Aug 30, 2021 | advertising, identity, privacy, Privacy Beat, regulation, technology
Consumer Federation calls in detailed report for ban on “surveillance” advertising, citing privacy, discrimination, ID theft Backed by eight narrative fact sheets full of links and citations — a diagram (above), and a detailed...
Aug 20, 2021 | advertising, identity, Privacy Beat, trust
New W3C discussion ponders whether tracking is necessary for good user experience; is policy governance over tech needed? By Bill Densmore Posted: Aug. 20, 2021 Launching into its first substantive meeting, participants in a web-standards discussion group pondered...
May 28, 2021 | advertising, data, identity, Privacy Beat, technology
Google aids effort that’s starting “federated identity” W3C interest group; minutes show Facebook’s, other concerns By Bill Densmore, ITEGA In nearly six hours of web-based discussion over two days involving more than 80 technologists and corporate strategists, a...
May 21, 2021 | advertising, identity, privacy, Privacy Beat, regulation, technology
Veteran leader in advertising industry calls for public-private intervention to head off disjointed approach to web identity By Bill Densmore ITEGA.org Separate and competitive moves by Google, Apple and multiple elements of the ad-tech industry are leading to a...
May 7, 2021 | advertising, legal, Privacy Beat
Key GOP senator’s privacy bill includes some new wrinkles like “implicit consent,” and still prohibits private right of action; would it also outlaw “real-time bidding”? Congress continues to struggle to create a passable federal privacy...
