Privacy and Regulation

Mozilla Stalls on Privacy Patch: 'Needs More Work'

Mozilla Stalls on Privacy Patch: 'Needs More Work'

The company still intends to block third-party cookies by default, it said, but only after further testing.

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FTC Sting Operation Results in Warnings to 10 Data Brokers

FTC Sting Operation Results in Warnings to 10 Data Brokers

The agency today announced an undercover data shopping spree, and sent warning letters to firms that may be in violation of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

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Tech Firms Launch Privacy Tools That Can Block Mobile Ads

Tech Firms Launch Privacy Tools That Can Block Mobile Ads

Don't like ads on your phone? Evidon and Truste are offering new ways to control them.

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Massachusetts to Retailers: ZIP Codes Are Personal Info

The court decision, and others like it, have some privacy lawyers suggesting retailers change their ways when it comes to collecting ZIP codes.

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EU Hardens Stance on Google's Unified Privacy Policy

EU Hardens Stance on Google's Unified Privacy Policy

European privacy authorities want alterations to Google's privacy policies after the company collapsed sixty of those policies into one and launched enforcement actions.

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World Wide Internet Group Gets Lost In Weeds As It Tries to Define 'Do Not Track'

World Wide Internet Group Gets Lost In Weeds As It Tries to Define 'Do Not Track'

The W3C's process for developing a Do Not Track standard is a windy path fraught with brambles of legalese and tangential rabbit holes.

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Postal Service Can't Cut Saturday Delivery, U.S. GAO Says

Good news for magazines that depend on Saturday mail: The Government Accountability Office said the Postal Service doesn't have the authority to drop it.

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Google Asks Congress to Update Data Seizure Laws For Digital Age

Google Asks Congress to Update Data Seizure Laws For Digital Age

Search giant wants an update to a 1986 law that affects government requirements for obtaining personal emails.

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FTC Clarifies Its Rules For Mobile, Social Ads

FTC Clarifies Its Rules For Mobile, Social Ads

Advertising delivered through social media or on mobile phones needs to abide by the same requirements that apply to newspaper and television messages, the FTC said.

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Expected FTC Chair Ramirez Could Push for Global Privacy Rules

Expected FTC Chair Ramirez Could Push for Global Privacy Rules

Federal Trade Commissioner Edith Ramirez was director of Latino outreach for the Obama 2008 campaign.

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Facebook to Partner With Acxiom, Epsilon to Match Store Purchases With User Profiles

Facebook to Partner With Acxiom, Epsilon to Match Store Purchases With User Profiles

Facebook is testing out a new kind of ad targeting that matches offline purchases to Facebook profiles.

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Track This: Web Tags Surged 53% in 2012

The push for better monetization leads to dramatic rise in technologies collecting data online.

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White House Wants Your Email Address During SOTU Tonight

White House Wants Your Email Address During SOTU Tonight

Citizens will be able to share passages from President Barack Obama's SOTU address tonight through a tool collecting email addresses and other data.

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Startup Nomi Tracks Shoppers By Their Mobile Phone Signals

Startup Nomi Tracks Shoppers By Their Mobile Phone Signals

Start-up uses mobile phone signals to provide retailers with browsing data, but what about the privacy implications?

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Staunch Consumer Advocate Is Front-runner to Lead FTC

Staunch Consumer Advocate Is Front-runner to Lead FTC

The likely appointee, Julie Brill, is already a commissioner, and many believe she's been actively pursuing the role.

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Facebook to Make Targeted Ads More Transparent For Users

Facebook to Make Targeted Ads More Transparent For Users

The social network has agreed to start displaying the little blue "AdChoices" icon on its display ads served through its FBX ad exchange.

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On 'Data Privacy Day,' Google and Twitter Point Finger at Government

On 'Data Privacy Day,' Google and Twitter Point Finger at Government

On Data Privacy Day, Google and Twitter blame the government for intrusive user privacy infringement, while neglecting to mention their own controversial data practices.

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Abacus Deal Is Quaint in Today's Data Era

Join us as we explore the next frontier in data. Who knows what shifts the next decade will bring?

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Ad Trade Groups Lament California Mobile-Privacy Push

The California Attorney General is pushing mobile marketers to apply voluntary app privacy guidelines, and advertising industry groups don't like it.

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Facebook Ad Network Would Face Privacy Hurdle With Ad Agencies

Facebook Ad Network Would Face Privacy Hurdle With Ad Agencies

Agencies want Facebook to launch an ad network. But first they want Facebook to fix its privacy approach.

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