Taylor Amerding reports: … But so far, there haven’t been any loud complaints from advertising advocates about a lack of choice in systems (including Apple’s iO6) that have tracking enabled by default. It is when it is disabled by default — as is the case with IE10 — that “choice” becomes a very hot button. Read…
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Ca: Google to MPs: No need to regulate online privacy policies Privacy issues online evolving too fast for regulation, Google tells MPs
Stephanie Levitz reports: Search engine giant Google says it feels no need for governments to regulate online privacy policies. A policy manager for the company’s Canadian operations told a House of Commons committee that it would be difficult to determine default positions for the policies. And Colin McKay says that’s because the online world is…
Yahoo! offers paternalistic crap excuse for ignoring IE 10 default DNT
Well, okay, that wasn’t exactly Yahoo!’s blog headline, but in today’s episode of “Rationalization 101, the Sequel,” Yahoo! explains why it will ignore IE 10’s default Do Not Track: Yahoo! has been working with our partners in the Internet industry to come up with a standard that allows users to opt out of certain website…
FTC Finalizes Settlements with Two Businesses that Exposed Consumers Sensitive Information Over P2P Networks
From the FTC: Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has accepted as final settlements with two operations it charged with illegally exposing the sensitive personal information of thousands of consumers by allowing peer-to-peer file-sharing software to be installed on their corporate computer systems. Settlements with Utah-based debt collector EPN, Inc., and Georgia…