FTC Finally Goes After Flash Cookies
The FTC and ScanScout came to a settlement over ScanScout's deceptive use of Flash cookies. ScanScout used Flash cookies to track users, but its privacy policy merely stated a user…
EPIC files FTC complaint against Verizon
As a follow-up to Helen's post about Verizon's new privacy practices, EPIC has filed an FTC complaint alleging that the move amounts to an unlawful trade practice.
Android orphans and the update problem for smartphone security and privacy
Michael Degusta has a wonderful blog post up about the history of missing software updates for Android smartphones, compared to Apple's iPhone. A sample: In this chart, green blocks represent…
Mastercard, Visa to help Target Ads
Similar story to Verizon is coming up.. (Taken from Slashdot. Source: Mastercard, Visa to help Target Ads) "The two largest credit-card networks, Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc., are pushing into…
TPM – Feds To Monitor Google’s Privacy Practices For Next 20 Years
From TalkingPointsMemo: "Feds To Monitor Google’s Privacy Practices For Next 20 Years Sarah Lai Stirland October 24, 2011, 4:10 PM 942 5 The U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Monday finalized…
New privacy study shows top-ranked sites selling user information
The WSJ just blogged about a recent internet privacy study implicating several high-traffic sites of selling user information to third party SEO companies. Sites include OKCupid!, RottenTomatoes, and yes, the…
CSCW Workshop: Reconciling Privacy with Social Media
CSCW Workshop: Reconciling Privacy with Social Media February 12, 2012 Full Details: http://phitlab.host22.com/cscw2012privacyworkshop.html Call for Participation Much research on privacy in social media has focused on limiting personal information disclosure,…
Twitter, FTC vs. Frostwire, CA and cell phones
from Joe Lorenzo Hall Twitter starts wrapping all hyperlinks through t.co http://venturebeat.com/2011/10/10/twitter-url-wrapping/ "Twitter has various reason for forcing all hyperlinks through t.co. It eliminates the security risk posed by third-party…
Elaborate tracking mechanisms revealed
This summer Ayenson, Wambach, Soltani, Good and Hoofnagle and published "Flash cookies and privacy II" on SSRN. The paper describes a number of technical mechanisms for persistent tracking of consumers.…
Message from Verizon
by Helen Nissenbaum Over the weekend, I received this message from Verizon. Naturally, it caused me great consternation though, for the life of me, I could not figure out what…