Speeches
Digital Health Issues
Consumer, Privacy, Child Health & Advocacy Groups Urge Swift FTC Action to Protect Young Peoples Privacy via COPPA
Letter sent to FTC Chairman Leibowitz and commissioners Brill, Ramirez, Kovacic and Rosch by American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Academy of Pediatrics, Benton Foundation, Center for Digital Democracy, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Children Now, Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, Consumer Watchdog, and U.S. PIRG.
Consumer, Privacy, Child Health & Advocacy Groups Urge Swift FTC Action to Protect Young Peoples Privacy via COPPA
Letter sent to FTC Chairman Leibowitz and commissioners Brill, Ramirez, Kovacic and Rosch by American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Academy of Pediatrics, Benton Foundation, Center for Digital Democracy, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Children Now, Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, Consumer Watchdog, and U.S. PIRG.
Consumer, Privacy, Child Health & Advocacy Groups Urge Swift FTC Action to Protect Young Peoples Privacy via COPPA
Letter sent to FTC Chairman Leibowitz and commissioners Brill, Ramirez, Kovacic and Rosch by American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, American Academy of Pediatrics, Benton Foundation, Center for Digital Democracy, Center for Science in the Public Interest, Children Now, Consumer Action, Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, Consumer Watchdog, and U.S. PIRG.
Facebook's Goal: "be advocates on behalf of brands"
Facebook is headed to 700 million users. It's important that the social site be transparent in terms of its relationships with powerful players--whether they are the largest global brands or governments. Facebook's new sales chief--Carolyn Everson (who also worked for MTV and Microsoft)--says a great deal about Facebook's direction in an Advertising Age interview. Here are some excerpts. Think about what Facebook gives, in terms of access and information, to its largest a
Yahoo's new Beijing based Lab with Digital Marketing Focus/Where is Global Network Initiative on Human Rights implications?
China is the ultimate digital ad prize for many global marketers, given its large middle class, youthful population, and embrace of mobile devices. But online marketers engaged in behavioral targeting and other forms of data collection, profiling, and online surveillance need to operate with human rights and privacy in mind. Microsoft already has an lab in Beijing that works on behavioral targeting. Now comes Yahoo. As t
Behavioral Targeter Valueclick Acquires Mobile Ad Network--When Will FTC Protect Mobile Privacy?
It's been two years since CDD and USPIRG filed a complaint at the FTC on mobile marketing and privacy. While its establishment of a mobile forensics lab to investigate mobile data and privacy issues was a good step, more must be done. Google, Apple and others involved in mobile data collection for targeted marketing must create meaningful privacy and consumer protection rules. Otherwise, the merging of behavioral and mobile and location data for targeting, which w
