June 26, 2012 – Orbitz Asks: Are You A Mac Or A PC?, MediaPost
If you visit Orbitz.com and search for hotels, the offers you’re shown might differ depending on whether you’re using a Mac or a PC.
Missing the Consumer Value of Social Media
I love Consumer Reports. I rely on the magazine for top notch reviews. Their testing of consumer products is unbiased and invaluable to anyone who takes both price and value seriously. I am currently looking to purchase a quality home treadmill and was pleased to see that a recent issue included a detailed report based […]
Swire Presents at FBI/DOD Sponsored Facial Recognition Forum
On Wednesday, March 14 FPF Senior Fellow Peter Swire gave a talk on “Facial Recognition by the Government: Privacy and Civil Liberties Issues.” The talk took place at the third installment in the U.S. Government Facial Recognition Legal Series. Wednesday’s forum was titled “Striking the Balance – A Government Approach to Facial Recognition Privacy and […]
Privacy Update from Barcelona
I have just arrived in Barcelona for the Mobile World Congress. More than 60,000 people focused on mobile technologies have converged at this annual event to hear and see the latest from carriers, device makers, platforms, app developers and more. It is clear from the smart phones and tablets displayed on the show floor that […]
FPF Published in the Stanford Law Review Online
FPF is pleased to announce that FPF Senior Fellow and visiting law professor at Berkeley, Omer Tene, and FPF Co-Chair and Director Jules Polonetsky’s article, “Privacy in the Age of Big Data: A Time for Big Decisions” has been published in the Stanford Law Review (SLR) Online.
Jan. 25, 2012 – Who Would Pay $5,000 to Use Google? (You), SmartMoney
New research finds people fork over $5,000 worth of personal information a year to Google in exchange for access to its “free services” such as Gmail and search. While many view this as a fair trade, privacy experts say the Internet giant’s latest plan to pool user data from its various sites make it less […]
Google Plus Social Search Privacy
I have been following the privacy concerns raised about Google Plus with interest and some skepticism. I can’t quite figure out where exactly data is being used in a way that would create an issue. I have two monitors on my desk, one on my left with my Google Plus circles displayed and one in […]
Jan. 11, 2012 – The Circuit: FCC at CES, gadget privacy, Google’s social search, Washington Post
LEADING THE DAY: Today is a big policy day at CES, with panels addressing a range of technology policy issues. Federal Communications Chairman Julius Genachowski is also speaking today with the Consumer Electronics Association president, Gary Shapiro
Omer Tene
Omer Tene Omer Tene is an Associate Professor at the College of Management School of Law, Rishon Le Zion, Israel; Affiliate Scholar at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society; and Visiting Fellow at the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology and the Institute for Jewish Law and Israeli Law, Economy and Society. He is Managing […]
Nov. 11, 2011 – Facebook-FTC Privacy Settlement Near, Leaks Say, Sci-Tech Today
It’s one of the drawbacks of being on Facebook: If you never make any adjustments to your privacy settings, you can assume everyone can see everything you post, or do, while using the giant social media network . Facebook, founded by Mark Zuckerberg in 2004 and now claiming an astonishing 800 million users seems ready to give […]