Two key scholars, Zuboff and Hartzog say individual control is not capable of fixing Big Tech privacy abuses without governance
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...
Ad-tech nightmare? Is RTB-based user tracking about to be found illegal by Belgian EU privacy enforcers?
Ad-tech nightmare? Is RTB-based user tracking about to be found illegal by Belgian EU privacy enforcers? Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. VIEW IN YOUR BROWSER Ad-tech nightmare: Are Belgian EU enforcers about to find Real Time Bidding can’t meet GDPR...
Privacy, consumer, civil rights, media-democracy groups seek FTC data-use regulations
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...
Google appears to seek control over cross-site user logins | Expert proposes privacy “safe harbor” regime
Google appears to seek control over cross-site user logins | Expert proposes privacy “safe harbor” regime Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. VIEW IN YOUR BROWSER Google's cross-site identity ideas broached at TPAC As third-party cookies fade, Google,...
W3C discussions ponder how to control user data and personal identifiers: Technology, governance or both?
W3C discussions ponder how to control user data and personal identifiers: Technology, governance or both? Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. VIEW IN YOUR BROWSER Two W3C discussions ponder how to control user data and personal identifiers:...
Will Solatani challenge email IDs, programmatic advertising? | W3C group considers ‘sanctioning’ email identity
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 “cop” -- at least...
McCourt says governance needed for “decentralized” web | Who decides when user data can be shared?
Governance needed for "decentralized" web, McCourt says | Who decides when user data can be shared? Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. VIEW IN YOUR BROWSER McCourt’s Project Liberty says ‘governance’ is part of three-legged stool for disrupting...
Are Mozilla, Apple, Google opposing user control over identity? | Billionaire kicks off effort to challenge social networks with “distributed” identity
Are Mozilla, Apple, Google opposing user control over identity ? | Billionaire kicks off effort to challenge social networks with "distributed" identity Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. VIEW IN YOUR BROWSER Drawing from DID specification Are...
W3C group weighs: What is Google’s browser role in privacy? | Three-quarters of Americans want federal privacy law
W3C group weighs: What is Google's browser role in privacy? | Three-quarters of Americans want federal privacy law Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. VIEW IN YOUR BROWSER Diagram in Google draft report showing proposed browser ("user agent") role Alternate...
Google proposes independent organization to govern data and cookie sharing among “first parties” | Apple smashed over app store
Google proposes independent organization to govern data and cookie sharing among "first parties" | Apple smashed over app store Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. VIEW IN YOUR BROWSER Google proposes independent entity to verify cross-site...
Technologists and policymakers must collaborate in privacy, NYTimes exec says | what should be in federal law?
Technologists and policymakers must collaborate in privacy, NYTimes exec says | what should be in federal law? Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. VIEW IN YOUR BROWSER Robin Berjon, vp, New York Times (Photo, Smashing Magazine) NY Times privacy exec...
Consumer Federation calls in detailed report for ban on “surveillance” advertising, citing privacy, discrimination, ID theft
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 breakdown of the...