Dec 13, 2021 | Privacy Beat
New interest in decentralized “self-sovereign identity” signaled by $30M Berners-Lee investment and Reed company merger Privacy Beat Your weekly privacy news update. VIEW IN YOUR BROWSER New interest in decentralized “self-sovereign identity” signaled by $30M...
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 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...
Apr 9, 2021 | advertising, identity, privacy, Privacy Beat
OPENWEBID: British ad-tech group asks W3C review of “nonprofit” identity solution; Google competitor? “Putting aside commercial capitalist hats”? By Bill Densmore A British-based group of ad-tech companies and publishers sought on Friday...
Mar 16, 2021 | advertising, identity, network, privacy, Privacy Beat, technology
PRIVACY BEAT EXTRA Washington Post, with more than 500 engineers, likely to field ‘Zeus Pass’ and ad marketplace similar to Google and Facebook, top technologist says By Bill Densmore The Washington Post has built a multi-publisher, shared-subscription...