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[…] the FTC Chairman: http://fpf.org/2009/05/20/kind-words-from-the-ftc-chairman/ Future of Privacy Forum Unveils New Privacy and Personalization Symbols Finalists: http://fpf.org/2009/12/04/future-of-privacy-forum-unveils-new-privacy-and-personalization-symbols-finalists/ Icons from Notices Project go Live: http://fpf.org/2009/12/07/check-out-the-icons-live/ Link to Relevant Research page on our Wiki: http://fpf-noticeproject.wikispaces.com/Relevant+Research Link to Gallery of Leading Practices: http://fpf.org/2009/08/13/gallery-of-leading-practices-2/ Opting-In to Fixing the Opt-Out: The Future of Privacy Forum is also engaged in a […]

[…] and hackers who will enjoy plundering the Social Security numbers. They can lead to discrimination based on inappropriately shared health information. The CLIP study has offered a number of wise recommendations, including the minimization of data collection, adoption of clear retention policies, and maintenance of audit logs. It also suggests the anonymization of data […]

[…] You must not notify a user that someone has removed the user as a friend. You must not track visits to a user’s profile, or estimate the number of such visits, whether aggregated anonymously or identified individually. You must not significantly alter the purpose of your application such that users would view it as […]

[…] identifies many of key issues which were reviewed to ensure EU privacy compliance. We discuss here a few that are of particular interest. Cookie Expiration Dates: A number of ad networks have set limited expiration dates for the tracking cookies they use. This is generally a good practice, as for many years companies simply […]

A number of the most fervent privacy groups today put out a report critiquing the Obama administration’s record to date on privacy issues. At only 9 months in, it seems a bit too soon to rate the Administration. As we have written previously, we do think there have been early indications of a commitment […]

[…] a few friends. She found herself rarely checking the social-networking site, letting days or even weeks slip by between visits. But in late June, she received a phone call from a cousin. He had responded to what he thought was her emergency plea for money on Facebook and wired her $2,000 – in London. […]

[…] changes that intended to address the concerns offered by the Commissioner. Among the changes Facebook will be making: • Updating its Privacy Policy to better describe a number of practices, including the reasons for the collection of date of birth, account memorialization for deceased users, the distinction between account deactivation and deletion, and how […]

[…] to the web managers understanding of site usage. Other uses are significantly dependant on the use of persistent cookies specifically. For example, providing an assessment of the number of unique users of a web site and usage growth over time is reliant on the use of an identifier that will persist over the relevant […]

[…] to the web managers understanding of site usage. Other uses are significantly dependant on the use of persistent cookies specifically. For example, providing an assessment of the number of unique users of a web site and usage growth over time is reliant on the use of an identifier that will persist over the relevant […]

[…] to figure out how companies who wanted to be transparent about behavioral ads could do so in a way meaningful to users. Together with WPP and a number of other leading companies, we launched an initiative to develop effective messages to communicate with users about online data use and hope to be able to […]