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FTC Endorses “Do Not Track Me,” Calls For A New Privacy Framework
If you wonder if you are being followed online and if anything can be done about it, take a look at the just-out Federal Trade Commission report on online privacy. A frightening amount of information is available about us online and the Federal Trade Commission has endorsed the notion of a “privacy by design” build-in for […]
Continue reading...Two Agencies Favor Do Not Track Option to Protect Web User Privacy
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Weitzner spoke at a conference on the future of online consumer protections that the advocacy group Consumer Watchdog hosted. Marketers have created a lucrative business by collecting detailed data on Internet users' behaviors and backgrounds, including estimates of income and family composition, to compile consumer profiles for corporate clients. Do Not Track "is the perfect illustration for a robust stakeholder process to develop voluntary but enforceable codes of conduct," Weitzner added.
Continue reading...LIVE BLOG: Notes on David Vladeck’s preview of the FTC report on online privacy
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
The FTC missed its deadline for posting its online privacy report online due to "technical problems"… Anti-trust panel going strong. Watch live here http://www.visualwebcaster.com/consumerwatchdog We had the first words on the report earlier at Consumer Watchdog's conference on the future of online consumer protection. Report just came online about an hour late, a […]
Continue reading...Microsoft’s Old Nemesis, Gary Reback, to Address Antitrust Probe of Google
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Last April, Consumer Watchdog published this report, titled Traffic Report: How Google Is Squeezing Out Competitors and Muscling Into New Markets. The group formally asked the Justice Department to launch an antitrust probe of the search giant. But the European Commission beat their U.S. counterparts to the punch. "I welcome the European action, but Google is a U.S. Company and it's long past time for our authorities to launch an investigation," says Consumer Watchdog spokesman John Simpson.
Continue reading...Google Faces EU Antitrust Investigation Over Search
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Google watchdogs for the Consumer Watchdog praised the Commission's move but lamented the lack of such scrutiny of the search engine in the U.S. "It's long been clear that Google unfairly uses its dominance in search to benefit its own services," said John M. Simpson, director of Consumer Watchdog's Inside Google project. "I'm pleased with the European announcement, but this is a U.S. company and it is past time for our authorities to act decisively."
Continue reading...Consumer Watchdog Welcomes EU Antitrust Probe of Google; Calls On U.S. Justice Department To Launch Investigation
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Google’s Anticompetitive Tactics Will Be Topic At Group’s Conference Wednesday WASHINGTON — Consumer Watchdog today welcomed the European Union’s antitrust investigation of Google and reiterated its call for the the U.S. Justice Department to launch its own investigation of the Internet giant.
Continue reading...Groups Urge FTC To Probe Online Health Marketing
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Four public interest groups filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission Tuesday urging the agency to investigate whether those offering online health information and services are engaging in unfair and deceptive advertising practices.
Continue reading...Privacy Groups Ask For Greater Oversight Of Pharma Ad Targeting
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
A coalition of privacy groups and other advocates are asking the Federal Trade Commission to probe whether online health marketers engage in deceptive practices by tracking users across the Web in order to serve them targeted ads.
Continue reading...Privacy Groups Fault Online Health Sites for Sharing Personal Data
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
QualityHealth is one of a number of companies cited in the complaint to the F.T.C. filed by four nonprofit privacy and consumer advocacy groups. In the complaint, the Center for Digital Democracy, U.S. PIRG, Consumer Watchdog and the World Privacy Forum charged that online marketing of medications, products and medical services posed fundamental new risks to consumer privacy and health because of sophisticated data collection and patient-profiling techniques.
Continue reading...Google dodges two bullets as Wi-Spy questions linger
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Google’s success at forging non-adversarial relationships with government regulators in the Anglo-American world is paying dividends for the Internet giant. Wednesday the British information commissioner in London declined to fine the Internet company for privacy violations in the United Kingdom for its Wi-Spying activities.
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
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