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[…] its risks. You register, sign in and built yourself a pretty neat profile, but if you forget or are oblivious to making some adjustments to your privacy settings, you can be pretty sure that everybody might have access to your personal information and whatever you post on the site (ranging from pictures to the latest YouTube video).

[…] spur legislation or will the industry see them as a signal to start embracing stronger self-regulation mechanisms? We want to know what privacy enthusiasts think of the latest reports from the FTC and Department of Commerce so we’re asking all those interested to participate in a brief survey.  The survey can be seen here […]

Tune in to Twitter on Wednesday, November 10 at 2 p.m. Eastern, as Jules shares the latest and greatest on privacy during his TAP: Technology-Academics-Policy Twitterview. Look for #TAPtalk and #privacy.

[…] by CBS News technology analyst Larry Magid, the conference will bring together key stakeholders from the technology, legal, academic, nonprofit and government communities to talk about the latest developments and where innovation is heading. Chris will be speaking at pii2010, along with more than 30 leading experts including: Kim Cameron –  Chief Architect of Identity for […]

A  friend just flagged to us the following activity on the Mozilla message boards indicating the latest updates to the browser code that is the base for the Firefox browser will dramatically change the handling of third party cookies.  Comments by Dan Wittes, leader of the cookie module at Mozilla,  explain that the current default ‘accept […]

[…] Tuesday, December 8 IAPP will host a conference devoted exclusively to the Federal Trade Commission and privacy protection. On Wednesday, December 9 IAPP will host a workshop for government privacy professionals, with a special focus on the practical aspects of the latest e-Government initiatives. Click here for more information or click on the Privacy Calendar.

Kudos to Harvard Asst professor Ben Edelman, for his latest expose of the underbelly of the online advertising environment. Edelman, an FPF Advisory Board member, has been a long time critic of ad networks or advertisers that don’t do enough to control where their ads are placed. At www.Benedelman.org, he has documented ads showing […]

A few articles covering remarks by new FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection Director Dave Vladeck have described some of the latest thinking at the Commission.  Here is a synopsis from the law firm of Perkins Coie. –Over the past ten years the agency has followed two approaches. Neither has worked well. The first was […]

[…] updating the current government policy around the use of cookies. The topic listed is as follows: Update the cookies policy to come up to speed with the latest in browser practices and persistence technologies.  Enable agencies to harness capabilities of cookies by streamlining approval process. Our sources tell us that the current cookie policy […]

[…] business practices have already been seen in 2009 and more changes are on the horizon. Come, hear, and interact with a panel of thought leaders on the latest in this evolving field that has implications for every business. Among topics to be covered: 1. New Laws and regulations at the federal and state level […]