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[…] and where can it be found.  Tellingly, the only time web pages are not cached and indexed is when website publishers, not search engines, include a special code on their web pages instructing search engines to ignore the page.  This special code is called robots.txt The web pages that are cached and indexed could […]

[…] (CBPR) system.  After a favorable determination by the APEC’s Joint Oversight Panel, Canada will become the fourth country to join the system, along with the United States, Mexico and Japan.   In addition, TRUSTe, an APEC-approved Accountability Agent, announced that 14 companies are in the process of seeking certification.  Taken together, these developments, along with Mexico’s recent […]

I recently received an email promoting a campaign by a group called Some Of Us, an organization that generates petitions opposing various activities of large companies. This campaign was directed at Facebook, calling on the social network to not sell user data to advertisers. Facebook has recently announced plans to allow advertisers to target ads to Facebook users based […]

[…] law. What makes this development so critical to global interoperability is that it serves as a model for other APEC member economies to consider how an enforceable code of conduct based on an international standard can be successfully incorporated into a legal regime – including extending express benefits to certified companies.  It remains to […]

Today, Re/ code ran an essay by Jules Polonetsky and Omer Tene, offering their take on the Facebook’s now-infamous experiment looking at the effects of tweaking the amount of positive or negative comments on a user’s News Feed: As the companies that serve us play an increasingly intimate role in our lives, understanding how […]

[…] anchor in the Pacific for this regional system,” said FPF Policy Director Josh Harris. FPF is engaged in a series of efforts across the Asia Pacific to promote a more streamlined privacy landscape. FPF is currently working with the United States Department of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission to provide technical assistance to […]

[…] with the leading companies providing these services to create an enforceable Mobile Location Code of Conduct that restricts discriminatory uses of data, creates a central opt out, promotes in-store notice and other protections. We filed comments last week with the FTC describing the program in detail. The only data transmitted by mobile devices that […]

[…] us to provide reaction.  Additionally, special guests Giovanni Buttarelli, Asst. European Data Protection Supervisor; Christopher Graham, UK Information Commissioner; Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, CNIL (France); and María Elena Pérez-Jaén Zermeño, IFAI ( Mexico), will be attending. This event is intended to comply with applicable Congressional and Executive branch gift rules. Contact us with questions. The full “Privacy Papers” digest […]

[…] Privacy by Design Ambassador by the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. Like fellow PbD Ambassador Euclid Analytics, Aislelabs has signed on to our Mobile Location Analytics (MLA) Code of Conduct, which ensures that consumers are provided with transparency and choice as to whether MLA companies may collect their information. As the launch date of […]

[…] iInside, Measurence, Mexia Interactive, Radius Networks, ReadMe Systems, SOLOMO Technology, and Turnstyle Solutions) have already made a significant commitment to protecting privacy by signing on to our Code of Conduct. However, as companies continue to find exciting new ways to improve the retail experience using consumer data, privacy and security are hardly foregone conclusions. […]