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[…] the two countries that most closely trail the United States in the relaying of spam). Some studiesfrom 2004 show that spam represented 65% of all e-mail. See Saul Hansell, Junk E-Mail and Fraudare Focus of Crackdown, N.Y. TIMES, Aug. 25, 2004, at C-1. 232.See Alex Mindlin, Seems Somebody is Clicking on that Spam, N.Y. […]

[…] on Communications Policy and Regulati on ‘Communications and Competition Law and Policy – Challenges of the New Decade’, University of Glasgow 17 June 2010, http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1628024 . 34 Saul Hansell, I.S.P. Tracking: The Mother of All Privacy Battles, NY Times, Mar. 20, 2008, http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/20/the -mother -of-all-privacy -battles ; Steve Stecklow & Paul Sonne , Shunned […]

[…] (Spring  2008)  (discussing  a  study  of   the  top  25  e-commerce  companies which found that 68% placed a conspicuous  link to their privacy policy on their homepage).  52 The major outlier is Google.  Until July 2008, the company resisted massive public pressure to adhere  to the FIP of notice  and  refused  link  its  privacy  policy  to  its  homepage .   See  e.g.,  Saul  Hansell,  Google  Changes  Home  Page,  Adding  Link  To  Privacy  Policy, NYT.COM :  T ECHNOLOGY ,  July  4,  2008,  http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/ 07/04/google-changes-home- page-adding-link-to-privacy-policy/ [hereinafter  Google Changes Homepage] (stating that the “word ‘privacy’ now appears  on  Google’s  home  page,  with  […]

[…] are not disclosing how they collect information about users well enough. And the agency threatened that the industry had better get its act together — or else.” Saul Hanse l, The F.T.C. Talks Tough on Internet Privacy , N.Y. TIMES , Feb. 12, 2009, at A17. Such enforcement actions can occur even in the […]

[…] progress.org/issues/2009/06/web2.0_challenges.html . I first publicly discussed the importance of “data empowerment,” including the freedom of association, at the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conference in June 2009. See: Saul Hansell, “The Obama Administra- tion’s Silence on Privacy,” The New York Times Bits Blog, June 2, 2009, available at http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/the- obama-adminstrations-silence-on-privacy/. I spoke in greater detail […]

[…] Panel  Urges  One  Year  ISP  Data  Retention ,  6  Privacy  &  Security  L.  Rep.  (BNA)  No.  1,  at  26  ( Jan.  1,  2007)  [hereinafter  Virginia  Panel  Urges];  Saul  Hansell  &  Eric  Lichtblau,  U.S.  Wants  Internet  Companies  to  Keep  Web-Surfing  R ecords, N.Y.  Times ,  June  2,  2006, at A15.  3 European Parliament and Council Directive 2006/24,  2006 O.J. (L 105) 54, 57 (EC);  see also European Union Officials Formally Approve  Data Retention Plan for Phone Calls, E-Mails, 5  Privacy & Security L. Rep. (BNA) No. 9, at 275 (Feb . 27, 2006) [hereinafter European Union  Officials ].  […]

[…] Beacon , CNET NEWS , Nov. 30, 2007, archived at http://www.webcitation.org/5wkX445UW (emphasizin g the rapid response and vocal outrage to the Beacon service announcement). 237 . See Saul Hansell, Facebook’s Next Privacy Problem , N.Y. TIMES , Nov. 7, 2007, archived at http://www.webcitation.org/5wkY9A0FR (characterizing Zuckerberg’s reaction to negative user feedback) . 238 . Rosenberg, […]

[…] people said speed [EFFICIENCY BENEFIT] and the ability to pay at the last minute [CONVENIENCE BENEFIT] prompted their Internet payments .). (emphasis added). 25 See e.g. , Saul Hansell, Google Aims To Speed the Online Checkout Line , N.Y. TIMES , June 29, 2006, at C1 (discussing e- commerce efficiency with Google CEO Eric […]

[…] 1999, at C6 (“European authorities continue to insist that the United States fails to provide enough consumer protection from companies that collect and often re-sell personal information.”); Saul Hansell, Big Web Sites to Track Steps of Their Users , N.Y. T IMES , Aug. 16, 1998, at 11 (“It is not illegal for Internet […]

[…] soon so please stay tuned for more information. Please visit the links below to see our work on this topic. Kick-Off Announcement: http://fpf.org/2009/05/19/future-of-privacy-forum-announces-research-initiative-to-develop-effective-messages-to-communicate-with-users-about-online-data-use/ Comments by the FTC Chairman: http://fpf.org/2009/05/20/kind-words-from-the-ftc-chairman/ Link to Relevant Research page on our Wiki: http://fpf-noticeproject.wikispaces.com/Relevant+Research Saul Hansell’s New York Times Bits Blog: “Seeking a Symbol for ‘This Ad Knows About You”