A group of the nation’s largest media and marketing trade associations today released self-regulatory principles to protect consumer privacy in ad-supported interactive media that will require advertisers and Web sites to clearly inform consumers about data collection practices and enable them to exercise control over that information. This unprecedented collaboration represents the entire marketing-media industry…
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Whitaker on Massachusetts Senate Bill No. 173
Attorney Kevin Whitaker has been analyzing and criticizing Massachusetts Senate Bill No. 173 (pdf), “An Act ensuring the privacy of certain data.” The bill was proposed in January by Michael W. Morrissey. The text of the bill is relatively short: SECTION 1. Section 2 of Chapter 93H of the General 1 Laws, as appearing in…
Facebook wants you to be less private
Facebook will be revamping their privacy controls over the next few weeks. The plan is to consolidate existing privacy pages more than two dozen settings into a single privacy page. But at least one person on the conference call today was left with nagging questions. Marshall Kirkpatrick of ReadWriteWeb comments: But it is pretty clear…
UPC in court over ‘three strikes’ policy
Cable broadband provider UPC has confirmed that it has been served with a plenary summons by solicitors acting on behalf of the ‘Big Four’ record labels EMI, Warner, Universal and Sony over its refusal to implement a ‘three strikes’ against illegal downloaders. UPC told siliconrepublic.com that it is now preparing its defence and intends to…