Speeches
Digital Health Issues
ACT--Mobile App Group--Run by Big Data Companies/Against Kids Online Privacy
Submitted by demedia on Fri, 10/12/2012 - 20:12Among the most vocal opponents of protecting children's privacy online in the mobile/location data tracking and targeting era is ACT (Association for Competitive Technology), which claims it is a "international grassroots advocacy and education organization representing more than 5,000 small and mid-size app developers and information technology firms." But who is really behind the`we represent the small gals/guys' facade?
DIgital Ad Alliance strong-arm tactics Against Do Not Track, Microsoft, and Privacy Online
Submitted by demedia on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 16:42Statement of Jeff Chester, CDD Exec Director, in response to the DAA announcement today saying its members will not honor Do Not Track requests from consumers using Microsoft and other browsers designed with privacy by design safeguards:
DIgital Ad Alliance strong-arm tactics Against Do Not Track, Microsoft, and Privacy Online
Submitted by demedia on Tue, 10/09/2012 - 16:42Statement of Jeff Chester, CDD Exec Director, in response to the DAA announcement today saying its members will not honor Do Not Track requests from consumers using Microsoft and other browsers designed with privacy by design safeguards:
Protect Kids Privacy Online: Sign the Petition
Submitted by demedia on Mon, 10/01/2012 - 15:29With kids privacy at stake, including on mobile devices, and the online ad lobby up in digital arms because the FTC is proposing a parent be in better control of data collected from children 12 and under, we need you to speak out. Special interest digital advertising industry lobbyists, joined by databrokers, and kids content and toy companies are teaming up to pressure the Federal Trade Commision so it won't support safeguards. The petition is
Protect Kids Privacy Online: Sign the Petition
Submitted by demedia on Mon, 10/01/2012 - 15:29With kids privacy at stake, including on mobile devices, and the online ad lobby up in digital arms because the FTC is proposing a parent be in better control of data collected from children 12 and under, we need you to speak out. Special interest digital advertising industry lobbyists, joined by databrokers, and kids content and toy companies are teaming up to pressure the Federal Trade Commision so it won't support safeguards. The petition is
Facebook to America: We want to target your kids with ads, collect their data, violate their privacy [Annals of COPPA/FTC]
Submitted by demedia on Sun, 09/30/2012 - 18:54The same comedy writers at Facebook who wrote about the glories to be from its IPO--now a colossal joke--were just put to work again in the social ad network's new FTC comments on children's privacy (COPPA). Like the hype used to blur the real financial prospects of Facebook, its arguments against strengthening rules to better protect children 12 and under from intrusive and manipulative digital data collection practices are based on a lack of candor. Undoubtedly, Mark Zuckerberg and company will be peddling the Brooklyn Bridge for sale soon.
Facebook to America: We want to target your kids with ads, collect their data, violate their privacy [Annals of COPPA/FTC]
Submitted by demedia on Sun, 09/30/2012 - 18:54The same comedy writers at Facebook who wrote about the glories to be from its IPO--now a colossal joke--were just put to work again in the social ad network's new FTC comments on children's privacy (COPPA). Like the hype used to blur the real financial prospects of Facebook, its arguments against strengthening rules to better protect children 12 and under from intrusive and manipulative digital data collection practices are based on a lack of candor. Undoubtedly, Mark Zuckerberg and company will be peddling the Brooklyn Bridge for sale soon.
EPIC & CDD ask FTC to investigate whether Facebook/Datalogix data deal violates Consent Decree
Submitted by demedia on Thu, 09/27/2012 - 17:17CDD and EPIC submitted this letter to the FTC today. Both groups have had a long history of monitoring Facebook's privacy and online data-related marketing practices. We have both worked to ensure that the FTC and other regulators engage in the due diligence required to ensure Facebook respects the privacy rights of its users.
