman Rep. Joe Barton R-Texas, said that Congress should hold a hearing to examine the privacy impacts of the proposed Google-DoubleClick merger. Barton, who is the ranking Republican on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said in a statement that the merger would "produce a single commercial entity that can know more about you and me than nearly everybody but mom and the IRS." 
11/2/2007 Debate Persists On Effectiveness Of Privacy Policies  Mac World Grant Gross Panelists discussed the need for more effective privacy policies on Web sites during a FTC workshop on targeted online advertising, according to this IDG article. 
11/1/2007 Opinion: The Challenges Of Identity  Cnet News.com Gordon Haff Gordon Haff writes in this CNETnews.com blog about anonymity on the Internet in response to a Facebook decision to ban someone for using a pseudonym. 
10/31/2007 Online Marketers Joining Internet Privacy Efforts New York Times Louise Story AOL is launching a new Web site that will allow consumers to opt-out of lists run by the largest online advertising networks. Consumers who opt out of the lists will be able to prevent marketers from using their Web surfing habits to tailor ad content for them. 
10/31/2007 Nine Groups Seek Do-Not-Track List  New York Times Louise Story Consumer groups are proposing a do-not-track list that would allow consumers to avoid behavioral targeting practices that assist marketers in tailoring advertising content to specific users based on their Web surfing habits. 
10/31/2007 Google Explains Privacy Policies on New YouTube Privacy Channel Webware Elinor Mills On the eve of a two-day FTC town hall meeting on behavioral ad targeting and its privacy implications, Google launched a privacy channel on YouTube in an effort to educate consumers about its privacy practices. 
10/29/2007 Data Encryptions Adoption Grows Network World Cara Garretson This NetworkWorld article on the activity around encryption technology suggests that companies are increasingly embracing it as a major aspect of their security infrastructure. 
10/23/2007 Microsoft pitches collaboration on data privacy to 2 allied groups San Francisco Chronicle Tom Abate Microsoft this week delivered a coordinated cybercrime message in two locations - to privacy pros attending the IAPP Privacy Academy 2007 in San Francisco and to a data security group meeting in London. 
10/22/2007 Privacy & Security Law Report     Two authorities on Internet Protocol version 6, which will transform the Internet and create a new realm of data and security considerations, are joining other speakers today on a panel at the IAPP's Privacy Academy 2007 in San Francisco.
10/19/2007 Consumers lack trust in e-mail, but still use it daily: Habeas report DM News Dianna Dilworth