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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 […]

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 […]

[…] 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 […]

[…] 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. […]

[…] Founder and Co-Chair of FPF, who is speaking in Brussels at privacy events this week, said: “This report shows that the Safe Harbor still is our best bet for protecting peoples’ data in a global economy.  By requiring companies to make commitments that can be enforced by the US Federal Trade Commission, EU citizens […]

[…] raises privacy concerns about the tracking of customer behavior in the offline world. We think, when it comes to addressing these concerns, that our Mobile Location Analytics Code of Conduct is a step in the right direction. Notice, transparency, and customer consent have — and will continue to be — important principles as we […]

[…] Location Analytics (“MLA”) in Retail Stores: FPF worked with a group of leading Mobile Location Analytics companies and Senator Chuck Schumer to create a Mobile Location Analytics Code of Conduct to provide an enforceable, self-regulatory framework for retail tracking. Learn more about the Smart Store Privacy project here.  In general, FPF has argued that […]