Hugh D’Andrade of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has a commentary on the Cars.gov terms of service (TOS) privacy flap that Glenn Beck reported on recently. After noting that the TOS applied to registered car dealers and not to the public, D’Andrade reiterates EFF’s longstanding position on such click-through agreements, but notes that Fox anchor…
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Cars.gov lets feds take control of your computer
Say what you want about the Fox News Channel’s Glenn Beck and his antics, but to give credit where credit is due, he exposed some disturbing language from the Obama administration’s “Cash for Clunker” program Web site Cars.gov. Beck on his July 31 program hosted a segment about the Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS) Web…
NAI: minimum 5-year expiration date for opt out cookies
Kudos to Christopher Soghoian for his public and effective advocacy on the issue of opt-out cookies. As an update to his efforts, Chris writes on Slight Paranoia: One week ago, I published an open letter to the Network Advertising Initiative, in which I complained that the behavioral advertising opt-out cookies offered by many NAI members…
Privacy v transparency
If you sign a petition supporting a controversial ballot referendum should your name and address be publicized (posted online) in the interests of transparency? Do you have a right to privacy or relative anonymity when you engage in political advocacy that trumps the public right to know your identity? These difficult, increasingly familiar questions are…