Congress and even some tech companies are promising to get serious about “Do Not Track” legislation, which will let consumers tell companies not to collect their personal information. But any meaningful change is unlikely. Read more »
As sites like Facebook work with data companies and advertisers to collect more of our personal information, tools like Disconnect may be our best hope of preserving privacy. The company just put out a major update that stops the data flow and lets you see what companies are tracking you. Read more at GigaOM »
Many people are familiar with ads that follow them across different websites. Now, one company says it can have the same ads show up on an individual’s smartphone too. Marketers like the idea but does it actually work? And will regulators tolerate it? Read more »
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 convenience of modern life? 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 (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 »
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 »
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 »
For all the talk among among policymakers and the press about online privacy, it still isn’t clear how much average consumers are even aware… Read more »
Legislators in the House and the Senate are now practically falling over each other to introduce new online-privacy legislation. Congression… Read more »
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 »
First Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), and now Mozilla. One by one, web browser companies are revealing their plans for beefed-up privacy settings. Read more »
