NIST supports 5 pilot programs for secure ‘identity ecosystem’
FierceCIO – To spur the development of a safe “identity ecosystem” for online commerce, the National Institute of Standards and Technology is giving $9 million to five test programs, reports Patience Wait at InformationWeek. The grants are part of NIST’s National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, which aims to prevent ID theft, boost consumer…
U.S. Is Tightening Web Privacy Rule to Shield Young
New York Times – Federal regulators are about to take the biggest steps in more than a decade to protect children online. The moves come at a time when major corporations, app developers and data miners appear to be collecting information about the online activities of millions of young Internet users without their parents’ awareness,…
FTC Chairman: Advertisers Backing Away from ‘Do Not Track’ Pledge
Wall Street Journal – In February, the online advertising industry declared that it would agree to honor “Do Not Track” options in Web browsers by the end of the year– a reversal of its previous opposition to the anti-tracking effort. Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal…
Making Sense Of Online Personalization And Privacy
Forbes – With the rise of Big Data, personalization technology that can transform user data into unique experiences is all the rage among Silicon Valley bellwethers and VCs alike…
Online privacy – We must protect our children
The Hill – This summer, Microsoft announced it was implementing the “Do Not Track” signal into its browser by default. This means you have to opt in to being tracked, instead of the other way around. It’s a move that will give every future Internet Explorer user greater control over their privacy. I look at…
EU Privacy Watchdogs Blast Google’s Data Protection
Wall Street Journal – Privacy watchdogs from 27 European Union countries said Google Inc.’s privacy practices don’t comply with Europe-wide data-protection rules and called on the Internet giant to give users more control over personal data culled from its search engine and other services…
Online privacy protection is weak, says EU official
NBC News – Internet standard-setters are watering down a tool that is supposed to help Web users hide their data from companies, the EU’s Internet chief, Neelie Kroes, will say on Thursday…
Got privacy? Advertisers to ignore ‘do-not-track’ settings online
Fox News – The do-not-track feature is meant to regulate the vast network of marketers and advertisers that have built a multi-billion dollar industry around gathering phone numbers, email addresses and other personal data online. It is built into the newest browser from every major maker, including Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome. But Microsoft’s consumer-friendly…
Privacy Advocates and Advertisers at Odds Over Web Tracking
New York Times – An effort to develop an easy way for consumers around the world to avoid being tracked and targeted by Internet advertisers appeared to hit an impasse Thursday, as privacy advocates and industry representatives accused each other of scuttling the process…
Facebook, Click Fraud, and the Deceptive Digital Advertising Landscape
Forbes - Click fraud and its perpetrators hit national headlines this month after Long Island startup Limited Run decided to discontinue its Facebook (FB) advertising on suspicions of bot ad clicks. The underlying difficulty of advertising on the Internet, however, is nothing new. “One of the things that concerns us with digital advertising is essentially it’s a business model built around spying…