The Center for Digital Democracy, Consumer Watchdog and several other advocates are hosting a conference call Sept. 1 to make recommendations about how Congress may better regulate behavioral targeting. Google, Yahoo and Microsoft all use behavioral targeting to better serve ads to Web surfers. The groups want to be heard by Congress, which is working…
German Court: Google must change its terms
Patrick McGroarty of the Associated Press reports that a German court has ruled that Google must eliminate 10 clauses from its terms of service. The Federation of German Consumer Organizations had argued that the clauses could be interpreted to compromise users’ rights to their own data Google said in a statement that it removed the…
EDITORIAL: Speak up for anonymity
The Baltimore Sun has an editorial concerning anonymous online speech in the aftermath of the Cohen v. Google case. While some bloggers and critics have used that case to call for a reduction in the use of anonymous speech, the paper recognizes that the right to anonymous speech must be vigorously protected while allowing people…
Another blogger about to be outed?
Mia Rabson reports that: A petty online insult turned the spotlight on anonymous bloggers in the United States. Now, a Winnipeg lawyer is leading the fight in a similar case in Canada. But while the U.S. case involved a model versus a wannabe fashion socialite, the Canadian case connects two Ottawa politicians including the city’s…