If you are like most people, you are probably overdue for a data privacy tune-up and Data Privacy Day, taking place yesterday, is as good a day as any to take an inventory of the privacy measures in place to protect your personal information.
Beginning this spring, Disney plans to issue digital ID bracelets to collect and analyze visitor preferences and spending information with just the tap of a wrist. Don't like the idea of sharing your information with Disney?
Location-based technologies are allowing businesses to create meaningful engagement with consumers. Used properly, there are some revolutionary ways to deepen the relationship that will benefit both groups without compromising privacy.
Privacy is not just a personal issue, it lies at the heart of ensuring competitive markets.
Today's consumers are eager for companies to deliver stimulating entertainment and media services -- and for the most part are willing to share personal information to get it.
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...
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 ...
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...
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.
Using mobile devices should not mean that consumers are forced to relinquish control of data about them to a weak and unclear legal environment.
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.
SAN FRANCISCO — The California Supreme Court ruled Thursday that merchants can no longer ask for the ZIP codes of customers who make purchases w...
Under the new privacy controls, user can choose to "set it and forget it" or to use more granular tools to customize data sharing.
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.
