More Data Use Icons on The Way
Yesterday, Firefox revealed that one of the new features that will appear in Firefox 4 will be an icon that displays when the browser passes a browser’s physical location to a Web site. Firefox already has a feature that allows sites to ask users for permission to share location, which it derives by scanning local […]
Walkthrough: Click at Your Own Risk
Walkthrough: Click at Your Own Risk FootballOutsider.com By Mike Tanier March 10, 2010 None of the scenarios listed below have happened yet, as far as we know: A star college quarterback sends a text message to five friends, bragging about his performance against a rival school. One of the friends forwards it to another set […]
WMACCA Tech & IP Forum: Behavioral Advertising – How to Protect Your Brand While Taking Advantage of Advanced Advertising Techniques
WMACCA Tech and IP Forum: Behavioral Advertising – How to Protect Your Brand While Taking Advantage of Advanced Advertising Techniques Tuesday, February 23, 2010 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM LIVE at the offices of Morrison & Foerster LLP 1650 Tysons Boulevard Suite 400 McLean, Virginia OR by WEBCAST Overview The online collection of information over […]
Online Behavioral Advertising "Icon" Study
Executive Summary: In May 2009, the Future of Privacy Forum launched a research initiative to examine new methods for communicating with users about online advertising and privacy. This study assessed the communication efficacy of behavioral advertising disclosures based on icons and short disclosures placed near webpage advertisements as an alternative to providing transparency and choice […]
Ubiquitous Biometrics
Guest Post from privacy expert Kathy Harman-Stokes Speakers at the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) 2010 Biometrics Conference emphasized the value of “ubiquitous biometrics.” For biometrics to become ubiquitous, one speaker said biometrics should be widely used for facilities access, by employers for time and attendance recording of employees, and customer identification for various transactions, […]
Smart Grid Consumer Privacy Seal Launch Press Release
The Future of Privacy Forum and TRUSTe Launch a Smart Grid Privacy Seal Program Leaders in Government and Industry Voice Their Support The Future of Privacy Forum has developed a first of its kind privacy seal program for companies that use consumer energy information. The seal will be powered by TRUSTe, the leading data privacy […]
Important Comments by the FTC Chair and the Consumer Protection Chief to the NY Times Today
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/11/ftc-has-internet-gone-beyond-privacy-policies/ Some key points excerpted here: “Previous commissions had looked at privacy under the framework of whether consumers were harmed, and with the basis that companies must advise consumers about what they’re doing and obtain their consent, Mr. Leibowitz said. But companies “haven’t given consumers effective notice, so they can make effective choices,” he said. […]
Facebook Change Gives Users More Privacy Controls
Facebook Change Gives Users More Privacy Controls Associated Press By Barbara Ortutay December 9, 2009 Facebook is changing its privacy settings to give users control over who sees the information they post on their personal pages. Beginning Wednesday, the networking Web site is taking the rare step of requiring its more than 350 million users […]
Future of Privacy Forum Unveils New Privacy and Personalization Symbols Finalists
Today Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) released two proposed icons designed to communicate to web users about the efforts of advertisers to tailor ads based on the websites they visit. In February 2009, the Federal Trade Commission expressed concern that privacy policies were not being read or understood, and urged the industry to develop new […]
PrivacyProf on the SmartGrid
Some of the leading privacy analysis related to the smart grid has been carried out by Rebecca Herrold, a.k.a @PrivacyProf to her Twitter followers. Her most recent post, an effort to begin to map privacy standards to potential grid privacy concerns, does not disappoint. We are looking forward to having her on our smart grid […]