Bob Gellman and Pam Dixon have written a report for the World Privacy Forum: “Many Failures: A Brief History of Privacy Self-Regulation in the United States.” Here’s the summary of their report: Major efforts to create self-regulatory, or voluntary, guidelines in the area of privacy began in 1997. Industry promoted privacy self-regulation at the time…
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Facebook: Releasing your personal data reveals our trade secrets
Emil Protalinski writes: An Austrian group called Europe versus Facebook has so far made 22 complaints regarding the social network’s practices. In the process, the organization has stumbled upon an important tidbit: Facebook says it is not required to give you a copy of some of your personal data if it deems doing so would…
Event: Information and Privacy Commissioners co-host the 6th Private Sector Privacy Conference
B.C. Information and Privacy Commissioner Elizabeth Denham and Alberta Information and Privacy Commissioner Frank Work are co-hosting a conference on private sector privacy issues and trends October 13 and 14, 2011 at the Coast Coal Harbour Hotel in Vancouver, B.C. This year’s conference – Privacy: It’s Your Business – is on practical, real-world problems and…
Tracking the Trackers: Where Everybody Knows Your Username
Jonathan Mayer writes: Click the local Home Depot ad and your email address gets handed to a dozen companies monitoring you. Your web browsing, past, present, and future, is now associated with your identity. Swap photos with friends on Photobucket and clue a couple dozen more into your username. Keep tabs on your favorite teams…