Digital Privacy Issues
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CDD to FTC: Google Violated Buzz Consent Decree by Failing to Inform Consumers Real Reasons for its Expanded Data Practices
Submitted by demedia on Wed, 02/22/2012 - 13:55The attached complaint was sent today to the FTC, including the following to the Secretary, Commissioners, and staff:
Microsoft and Facebook Targeting using Real-Time Bidding/Ad Exchanges: "target...with great precision"
Submitted by demedia on Mon, 02/06/2012 - 16:09The recent flare-up/digital privacy food fight between Microsoft and Google (including full-page print ads from Microsoft) shouldn't distract from a key point: digital marketers like Google and Microsoft are basically doing the same things--despite whatever "spin" they place on it. Digital advertising is a global business whose business model for online data collection and profile-based targeting across all platforms are being engineered by Google, Microsoft and a few other leaders. Facebook's expansion of viral and peer to peer marketing has also shaped online d
Community Group comments on W3C DNT--Towards a Do Not Track System that Protects User Privacy
Submitted by demedia on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 17:36Facebook uses neuromarketing research to back its online ad clout--tracking brain/subconscious behaviors
Submitted by demedia on Fri, 12/09/2011 - 16:22Facebook's expansion of its data collection and ad targeting system includes a recent alliance with the Nielsen company, to help it validate its worth to the largest global advertisers. Now Facebook is working with Nielsen's new neuromarketing service Neurofocus. Like other major online marketers, Facebook is researching how its ad system influences the unconscious perceptions and emotions of individuals. It has just released a new study done with Neurofocus documenting the &qu
BEUC Raises Key Concerns Over IAB "Icon" Privacy Scheme
Submitted by demedia on Mon, 12/05/2011 - 16:52The key EU privacy regulator Article 29 Working Party meets this week and will adopt a decision on the IAB self-regulation plan. Today, the leading EU consumer group BEUC (a consortium of all major EU groups and a key member of the US/EU consumer group TACD) sent the attached letter. It strongly criticizes the IAB self-regulatory system.
Carrier IQ Privacy Concerns Reflects Mobile Marketing Business Model--Behavior+Location Tracking
Submitted by demedia on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 16:51Sen Al Franken (D-Mn) sent a letter today to Carrier IQ "that has apparently been installed on millions of smartphones and that logs and may transmit sensitive information – including users’ locations, the websites they visit, and the contents of their text messages and online searches – to explain exactly what the software records, whether it is transmitted to Carrier IQ or any third party, and whether the data is protected against security threats that could risk the safety and privacy of American consumers."
FTC’s settlement with Facebook underscores that the social media giant has long misled users and the public
Submitted by demedia on Tue, 11/29/2011 - 18:11Statement of Jeff Chester:
Privacy Groups to FTC: Investigate & Redress Facebook's latest threat to its user privacy
Bravo to EPIC and the other groups for taking this important position on the need for Facebook to truly respect the privacy of its users. Read the letter and complaint.
Leading Consumer, Privacy and Civil Liberties Groups Tell Senate Action Required on Privacy
Earlier this week, the data collection and advertising lobby and its supporters [inc. Chamber of Commerce] urged the Senate to do nothing to protect U.S. consumer privacy. The trade groups want self-regulation to remain as the key framework--even though it has been a failure for more than a decade. Leading NGO's wrote to the Senate Commerce Committee today, urging them to pass legislation that will protect the public.
