Privacy is a bit like the weather — everyone talks about it but no one does a damn thing about it. Sure, it’s creepy that these companies track you and munch your personal information. But are you really going to ditch Facebook and every other online … Read More »
Jonathan Mayer is the grad student whose research on internet tracking set off an explosive series of media reports and a flurry of privacy… Read More »
Three of the four main browser companies–Mozilla, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), and Apple–either have or will soon have in their browsers a Do N… Read More »
Is it because it’s tucked away in an “advanced” menu that users don’t know about? Or is it because most users simply aren’t that bothered by… Read More »
Apple Adds ‘Do Not Track’ Privacy Feature To New Safari Browser
By Joe Mullin
Apr. 14, 2011, 3:04am
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In some ways, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has been fairly unresponsive when it comes to the online privacy debate. Of the four major browser companie… Read More »
Kerry-McCain Privacy Bill: Opt-Outs Are In, Do Not Track Is Out
By Joe Mullin
Apr. 13, 2011, 9:55am
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Several privacy bills have been or will be introduced in Congress this year, but observers are already saying the one proposed by Sens. John… Read More »
AP Is First News Organization To Use ‘Do Not Track’ On Large Scale
By Joe Mullin
Apr. 1, 2011, 6:01am
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Both Mozilla and Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) are putting Do Not Track “headers” in their new web browsers; of course, those headers are just sign… Read More »
Guess What: Some Big Companies Actually Want More Privacy Regulation
By Joe Mullin
Mar. 17, 2011, 3:10am
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The Obama administration made official its call for a comprehensive privacy law today, and there are signals that industry support for such… Read More »
Microsoft Steps Up Privacy Protections, Puts New Pressure On Google, Apple
By Joe Mullin
Mar. 15, 2011, 6:56pm
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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has been promoting its “Tracking Protection Lists” in the new version of Internet Explorer as the best route for user… Read More »
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is putting its support behind another browser privacy feature. The submission the company has made to the World Wide… Read More »
Big Banks To FTC: New Online Privacy Rules Shouldn’t Apply To Us
By Joe Mullin
Feb. 16, 2011, 4:30am
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If you had to bet on a website that will be crushed by traffic demands this week, you might bet on ftc.gov. The Federal Trade Commission has… Read More »
On Friday, U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) introduced the first Do Not Track privacy proposal, and other such bills are on the way. At fi… Read More »
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As the FTC gathers comments on its proposed privacy rules, including a “Do Not Track” proposal, FTC Commissioner Julie Brill told a crowd of… Read More »
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By Joe Mullin
Feb. 5, 2011, 2:25am
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Legislators in the House and the Senate are now practically falling over each other to introduce new online-privacy legislation. Congression… Read More »
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Jan. 25, 2011, 2:17am
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Three of the four major browser companies now have proposals on the table that respond to the government’s call to create better online priv… Read More »
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