Michelle Quinn reports: Frustrated by a lack of action at the federal level, privacy advocates pushing for an online Do Not Track law are hoping a California measure will kindle a national debate. Called the Online Tracking Transparency Act, the bill requires websites to inform users whether and how they honor “do not track” signals…
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HasOffers acknowledges privacy violation with Facebook user data
Dean Takahashi reports: Peter Hamilton, the chief executive of MobileAppTracking and HasOffers (which offers tools that enables companies track the performance of their online ads), said in an e-mail to clients Friday that “it recently has come to our attention that our MobileAppTracking platform was in violation of Facebook’s policies. Specifically, our MobileAppTracking platform inappropriately…
In Hong Kong, When Is Public Data Actually Private Data?
Gabriela Kennedy writes: Something of a furore has been caused in Hong Kong by the decision of the Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (“PCPD”) to issue an enforcement notice to stop a company from supplying data on individuals obtained from publicly available litigation and bankruptcy records via a smartphone application, claiming that the company ”seriously…
FTC to scrutinize new Facebook facial recognition feature
Aurindom Mukherjee and Gerry Shih of Reuters report: U.S. officials will examine changes to Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) privacy policy to determine whether they violate a 2011 agreement with federal regulators, a Federal Trade Commission spokesman confirmed Wednesday after certain changes drew fire from privacy advocates. Read more on Yahoo! but don’t get too excited, as the…