Natasha Singer reports that the FTC’s proposal to strengthen COPPA is drawing a mixed reaction. The proposed changes could greatly increase the need for children’s sites to obtain parental permission for some practices that are now popular — like using cookies to track users’ activities around the Web over time. Marketers argue that the rule…
Category: Business
A Deep Dive into Facebook and Datalogix: What’s Actually Getting Shared and How You Can Opt Out
Rainey Reitman provides a helpful discussion of how your Facebook data is shared with Datalogix and how you can opt out. Here’s part of her explanation: In order to assess the impact of Facebook advertisements on shopping in the physical world, Datalogix begins by providing Facebook with a (presumably enormous) dataset that includes hashed email…
UK: Information Commissioner’s Office issues guidelines to businesses on data protection in the cloud
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published guidelines to businesses today to underline that companies remain responsible for how personal data is looked after, even if they pass it to cloud network providers. More and more businesses are looking to use cloud computing, with the economies of scale they offer giving access to a range of…
Popular websites in Canada disclosing personal information
From the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada: Some leading websites in Canada are inappropriately “leaking” registered users’ personal information – including names, email addresses and postal codes – to third-party sites such as advertising companies, research by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has found. “The research findings raise concerns for…