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EU to Online Ad Lobby: Make a Serious Do-Not-Track System and Work with W3C
Submitted by demedia on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 16:28The EU's Article 29 Working Party, the data protection commissioners group, has sent a letter to the IAB EU and EASA saying that the online ad industry should work with the W3C's Do Not Track process. As you know, the White House endorsed two weeks ago the Digital Advertising Alliance's (DAA) plan to develop a form of Do Not Track. However, many privacy and consumer groups worry that the DAA's approach will
EU to Online Ad Lobby: Make a Serious Do-Not-Track System and Work with W3C
Submitted by demedia on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 16:28The EU's Article 29 Working Party, the data protection commissioners group, has sent a letter to the IAB EU and EASA saying that the online ad industry should work with the W3C's Do Not Track process. As you know, the White House endorsed two weeks ago the Digital Advertising Alliance's (DAA) plan to develop a form of Do Not Track. However, many privacy and consumer groups worry that the DAA's approach will
Cookie Wars:How New Data Profiling and Targeting Techniques Threaten Citizens and Consumers in the “Big Data” Era--now published
Submitted by demedia on Mon, 03/05/2012 - 22:11Our chapter in a new edited volume called European Data Protection: In Good Health? is now published. It survey's the contemporary digital data tracking and online marketing landscape. It pulls back the curtain on many digital marketing practices and claims. Worth a look, as they say, if you have time. More info here.
IAB Attacks EU, W3C. Says Protecting Privacy Online is Bigger threat to the Internet than SOPA or PIPA!
Submitted by demedia on Sun, 03/04/2012 - 16:43When the head of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB/US) goes on a tirade in front of the world's leading digital marketing and advertising companies, it's worth noting what's the alarm about. According to IAB CEO Randall Rothenberg, the biggest threat to the Internet today isn't SOPA or PIPA--it's the work of the EU and W3C to protect consumer privacy!
IAB Attacks EU, W3C. Says Protecting Privacy Online is Bigger threat to the Internet than SOPA or PIPA!
Submitted by demedia on Sun, 03/04/2012 - 16:43When the head of the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB/US) goes on a tirade in front of the world's leading digital marketing and advertising companies, it's worth noting what's the alarm about. According to IAB CEO Randall Rothenberg, the biggest threat to the Internet today isn't SOPA or PIPA--it's the work of the EU and W3C to protect consumer privacy!
Online Ad Giants to Congress: Don't Protect Consumers Online. Let us develop the safeguards!
Submitted by demedia on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 15:58The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) political wheeling and dealing should come under greater policymaker and press scrutiny, especially from EU privacy officials. Online data collection companies are terrified that policymakers will enact reasonable safeguards that ensure consumers and citizens get to decide how their data can be collected and used--not the digital data grabbers at Google, Facebook, and many others. These digital marketers would prefer that private deals be struck that will allow the data profiling status quo, including on issues related to our finances,
Online Ad Giants to Congress: Don't Protect Consumers Online. Let us develop the safeguards!
Submitted by demedia on Sat, 03/03/2012 - 15:58The Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) political wheeling and dealing should come under greater policymaker and press scrutiny, especially from EU privacy officials. Online data collection companies are terrified that policymakers will enact reasonable safeguards that ensure consumers and citizens get to decide how their data can be collected and used--not the digital data grabbers at Google, Facebook, and many others. These digital marketers would prefer that private deals be struck that will allow the data profiling status quo, including on issues related to our finances,
EU/US Consumer Groups (TACD) Call on Google to Reverse Privacy Policy Plan
Submitted by demedia on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 17:09This letter from the US/EU consumer group organization Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue, which formally advises both the EU and US, calls on Google to suspend its planned privacy changes.
EU/US Consumer Groups (TACD) Call on Google to Reverse Privacy Policy Plan
Submitted by demedia on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 17:09This letter from the US/EU consumer group organization Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue, which formally advises both the EU and US, calls on Google to suspend its planned privacy changes.
EU/US Consumer Groups (TACD) Call on Google to Reverse Privacy Policy Plan
Submitted by demedia on Wed, 02/29/2012 - 17:09This letter from the US/EU consumer group organization Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue, which formally advises both the EU and US, calls on Google to suspend its planned privacy changes.
