Consumer Privacy

Gerry Smith

FTC Urges Congress To Shed Light On Opaque World Of Data Brokers

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Consumer Privacy, Online Privacy, Video, Internet Privacy, Data Brokers, John D Rockefeller IV, Jon Leibowitz, Consumer Protection, Ftc, Technology News

The Federal Trade Commission on Monday called on Congress to shed light on the opaque world of data brokers who collect and sell consumer data but rem...

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Gerry Smith

Consumer Privacy 'Bill of Rights' Seeks To Give Web Users More Control Over Their Data

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Consumer Privacy, Google, Video, Ftc, Google Privacy, Silicon Valley Privacy, Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights, Facebook, Web Privacy, Privacy, Privacy Bill of Rights, Technology News

The Obama administration on Thursday will unveil a consumer privacy "bill of rights" that aims to give web users more control over how their personal ...

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Google's New Search Function Slammed By Privacy Group

The Huffington Post | Melissa Jeltsen | Posted 01.12.2012

Read More: Google, Google Search Plus Your World, Consumer Privacy, Video, Google Search, Google FTC, Twitter, Internet Privacy, Ftc, Search Plus Your World, Federal Trade Commission, Google Antitrust, Privacy, Technology News

UPDATE: On Thursday, EPIC sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission calling for an investigation into the changes at Google. The letter reads in p...

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People Always Have the Right to Opt Out

Chuck Teller | Posted 10.03.2011

Read More: Consumer Privacy, Cancel Catalogs, Jay Rockefeller, John McCain, Paper Waste, Catalogs, John Kerry, Junk Mail, Rep. Edward Markey, Joe Barton, Online Tracking Opt Out, Stop Junk Mail, Jackie Speier, Green News
Chuck Teller

Americans receive nearly 90 billion pieces of advertising mail every year. With thousands of companies offering to share their mailing lists, that adds up to an information super highway where individuals are losing control.

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Mobile Phone Tracking Highlights Need For Baseline Privacy Law

Leslie Harris | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Sen. Al Franken, Consumer Privacy, Google, Iphone, Congress, Cpni, Apps, Apps Ecosystem, Privacy Legislation, Location Tracking, Legislation, Franken, Technology News
Leslie Harris

Using mobile devices should not mean that consumers are forced to relinquish control of data about them to a weak and unclear legal environment.

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Privacy Bill of Rights Must Look Beyond the Symptoms of the Problem to the Root Cause

Michael Fertik | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer Privacy, Internet Privacy, Facebook Privacy, Online Privacy, Google Privacy, Privacy Online, Privacy Bill of Rights, Privacy, Technology News
Michael Fertik

Today's attention to Internet privacy is extremely promising. But we must be certain that we're driving meaningful reform, rather than just plastering over the most obvious symptoms.

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Don't Ask, Don't Tell: ZIP Code Queries At The Register

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer Privacy, Zip Code, Point of Sale, Jessica Pineda, Williams-Sonoma, California Supreme Court, Cash Register, Los Angeles News

SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that merchants can no longer ask for the ZIP codes of customers who make purchases w...

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Facebook Vows to Retool Privacy Procedures

Leslie Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer Privacy, Facebook Privacy Settings, Internet, Facebook Privacy, Facebook, Technology News
Leslie Harris

Under the new privacy controls, user can choose to "set it and forget it" or to use more granular tools to customize data sharing.

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Preventing the Next Privacy Disaster

Leslie Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Consumer Privacy, Choicepoint, Internet Privacy, Cabinent, 100 Days, Washington, Disaster, Congress, Ftc, Presidency, Privacy, Commission, Election, Legislation, Law, Technology, Politics News
Leslie Harris

The next president steps into a landscape where the capacity to collect, store and exchange sensitive personal information has outgrown the legal framework that protects that information.

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