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How the Recession May End Consumer Privacy; Phorm Waits in the Wings
The decline in Q1 adspend reported this week may put pressure on clients to demand more invasions of consumer privacy with online behavioural targeting. Put simply, this could be the big break the notorious Phorm has been looking for. by Jim Edwards
Tags: Recession, Privacy, Consumer Privacy, Jim Edwards
Blog posts 2009-06-11

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Privacy, Identity, Databases: Toward A New Conception Of The Consumer Privacy Discourse
This article argues that the current discourse on privacy has failed to articulate a compelling rationale for protecting consumer information. Moreover, most legal scholars rely on models of informational privacy that poorly fit the context of consumer information collection. It also proposes a new model for protecting consumer information, which...
Tags: Database, Privacy, Identity, Consumer Information, Security
White papers 2003-01-01
GAO: states trail feds on privacy. (Late Breaking News).(Consumer privacy rules backed by state insurance authorities)(Government Activity)(Brief Article)
State insurance authorities are behind most federal regulators in establishing standards for safeguarding consumer privacy under the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the General Accounting Office says. A GAO report said that while most states have adopted r State insurance authorities are behind most federal regulators in...
Tags: General Accounting Office, insurance, privacy rule, standards
Research articles 2002-05-27
Making sense of the privacy debate: A comparative analysis of leading consumer privacy surveys
This consumer privacy guidebook, published by the Direct Marketing Association, provides suggestions for direct and interactive marketers on collecting information and understanding customers' preferences in order to build customer trust. It examines how Americans feel about privacy and provides basic tools for analyzing and using consumer attitudinal surveys.
Tags: analysis, Direct Marketing Association, MARKETING, privacy, survey
Research articles 2002-02-01
On the Agenda - Buzz - Federal Trade Commission takes new approach to consumer privacy and electronic commerce - Brief Article
The FTC is taking a new approach to consumer privacy, bath online and off. Rather than push for additional legislation, the agency--under the direction of chair Timothy J. Muris--is turning to more vigorous enforcement of existing laws. The first step is a 50 percent increase of privacy protection resources. In...
Tags: FTC
Research articles 2002-02-01
Consumer privacy law goes beyond just banks, insurers.(Brief Article)
Many businesses that might seem unlikely targets of a 1999 federal law allowing the convergence of banks, insurance companies and securities firms may in fact be subject to consumer privacy provisions of the law set to be enforced this summer. The Many businesses...
Tags: bank, company, financial, financial company, FTC, insurance, insurance company
Research articles 2001-04-30
FTC recommends congressional action to protect consumer privacy; Online survey finds only 20% of the busiest commercial sites implement all four fair information practice principles; Legislation needed to extend progress of self-regulation.
M2 PRESSWIRE-23 May 2000-US FTC: FTC recommends congressional action to protect consumer privacy; Online survey finds only 20 of the busiest commercial sites implement all four fair information practice principles; Legislation needed to extend progress of self-regulation C1994-2000 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:22052000...
Tags: commission, FTC, MARKETING, SALES, self-regulation, survey, Web
Research articles 2000-05-23
CONSUMER PRIVACY IS THE BUZZ AT @D:TECH.(technical conference; includes other advertising industry news)
The Internet Advertising Bureau and Internet ad coalition Future of Advertising Stakeholders are moving aggressively to bolster the industry's consumer privacy policies as a way to head off regulation and address consumer fears. At last week's @d:tech conference in New York, FAST floated...
Tags: advertisement, Interactive Advertising Bureau, privacy, Web
Research articles 1999-11-08
IMGIS, Inc. and TRUSTe Co-Author Privacy Protection Initiative; Innovative Advertising Affiliate Program Promotes Consumer Privacy Protection and Self-Regulation for Internet Ad Serving
CUPERTINO, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 2, 1998--IMGIS, Inc., the leading provider of centralized Internet advertising management technology, today announced it initiated and co-authored an Advertising Affiliate Program with TRUSTe to promote consumer privacy protection as it relates to Internet ad serving.
Tags: Internet, Internet advertising
Research articles 1998-03-02
Consumer privacy legislative and regulatory initiatives
Editor's Note: The February/March 1997 issue of the Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science included a special section on the topic, Personal Privacy. Since the preparation of that series of articles, Congress and several regulatory agencies have stepped up their activities in this realm. The following is an...
Tags: commission, Databases, FTC, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, Storage, workshop
Research articles 1997-04-01
US makes slow progress on consumer privacy.(Brief Article)
US multinational corporations have made little progress in adopting and implementing minimum worldwide standards for ensuring the privacy of individuals' personal data, according to the latest study by Andersen. The report argues that many US companies are denying themselves the opportunity of distinguishing themselves competitively in...
Tags: US Companies
Research articles 2001-10-01
Domain Registrar Breaks Price Barrier on Consumer Privacy Protection
Dotster, Inc., one of the world's largest ICANN-accredited domain registrars, today announced that it will continue to shield the e-mail addresses of all its domain registration customers from the ICANN-mandated public WHOIS database at no cost. In an effort to remove cost as a barrier to consumer privacy protection, Dotster...
Tags: barrier, domain, Dotster, E-mail, ICANN
Research articles 2005-08-17
Who's Watching While You Surf?(marketing and online consumer privacy)
Recent moves to strike a balance between online consumer privacy and the benefits of one-to-one marketing have both sides eyeing the debate. AmericanGreetings.com got married last September and is honeymooning in the land of one-to-one Internet marketing. The online arm of Cleveland's $2.5...
Tags: advertisement, American Greetings Corp., cookie, DoubleClick Inc., E-mail, FTC, INTERNET, marketing, Mitchell, network, privacy, Privacy, Web
Research articles 2001-05-01
IEF and PLI Preview Consumer Privacy Toolbox at Internet Caucus
News Advisory: The Internet Education Foundation IEF will be previewing for Members of Congress and their staff a new, free consumer privacy online toolbox. The site continues the goal of the Internet Education Foundation, which is to educate consumers and Members of Congress about the challenges and opportunities facing the...
Tags: INTERNET, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2002-02-12
Consumer Groups Call for Online Consumer Privacy Guarantees
Posted by: Rob Hof on September 01 A group of 10 consumer and privacy watchdog groups this morning called for Congress to clamp down on online tracking of people's behavior to target advertising to them as they traverse the Web. In a letter to Representatives Henry Waxman and Joe Barton,...
Tags: data, U.S. Congress, Advertisement, Consumer
News items 2009-09-01
Business Must Protect Consumers' Privacy, Or Government Will
New research from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University highlights the need for industry to set better standards for protecting consumers' private information -- or else risk having the government impose its own regulations. Technologies such as Radio Frequency Identification RFID are drawing questions about consumer...
Tags: Government, Privacy, Julie Manning Magid, RFID, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics, Stacy Blackman
Blog posts 2009-07-10
Facebook faces lawsuit over privacy concerns
A group of Facebook users filed a civil lawsuit in the US on Monday that alleges the social networking site is violating California consumer privacy laws. The lawsuit, which was filed in California's Orange County Superior Court on behalf of five users, seeks a jury trial, as well as damages...
Tags: Facebook
News items 2009-08-18
Users file privacy lawsuit against Facebook
A group of Facebook users has filed a civil lawsuit alleging that the social-networking site is violating California consumer privacy laws.The 40-page complaint, which was filed Monday in California's Orange County Superior Court on behalf of five users, seeks a jury trial, as well as damages and attorneys' fees. The...
Tags: Facebook, privacy
News items 2009-08-17
The survey, sponsored by Choice Point and conducted by Harris Interactive for Privacy & American Business. (Business News).(survey of employees on employers' privacy rules)(Brief Article)(Panel Discussion)(Statistical Data Included)
In contrast to surveys on consumer privacy, which generally reveal low consumer confidence in the way businesses use personal information, a new study of employees has found that most workers (76 percent) consider their employers' privacy rules and practices to he "pretty good" to "excellent." The...
Tags: Harris Interactive, MARKETING, privacy, survey
Research articles 2002-09-01
TRUSTe Webinar Addresses Impact of Privacy Practices on Consumer Buying Behaviors
Today, nonprofit consumer privacy organization TRUSTe announced that it is hosting a webinar titled "Privacy Impacts Purchasing: Top Ways Companies Can Use Online Testing and Privacy Seals to Improve Privacy Practices and Increase Sales," Wednesday, September 19, 2007 from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT.
Tags: webinar
Research articles 2007-09-04
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