The FTC has released a new report: Mobile Privacy Disclosures: Building Trust Through Transparency. From the Executive Summary: Based on the Commission’s prior work in this area, the panel discussions, and the written submissions, this report offers several suggestions for the major participants in the mobile ecosystem as they work to improve mobile privacy disclosures….
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Foursquare puts new privacy policy into play without dealing with conflicting TOS (UPDATED)
Back in December, some of us were impressed when Foursquare rolled out its new privacy policy a month in advance so users would have time to read it and understand it. The revised policy seemed to be a model of transparency in terms of its statements on how, going forward, full names would be disclosed….
Bob Iger Calls MagicBand Criticism “Ludicrous”
Dominic Patten reports: Bob Iger today told a Massachusetts congressman that his privacy issue concerns about new technology being introduced at Disney theme parks are bunk. “We are offended by the ludicrous and utterly ill-informed assertion in your letter dated January 24, 2013, that we would in any way haphazardly or recklessly introduce a program…
Ponemon Survey: 2012 Most Trusted Companies for Privacy
From their Executive Summary: Ponemon Institute’s Most Trusted Companies for Privacy Study is an objective study that asks consumers to name and rate organizations they believe are most committed to protecting the privacy of their personal information. This annual study tracks consumers’ rankings of organizations that collect and manage their personal information. More than 100,000…