Following hefty criticism from nearly every corner, the German government is backing away from a controversial bill passed last month that would allow local government registration offices to sell citizens’ private information to marketing firms and other interested companies. The government now believes that the legislation will be changed via parliamentary procedures, government spokesman Steffen…
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Privacy self-regulation efforts are working, senators told
Grant Gross reports: The online industry doesn’t need new privacy legislation because it is doing a good job of protecting users’ privacy, an executive of an advertising trade group told U.S. lawmakers Thursday. Even as Senator John “Jay” Rockefeller, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, promised to push for new privacy legislation,…
Government slates meetings on mobile privacy standards
Jaikumar Vijayan reports: The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) is set to host the first of several meetings seeking input for its effort to develop new codes of conduct for handling private consumer date on the Internet and mobile networks. The meeting, scheduled for July 12 at the U.S. Department of Commerce building in…
UK: Supermarket spies: How the Government plans to use loyalty card data to snoop on the eating habits of 25 million shoppers
Martin Robinson reports: The shopping habits of Britain’s 25 million supermarket loyalty card holders could be grabbed by the Government in an attempt to halt the UK’s dangerous obesity crisis, it was claimed today. People who buy too much alcohol, fatty foods or sugary drinks would be targeted with ‘tailored’ health advice under plans being…