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[…] site. Firefox already has a feature that allows sites to ask users for permission to share location, which it derives by scanning local wireless access points. (A number of companies, such as Skyhook, drive the streets, logging the locations of access points they detect. Press coverage of Google’s logging of this data while driving […]

[…] discuss the letter and by the simultaneous release by Google of a report on government requests for personal information. While the letter did not make the front page of newspapers, and while the buzz over the privacy missteps by Google in introducing Buzz may be old news — Google accepted responsibility when it happened, […]

[…] group is calling for requirements that the government obtain a search warrant before obtaining any private communications or documents stored online and before it can track cell phone or other mobile device locations, that the government demonstrate to a court that the data it seeks is relevant to a criminal investigation before monitoring e-mail, […]

[…] others use fingerprints, all to minimize exam fraud, which results in fraud in the admission process. A bank in Australia is using voice authentication biometrics for some phone banking and banks in Japan are using palm vein systems at ATMs. One system, BioLock, offers a fingerprint systems that can literally protect every mouse click […]

[…] key phrases to provide web surfers with more transparency and choice about behavioral advertising practices. FPF launched the notices initiative in May 2009 and partnered with a number of divisions at WPP, the global marketing communications company, to launch a consumer focused effort that would rely on the skill of advertising and communications professionals […]

[…] key phrases to provide web surfers with more transparency and choice about behavioral advertising practices. FPF launched the notices initiative in May 2009 and partnered with a number of divisions at WPP, the global marketing communications company, to launch a consumer focused effort that would rely on the skill of advertising and communications professionals […]

[…] of self-regulatory approach that augments the legal framework protecting privacy, especially in an area that is new and developing,” said FPF Founder and Co-chair Christopher Wolf “As a number of new and upcoming innovations for the home rely on the collection and use of consumer energy data, a self-regulatory program powered by independent third party […]

Another good location for the FPF personalization icons? Retailers, Product Marketers Could Discern Viewer, Make Choices on What to Display and Transfer Coupons Via Phone WSJ Jan 12, 2010 Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp. are promoting the idea of advanced digital signs in stores that aren’t just for shoppers to look at. These look […]

[…] privacy experts in the world. An avowed believer in the role that technology can play in protecting privacy, Dr. Cavoukian’s leadership has seen her office develop a number of tools and procedures to ensure that privacy is protected in Ontario – and around the world. Businesses across North America and Europe regularly seek Dr. […]

[…] groups have drafted self regulatory principles requiring new notices to users to appear alongside ads or on web sites. With this in mind, FPF partnered with a number of divisions of WPP, the global marketing communications company, to launch a consumer focused effort that would rely on the skill of advertising and communications professionals […]