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Digital Health Issues
Leading Consumer, Privacy, Child Advocacy & Public Health Groups Call on FTC Chair to Appoint "Pro-Consumer" and "Independent of Industry" BCP Director
Submitted by demedia on Tue, 03/19/2013 - 12:16This letter was sent today to new FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez by three-dozen NGOs--including the national leaders in the consumer and privacy fields.
Leading Consumer, Privacy, Child Advocacy & Public Health Groups Call on FTC Chair to Appoint "Pro-Consumer" and "Independent of Industry" BCP Director
Submitted by demedia on Tue, 03/19/2013 - 12:16This letter was sent today to new FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez by three-dozen NGOs--including the national leaders in the consumer and privacy fields.
New Internet Industry Lobby Group (Google, Facebook, etc) Event Reveals Why US Companies Fighting EU Privacy Rights Legislation
Submitted by demedia on Tue, 03/19/2013 - 12:25The Internet Association is yet another well-funded special interest lobby group created to push the agenda of the digital data collection industry. While it frames its work as "Protecting Internet Freedom," its real role is to act as a political defense mechanism for the industry. When it serves their interests, it will fight against repressive proposals and policies that impact Internet users and their own role as conduits and provid
Leading Consumer, Privacy, Child Advocacy & Public Health Groups Call on FTC Chair to Appoint "Pro-Consumer" and "Independent of Industry" BCP Director
Submitted by demedia on Tue, 03/19/2013 - 12:16This letter was sent today to new FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez by three-dozen NGOs--including the national leaders in the consumer and privacy fields.
New Internet Industry Lobby Group (Google, Facebook, etc) Event Reveals Why US Companies Fighting EU Privacy Rights Legislation
Submitted by demedia on Tue, 03/19/2013 - 12:25The Internet Association is yet another well-funded special interest lobby group created to push the agenda of the digital data collection industry. While it frames its work as "Protecting Internet Freedom," its real role is to act as a political defense mechanism for the industry. When it serves their interests, it will fight against repressive proposals and policies that impact Internet users and their own role as conduits and provid
Datamining our "Likes" on Facebook reveals details about our personal lives--new research
Submitted by demedia on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 13:23Facebook and other online data collectors are able to continually gather and analyze the digital bits of behavior that make up our identities. A new study entitled "Private traits and attributes are predictable from digital records of human behavior," via Cambridge and Microsoft Research researchers illustrate the social surveillance infrastructure Facebook and so many others have unleashed. No one would willingly permit the FBI
Datamining our "Likes" on Facebook reveals details about our personal lives--new research
Submitted by demedia on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 13:23Facebook and other online data collectors are able to continually gather and analyze the digital bits of behavior that make up our identities. A new study entitled "Private traits and attributes are predictable from digital records of human behavior," via Cambridge and Microsoft Research researchers illustrate the social surveillance infrastructure Facebook and so many others have unleashed. No one would willingly permit the FBI
Datamining our "Likes" on Facebook reveals details about our personal lives--new research
Submitted by demedia on Tue, 03/12/2013 - 13:23Facebook and other online data collectors are able to continually gather and analyze the digital bits of behavior that make up our identities. A new study entitled "Private traits and attributes are predictable from digital records of human behavior," via Cambridge and Microsoft Research researchers illustrate the social surveillance infrastructure Facebook and so many others have unleashed. No one would willingly permit the FBI
Direct Marketing Association (DMA): Privacy safeguards threatens "our data–driven way of life"
Submitted by demedia on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 18:46The Direct Marketing Association has not played a positive role in the debate over privacy. For example, it (absurdly) has worked to exempt all the forms of data collection marketers do from the proposed Do Not Track safeguard. As it plans for its big Washington, DC conference, look at how it frames the problem:
Direct Marketing Association (DMA): Privacy safeguards threatens "our data–driven way of life"
Submitted by demedia on Mon, 03/04/2013 - 18:46The Direct Marketing Association has not played a positive role in the debate over privacy. For example, it (absurdly) has worked to exempt all the forms of data collection marketers do from the proposed Do Not Track safeguard. As it plans for its big Washington, DC conference, look at how it frames the problem:
