Biden-advised commission says federal law should require “opt-in” consent; change would disrupt $370-billion advertising industry

Feb 26, 2022 | governance, Privacy Beat, regulation

  Biden-advised bipartisan commission says federal law should require “opt-in” data consent; result would disrupt $370-billion advertising industry Online companies should by law have to get “opt-in” permission to collect, share, disclose or use personal data,...

Biden-advised commission says federal law should require “opt-in” consent; change would disrupt $370-billion advertising industry

Feb 26, 2022 | governance, Privacy Beat, regulation

  Biden-advised bipartisan commission says federal law should require “opt-in” data consent; result would disrupt $370-billion advertising industry Online companies should by law have to get “opt-in” permission to collect, share, disclose or use personal data,...

Two key scholars, Zuboff and Hartzog say individual control is not capable of fixing Big Tech privacy abuses without governance

Nov 15, 2021 | governance, legal, privacy, Privacy Beat, regulation

Two key scholars, Zuboff and Hartzog say individual control is not capable of fixing Big Tech privacy abuses without governance Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. VIEW IN YOUR BROWSER Two key scholars, Zuboff and Hartzog, in updated analyses, say individual...

Privacy, consumer, civil rights, media-democracy groups seek FTC data-use regulations

Nov 1, 2021 | privacy, Privacy Beat, regulation

Privacy, consumer, civil rights, media-democracy groups seek FTC data-use regulations } Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. VIEW IN YOUR BROWSER FreePress.net, the media-democracy nonprofit, led letter to FTC Privacy, consumer, civil rights, media-democracy...

Will Solatani challenge email IDs, programmatic advertising? | W3C group considers ‘sanctioning’ email identity

Oct 9, 2021 | privacy, Privacy Beat, regulation

Will Solatani challenge email IDs, programmatic advertising? | W3C group considers ‘sanctioning’ email identity Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. VIEW IN YOUR BROWSER   Meet CPPA’s Ashkan Soltani — now America’s top data-privacy...

Consumer Federation calls in detailed report for ban on “surveillance” advertising, citing privacy, discrimination, ID theft

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...