
Future of Privacy Forum Unveils New Privacy and Personalization Symbols Finalists
[…] soon so please stay tuned for more information. Please visit the links below to see our work on this topic. Kick-Off Announcement: http://fpf.org/2009/05/19/future-of-privacy-forum-announces-research-initiative-to-develop-effective-messages-to-communicate-with-users-about-online-data-use/ Comments by the FTC Chairman: http://fpf.org/2009/05/20/kind-words-from-the-ftc-chairman/ Link to Relevant Research page on our Wiki: http://fpf-noticeproject.wikispaces.com/Relevant+Research Saul Hansell’s New York Times Bits Blog: “Seeking a Symbol for ‘This Ad Knows About You”

Volume of the Obama Administration on Privacy
Our friend Saul Hansell at the New York Times has a piece today entitled “The Obama Administration’s Silence on Privacy, ” which references a speech given yesterday at the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference. The speech was made by Susan Crawford, a science and technology advisor to President Obama. While we are often in […]

The Path to Transparency
Saul Hansell of the NY Times does a good job describing Google’s new behavioral advertising features. I would add one more company, WPP’s Safecount, to the list of those showing user’s their profiles. Safecount is in the research/analytics business, not directly in behavioral ad business, which is probably why Saul didn’t include them. […]