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Jason Gilbert

How To Stop Advertisers From Tracking Your iPhone

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Gilbert | Posted 10.15.2012 | Technology
Read More: Iphone Ad Tracking, Iphone Safari, Ios 6 Privacy, Do Not Track, iPhone Privacy, Privacy, Iads, Iphone, Iphone Iads, Internet Privacy, Ios 6, Iphone Safari Privacy, Iphone Safari Do Not Track, Iphone Do Not Track, Web Privacy, Technology News

Your iPhone, I'm sad to say, is not like Las Vegas: What happens there often does not stay there. Much of your iPhone activity -- including your w...

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The Bizarre, Belated Assault on 'Do Not Track'

Leslie Harris | Posted 12.04.2012 | Technology
Read More: w3c, Do Not Track, Ftc, Internet Privacy, Do Not Track Internet, Internet Advertising, Web Advertising, Web Privacy, Technology News
Leslie Harris

It is difficult to understand why Do Not Track is controversial. At the end of the day, privacy advocates will have to settle for something less than ideal -- and advertisers must honor their commitment to comply with users' Do Not Track instructions.

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Is Privacy Dead?

Miles J. Feldman | Posted 04.29.2012 | Technology
Read More: Bing Privacy, Privacy Technology, Information Privacy Internet, Internet Privacy, Google Seach Privacy, Google Privacy, Web Privacy, Technology News
Miles J. Feldman

How much privacy do you have online or on your handheld? The answer is "not as much as you think you have."

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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 | Technology
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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FTC Fines Santa Claus for Violating Children's Privacy

Jeff Jarvis | Posted 02.18.2012 | Comedy
Read More: Ftc, Privacy, Political Humor, Online Privacy, Web Privacy, Satire, Christmas, Comedy News
Jeff Jarvis

Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz today announced a record fine against Santa Claus for violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.

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Web Privacy: Consumers Have More Control Than They Think

David Gorodyansky | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Do Not Track, Web Privacy, Hotspot Shield, Facebook, Ftc, Internet Advertising, Federal Trade Commission, Technology News
David Gorodyansky

Instead of waiting for federal regulators to safeguard their online privacy, millions of Americans are now beginning to take matters into their own hands.

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Most Browsers Leave 'Fingerprints' That Could Track Your Web Surfing, EFF Warns

networkworld.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Web Browser Privacy, Online Privacy, Browser Privacy, Web Privacy, Browser Fingerprints, Privacy, Eff, Technology News

The Electronic Frontier Foundation today warned that more than 80 percent of browsers reveal identifiable "fingerprints" that could allow a user's Web...

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Young People Savvy About Internet Privacy: STUDY

AP | MARTHA IRVINE | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Read More: Internet Privacy, Privacy Online, Web Privacy, Privacy, Pew Privacy, Young People Privacy, Technology News

CHICAGO — What's that? A young college grad lecturing her elders about online privacy? It might go against conventional wisdom, but a new repor...

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White House Wants to Invade Your Privacy?

Robert Siciliano | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Government, Politics, Fox News, Privacy, Identity Theft, Cookies, Web Privacy, Media News
Robert Siciliano

Fox News reports The Office of Management and Budget is considering reversing a nine-year ban on using "cookies" to track users' preferences and interests on federal Web sites.

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