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Information Today December 3, 2015 |
EFF Brings Awareness to Google Privacy Practices The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against Google for collecting and mining students' personal data, such as their internet searches. |
InternetNews November 7, 2006 Roy Mark |
New Online Ad Techniques, Old Challenges Privacy and data security concerns stalking behavioral targeting and other advanced marketing practices. |
Information Today November 5, 2007 |
Groups Urge FTC to Protect Consumer Privacy Online Nine privacy and consumer groups unveiled a consensus document outlining key consumer rights and protections they want to see implemented in the behavioral online advertising sector. |
InternetNews October 1, 2010 |
EFF Claims Victory in Delay of Senate IP Bill The Electronic Frontier Foundation warned that the legislation designed to combat piracy will inevitably take down lawful content. |
InternetNews October 1, 2010 |
Ad Groups to Unveil Self-Regulatory Privacy Push Coalition of advertising associations plans to take the wraps off of a new umbrella organization to boost consumer privacy protections and preempt new federal regulations. |
Information Today May 3, 2012 Paula J. Hane |
Online Consumer Privacy in the Spotlight Choose Privacy Week is being held May 1-7, 2012. The theme is "Freedom from Surveillance." The American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom established Choose Privacy Week to deepen public awareness about this issue. The event is timely with many privacy issues like CISPA in the news. |
InternetNews February 13, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Advocates Blast FTC Guidelines on Web Privacy Agency refreshes self-regulatory best practices for behavioral targeting as privacy advocates call for tougher stance. |
InternetNews June 23, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
AT&T Draws Ire Over Privacy Update Privacy policy clarifications come as AT&T heads back into court. |
InternetNews October 31, 2007 Lyle Deixler |
Privacy Groups Seek 'Do Not Call' List for Web Ads Consumer privacy groups are pushing for increased regulatory oversight of online advertising, including a "Do Not Track" registry that would ban companies from tracking online users and targeting ads based on their activities. |
PC Magazine September 24, 2003 |
Taking Names Worried you might be next on the Recording Industry Association of America's (RIAA) hit list of music swappers? There's a way to find out. The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), an Internet public policy group, offers the Subpoena Database Query Tool for that purpose. |
InternetNews September 1, 2009 |
Consumer Groups Outline Privacy Law Wish List Privacy advocates pitch policy framework to House leaders drafting bill that could reshape online advertising. |
InternetNews August 15, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
EFF Goes After AOL The Electronic Frontier Foundation is asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate AOL's disclosure of search data for 650,000 users. |
InternetNews July 10, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Online Ad Regulation a Threat to Journalism? As online privacy debate heats up in Washington, opponents of regulation make the case that better ads bankroll quality content. |
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider |
Google Accused Of Collecting Data On Young Students' Internet Activity The Electronic Frontier Foundation says Chromebooks sold to schools mine students' data for non-advertising purposes thanks to the "Sync" functionality in Google Chrome. |
Information Today December 9, 2010 George H. Pike |
FTC's 'Do Not Track' Proposal Elicits Strong Reactions The proposed tool would allow users to prevent web companies from tracking their browsing activities for marketing or other purposes. |
CRM May 2012 Leonard Klie |
White House Unveils Blueprint for a Privacy Bill of Rights Proposed legislation is a first step in the process to strengthen online consumer protections. |
InternetNews December 10, 2009 |
Critics Blast Facebook's Latest Privacy Overhaul Advocates warn that new privacy controls will lead to inadvertent sharing of information. |
InternetNews March 30, 2010 |
Coalition Aims to Rewrite Online Privacy Law Rivals and foes unite in broad-ranging Digital Due Process Coalition that aims to modernize the 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act to account for cloud, location-based services. |
Information Today July 27, 2009 |
Advocacy Groups Ask for Privacy Guarantees in Google Book Search Google is urged to "assure Americans that Google will maintain the security and freedom that library patrons have long had to read and learn without worrying that someone is looking over their shoulder or could retrace their steps." |
InternetNews June 3, 2009 Kenneth Corbin |
Microsoft, Google Cautiously Endorse Privacy Bill Privacy attorneys for leading Web firms offer support for a limited, general privacy bill as debate in Congress looms. |
PC Magazine May 1, 2010 Chloe Albanesius |
Another Look At Privacy Google, Microsoft, and AT&T have joined a coalition to push Congress to update electronic privacy laws. |
InternetNews December 17, 2010 |
Commerce Report Outlines Web Privacy Overhaul Long-anticipated report from Department of Commerce envisions a privacy bill of rights, calls for overhauls of data breach, electronic communications laws. |
Information Today April 8, 2010 George H. Pike |
Digital Due Process Coalition Targets Privacy Laws A coalition of technology companies, public interest groups, think tanks, and academics has formed to push for updating federal privacy laws to address 21 st century privacy concerns. |
Salon.com August 21, 2000 Katharine Mieszkowski |
Leggo my data! Web surfers want privacy online, but a new study shows they can't tell a cookie from a Cocoa Puff. |
Information Today November 19, 2009 |
International Activists Launch New Copyright Watch Website The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Electronic Information for Libraries, and other international copyright experts joined together to launch a public website created to centralize resources on national copyright laws. |
InternetNews February 1, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
EFF Sues AT&T Over NSA Wiretaps The Electronic Frontier Foundation filed a class-action lawsuit against AT&T Tuesday, charging the carrier violated the law by assisting in the National Security Agency's controversial wiretap program. |
Fast Company Neal Ungerleider |
Privacy Advocates Boycott Facial Recognition Negotiations The U.S. government's efforts to build a code of conduct for facial recognition software creators has hit a major snag. |
Information Today May 3, 2010 Paula J. Hane |
Celebrating Libraries and Promoting Choose Privacy Week (May 2-8) Choose Privacy Week, which takes place May 2-8, 2010, is about bringing information privacy issues out into the open and discussing them - and libraries are the perfect places for those conversations to take place. |
InternetNews March 10, 2011 |
Mozilla Details Firefox 4's Do Not Track Do not track is one of the most hyped, and least understood, aspects of the next generation of Web browser. So what makes the Mozilla implementation different than others? |
InternetNews March 13, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
The Privacy Debate Beyond Google-DoubleClick The debate over consumer privacy and behavioral targeting in online advertising is far from over. |
InternetNews April 7, 2006 Ed Sutherland |
EFF Charges AT&T Assisted NSA in Surveillance Plan Civil liberties watchdog Electronic Frontier Foundation wants public disclosure of documents that allegedly implicate the phone giant's surveillance involvement. |
Information Today August 27, 2015 |
IFLA Statement Encourages Advocacy for Patron Privacy The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions released the "IFLA Statement on Privacy in the Library Environment." |
BusinessWeek July 24, 2006 Robert D. Hof |
Efficient Frontier: Hacking Madison Avenue Efficient Frontier Inc. is a New Age advertising agency that operates just like Madison Avenue shops, in a sense. It has access to a portfolio of ad space - Web search engines. |
InternetNews September 7, 2010 |
Google Faces Heat Over Privacy Tweaks A move to reduce legalese has one privacy advocacy group up in arms. |
InternetNews September 18, 2008 Kenneth Corbin |
EFF Sues Feds to Stop Domestic Spying With suit against AT&T stalled, watchdog group opens up a new front in legal challenge to government's warrantless surveillance program. |
InternetNews October 24, 2008 Tim Scannell |
GPS-Based Mobile Ads: Where Does Privacy Fit? Most consumers see location-based wireless advertising as "creepy" - so how do advertisers plan to cope? |
InternetNews May 24, 2010 |
Coalition Pushes for Privacy Law Overhaul Broad-ranging coalition of tech companies, advocacy groups from across the political spectrum dispatches representatives to Capitol Hill for congressional briefing on updating ECPA. |
InternetNews January 28, 2011 David Needle |
Data Privacy Survey Has Some Surprising Results A survey timed to be released on Data Privacy Day indicates that Americans are more concerned about online privacy violations than losing their jobs. |
InternetNews June 5, 2007 Roy Mark |
Former Lawmakers Push E-Health on The Hill Coalition aims to pressure Congress to provide funding for an electronic medical records network. |
Information Today July 1, 2014 |
Supreme Court Ruling Upholds Individual Privacy Law enforcement officers must obtain a warrant before searching the content in an arrested person's cellphone. |
InternetNews January 5, 2006 Roy Mark |
EFF Wants Protection For CD Research The Electronic Frontier Foundation wants Sony EMI to grant legal protections for computer security researchers examining the copy-protection technologies of the music giant. |
InternetNews October 2, 2007 Nicholas Carlson |
Germans Suspicious of 'GoogleClick' German official raises privacy concerns over Google-DoubleClick merger. |
InternetNews December 3, 2009 David Needle |
EFF Sues Feds Over Social Network Surveillance The online rights organization wants the government to release records of its surveillance of social networking sites. |
Search Engine Watch February 15, 2006 Chris Sherman |
Google Desktop Fears Overblown? Consumer watchdogs including the Electronic Frontier Foundation are urging a boycott of Google's new Desktop Search program, citing privacy concerns. But is it really too risky to use the program? |
The Motley Fool November 9, 2010 Anders Bylund |
Frontier Is Fixing Verizon's Problems You can't beat Frontier's dividend-paying power with a stick. |
InternetNews September 29, 2005 David Needle |
EFF Blasts Phone Security Spec The Electronic Frontier Foundation claims mobile security concerns can be addressed in ways that don't restrict consumer choice. |
Popular Mechanics July 2008 Joel Johnson |
How to Stop Your Boss From Spying on Your Company E-mail Want to keep the IT guys from casually snooping on your dinner plans? Here are a few ways to beef up your in-office digital privacy. |
InternetNews January 27, 2006 Susan Kuchinskas |
Storm Warning for Google, Search? Google could be headed for a court confrontation with the U.S. attorney general -- and for the mother of all privacy storms. |
InternetNews April 20, 2010 |
Google Rebuked by Privacy Regulators Google is taken to task over lax privacy in the rollout of its Buzz social networking service as well as other services. |
PC World October 7, 2002 Michelle Madigan |
Privacy Concerns Pushed to Front Lines Feds must explore, explain any effect on privacy by new policies or practices, under pending legislation. |