Differential Ad results returned by Google’s ‘Ad Sense’
A colleague from the NYU Information Law Institute pointed me to a recent study and news article that examines the degree to which Google's Ad Sense displays differential ads according…
Obama campaign gives doner/voter PII away
While most US states have laws regarding the *unauthorized* disclosure of personal information, there aren't so many regarding the *voluntary* disclosure of the data -- as in this story below…
Continuing saga of Instagram
A real consequence of Instagram's data sharing policy debacle (https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/578/) is that, according to AppStats, the company has lost almost half of its users. http://appstats.eu/apps/facebook/1003873-instagram . Yikes! The company also appears…
Google’s Transparency Report
A recent Guardian (UK: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jan/23/google-transparency-report-government-data-privacy?INTCMP=SRCH) article discusses a recent Google transparency report in which google discloses the numbers of government requests for data. Of the 8438 requests (from 6/12-12/12), 68%…
Comment on “Fudging the Nudge”
Daniel Ho (http://www.law.stanford.edu/node/166494) recently posted a new paper on information disclosure and restaurant grading: Fudging the Nudge: Information Disclosure and Restaurant Grading, http://yalelawjournal.org/the-yale-law-journal/article/fudging-the-nudge:-information-disclosure-and-restaurant-grading/ . Here's the abstract: "One of the most…
Continuing discussion on mobile app privacy (NTIA)
I attended a recent discussion hosted by the NITA (dept of commerce) which is a continuing effort to develop a set of best practices for mobile app developers regarding the…
Law.Nyu.Edu x Dress Head Store Skater Skirt
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FTC is also interested in knowing what firms know about us
As a follow-up to a previous PRG post from a couple of months ago (http://blogs.law.nyu.edu/privacyresearchgroup/2012/10/you-know-what-id-like-to-learn-whats-being-collected-about-me-too/), the FTC is now also investigating the role that data brokers play in the collection,…
When is price discrimination from consumer data okay?
Price discrimination is the practice by which firms offer differential prices to customers, often based on some observed characteristic. Examples include discounts to students, the elderly, loyalty program members, bulk…
Texas HS Student Fighting Suspension for Refusing to Wear RFID Nametag
Here's a story below from SANS NewsBites Vol. 14 Num. 94. A high school in Texas is RFID ing students as a means of funding. In addition to the unexpected use…