Jessica E. Vascellaro reports: Apple Inc. is planning to release a new way for mobile app developers to track who uses their software, according to people briefed on Apple’s plans, the company’s latest attempt to balance developers’ appetite for targeting data with consumers’ unease over how it is used. The new tool, which could be detailed in…
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EPIC Urges FTC to Protect Privacy of Myspace Users
From EPIC.org: EPIC submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission on a proposed settlement with Myspace. The settlement follows from allegations that Myspace allowed advertisers to access personally-identifying information after promising to keep such information private. The settlement requires Myspace to implement a comprehensive privacy program, submit to independent audits, and refrain from privacy misrepresentations. EPIC expressed support for…
How ‘Do Not Track’ May Cost You Money
Andy Serwin writes: Giving consumers choices regarding seeing advertisements on websites, while recognizing existing business models, has been a focus for many stakeholders in the privacy debate. Many groups and companies have worked to create a ‘Do Not Track’ feature that would give consumers the choice of not seeing advertisements, but in the newest version…
Facebook Forced By Privacy Activist To Put Policy Changes Up For Worldwide Vote
Josh Constine reports: Max Schrems, the Austrian founder of Europe Vs. Facebook, has forced Facebook to put proposed policy changes up for a vote by all its users. By mobilizing his privacy group to flood Facebook’s Site Governance page with pasted messages, many more than 7,000 comments were received on the proposal — the threshold for triggering a vote. Europe Vs. Facebook…