Facebook Canadian Privacy News
Some thoughts on the Report of Findings by the Assistant Privacy Commissioner of Canada into the complaint filed by CIPPIC against Facebook. Overall this is a very well informed and thoughtful decision. The majority of the issues raised by CIPPIC (Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic) are either denied or found to have […]
How close to your actual home is the geo-info companies have about your IP address?
The debate around IP addresses as personal information hinges primarily around the fact that an ISP will usually have the identity of the subscriber assigned an IP address. So the real issue isn’t really about IP adresses, but rather how to handle information which may be non-personal to one party, but which is linked to […]
Court: IP Addresses Are Not 'Personally Identifiable' Information
Court: IP Addresses Are Not ‘Personally Identifiable’ Information Media Post By Wendy Davis July 6, 2009 In a ruling that could fuel debate about online privacy, a federal judge in Seattle has held that IP addresses are not personal information. “In order for ‘personally identifiable information’ to be personally identifiable, it must identify a person. […]
MediaPost Publications Court: IP Addresses Are Not 'Personally Identifiable' Information
MediaPost Publications Court: IP Addresses Are Not ‘Personally Identifiable’ Information 07/07/2009. Snip…..”Jules Polonetsky, co-chair and director of the think tank Future of Privacy Forum, adds that many sites with older privacy policies maintain they don’t collect personally identifiable information, but log IP addresses. “For many years, people just threw around the term personal information,” he […]
New Facebook Privacy Changes
Click on the below presentation to have a good look at the new Facebook privacy changes. Generally positive, in that Facebook will put all the privacy settings in one place and eliminate regional networks. So many users thought their profiles were open only to friends, but were in a regional network where default settings left […]
Targeted Advertising Cookie Opt-Out (TACO) On A Roll
Privacy activist and technologist Chris Soghoian has updated his TACO opt-out plug-in to include 44 additional ad networks. Users who download TACO automatically get opt-out cookies from 84 ad networks, cookie tracking companies and others offering an opt-out cookie. Importantly, this opt-out sticks even if users inadvertently delete opt-out cookies. Since we well know that […]
The Political Ad Practice Insiders Want to Keep Secret – ClickZ
My cookie says I am a moderate Democrat soccer dad who is a “triple prime” voter. (Look it up, if you’re not a political geek like me). Folks who are paying attention to the privacy issues around behavioral advertising are very focused on ads targeted based on the Web sites you have visited. But, in […]
From Webtrends: Thoughts on Web 2.0 Cookie Transparency and Control
One analytics company, Webtrends, speaks up about how the federal government can use cookies. In a blog post and in a comment at the White House Open Government, site they make some sensible points about transparency and the use of first party domains. The ideas echo some of the proposals we and CDT have previously […]
Behavioral Advertisers Need to Change Their Behavior
Behavioral Advertisers Need to Change Their Behavior Roll Call By Jules Polonetsky June 22, 2009 On Thursday, two House Energy and Commerce subcommittees held a joint hearing to discuss something called “behavioral advertising,” the tracking of users’ Web site visits and searches in order to deliver tailored online advertisements. Almost a decade ago to the […]
Could Bozeman Montana city officials be prosecuted for Facebook snooping?
Bozeman city officials are requiring certain applicants to hand over social media passwords for background checks. From the Lori Drew case, we know that violating a social network site’s Terms of Service could be charged as a crime. Here is the relevant language in the Facebook Terms of Service. “You will not share your password, […]