Topic: Privacy
Twitter scored a lot of points in Washington recently when it publicly came out in support of the government's Do Not Track policy recommendation for Web companies. But that doesn't…
Last Friday Facebook announced it was making changes to its data use policy. The company has posted a document online that lays out the full gamut of additions and deletions it…
Senate Democrats aren't going to let a little distraction like the 2012 presidential election stop them from pushing for baseline legislation to protect consumers’ privacy online. In a classic showdown between…
MySpace joined Google and Facebook in settling Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated millions of users' privacy, contrary to what the social network said in its privacy policy. As part…
Google isn't fooling around when it comes to Washington. The search giant spent $5.03 million in first quarter, a 240 percent increase over the same period last year and an…
Changing the name of an organization is often more internal politics than external policy. But in the case of the National Advertising Review Council—now known as the Advertising Self-Regulatory Council—the…
A new study from Carnegie Mellon University throws cold water on the reputed success of the Digital Advertising Alliance's self-regulatory privacy program, which gives consumers the choice to opt out…
Just about everything in the Federal Trade Commission's final privacy report went down as expected for the Internet advertising industry except for one, a new recommendation to give regulators more…
Is the entire debate over online privacy just a case of regulators and the Obama administration crying wolf? That was the bombshell argument Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-Calif.) dropped during the…
The Federal Trade Commission continues to show it has enforcement teeth when it comes to protecting children's privacy and data security. The agency ripped into RockYou Tuesday, announcing a settlement…
