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Websites Are Increasingly Tracking Users Without Their Knowledge
Oct 16, 2013Websites are increasingly tracking users without their knowledge or permission by using "device fingerprinting" to identify individual web users. Device fingerprinting uses the data sent by a PC, smartphone or tablet computer to websites ...
Tags: Fingerprinting, Computer Products, software
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Firms May Have to Significantly Rein in Their Use Personal Data
Jan 10, 2013Firms such as Facebook and Google may have to significantly rein in their use personal data if European Union lawmakers get the go-ahead to give users more control over their data. In a report seen by Reuters, Jan Philipp Albrecht, a ...
Tags: Facebook, Google, personal data, data control, data protection
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The FTC Has Launched an Investigation of Several Mobile APP Makers
Dec 28, 2012Many mobile apps aimed at children collect and share personal data without notifying parents, potentially violating U.S. law, the Federal Trade Commission said in a report released Monday. The FTC has launched an investigation of several ...
Tags: FTC, mobile apps, children, data
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Websites,Mobile Apps Targeting Children Will Be Required to Follow New Privacy Regulations
Dec 20, 2012Websites,mobile apps and online advertising networks targeting children will be required to follow new privacy regulations,including getting a parent's permission before collecting geo-location information and photographs from kids,under ...
Tags: privacy regulations, FTC, COPPA
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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission Should Analyze Facebook's Relationship
Dec 20, 2012The U.S. Federal Trade Commission should analyze Facebook's relationship with a data marketer to ensure it doesn't violate the social networking site's recently approved settlement, the Electronic Privacy Information Center said Monday. ...
Tags: U.S., FTC, Facebook, Datalogix, partnership
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A Judge to Move Forward with an Effort to Oppose a $22.5 Million Privacy Settlement
Dec 19, 2012A judge has allowed privacy group Consumer Watchdog to move forward with an effort to oppose a $22.5 million privacy settlement between Google and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Consumer Watchdog opposes the settlement because Google ...
Tags: judge, privacy group, Consumer Watchdog, Google
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An Executive Order Seeks to Bolster The Government's Ability
Dec 17, 2012An executive order issued by the White House last Friday seeks to bolster the government's ability to keep its emergency communications capabilities intact during national emergencies. But one privacy advocacy group expressed concern that ...
Tags: White House, Emergency Communications Riles Privacy Group