Katie Kindelan
What Happens When Your Password Protector is Hacked?
Performance Marketing
What do you do when the service you trust to protect your passwords is possibly hacked? LastPass users just found out. What exactly happened?
Next-Generation Zuckerbergs Use Privacy To Sell the Next Facebook
Performance Marketing
Privacy, privacy, privacy. And a little social networking too. That’s the pitch being made by the newest generation of Mark Zuckerbergs as they try to crack into the social networking [...]
Legislative Update: ‘Do Not Track’ Advances from California to Capitol Hill
Performance Marketing
Legislation that would dramatically change the way online advertising and Web companies are allowed to collect and retain consumers’ personal data is moving forward in the U.S., from sea to [...]
South Korean Police Raid Google’s Office — What Does It Mean to the U.S?
Performance Marketing
How do consumers and the feds respond to potential privacy breaches on mobile phones? Depends on where you are. In the United States, lawmakers call for hearings, while consumers go to [...]
Who’s Behind the Wheels of a ‘Digital Driver’s License’?
Performance Marketing
If kids thought waiting until they were 13 to join Facebook was bad, how about adding the drama of a ‘digital driver’s license’ to the test? That’s the idea proposed [...]
How Are iPhone and Android Users Fighting Back Over Location-Sharing?
Performance Marketing
Forget emails to Steve Jobs and blog ranting, iPhone and Android users are taking their privacy complaints straight to the courtroom. Two Michigan women have sued Google over location data [...]
What Should the U.S. State Department Do on Social Media?
Performance Marketing
So long digital projects, hello social media. The U.S. State Department has quietly abandoned its America.gov site to refocus its efforts on Twitter, Facebook and the like. Call it #USDIPLOMACY, [...]
What Should a ‘Parent Resource Center’ for Social Networking Contain? [INTERVIEW]
Performance Marketing
A new study in the U.K. found that half of parents with children aged 5-15 and 70 percent of parents with kids ages 12-15 admit they know less about the [...]
Steve Jobs Chimes In, Via Email, on Smartphone Tracking
Performance Marketing
How do you solve a privacy breach like smartphone location tracking? If you’re a Member of Congress, you very publicly tweet, send a letter or issue a statement. If you’re [...]
Will the U.S. Look to Europe as a Guide to Protect Kids Online?
Performance Marketing
Just days after releasing a headline-grabbing study showing the ‘kids aren’t alright,’ when it comes to their online safety, the European Union has initiated a new, strict set of rules [...]