FTC Report Supports “Do-Not-Track” and sets out comprehensive framework for consumer privacy
Tag Archives: Behavioral Tracking
MIT Enterprise Forum Event tonight – “You’re Being Followed”
Posted in Online AdvertisingAs part of Global Entrepreneurship Week USA, the Digital Media SIG is holding a panel discussion tonight that will be thought-provoking (or at least the panel — including your author — hopes so) and takes on the issue of online privacy as it relates to the advertising world. Tracking, following, assembling, analyzing, dicing and slicing… Continue Reading
Online Behavioral Advertising: The European Union Controversy
Posted in Online AdvertisingOn June 24, 2010, the European Union’s body that addresses data protection issues, the so-called Article 29 Working Party, adopted Opinion 2/2010 (the “Opinion”) providing further clarification on the amended e-Privacy Directive (below) as applied to online behavioral advertising. The Working Party also issued a press release on this topic.
Privacy and Security Bits and Bytes
Posted in Data BreachOur Friday afternoon feature — Virginia Adds Medical Information Breach Law – The Commonwealth of Virginia has amended its data breach notification law to include breaches of medical information. For the text of the amendment, link here. Even if the data is encrypted, the law requires notice if the breach involved a person with access… Continue Reading
State BT Legislation
Posted in LegislationMuch as it is with general federal privacy legislation, nature abhors a vacuum, and the states take up the “hot potato.” In the same realm as the last post, Massachusetts and several other states have legislation working their way through the current legislative session dealing with BT. The Massachusetts bill, H 313, heads for a… Continue Reading
Trade Groups Release BT “Self-Regulatory” Standards
Posted in Online AdvertisingNearly missed in the long Fourth of July holiday weekend was the announcement of “behavioral advertising” standards by a coalition of industry trade groups. These standards are in response to the FTC’s public statements that regulation would soon follow if industry did not step up. The standards have now been released and are as follows:… Continue Reading
FTC: BT Inquiry Coming “Soon”
Posted in LegislationApparently, the FTC plans on stepping up the Commission’s inquiries into online behavioral tracking. That’s what an American Bar Association Antitrust Section conference on consumer protection heard last week from two senior FTC officials. On his third day on the job, David Vladeck, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, said he plans to… Continue Reading
