Tech Industry Lobby Proposes Data Privacy Laws; Critics Call Them Weak Xconomy Bernadette Tansey The tech industry, which reaps billions of dollars by harvesting personal data and using it to sell targeted advertising and other services, opened...
READ MORENew Pressure on Google and YouTube Over Children’s Data The New York Times Sapna Maheshwari In the context of a growing national debate on tech and privacy, Google has come under increased scrutiny for how it may be tracking and targeting...
READ MOREAs GDPR looms, marketers demand GDPR compliance from tech and media suppliers Digiday Seb Joseph For once in media, advertisers and publishers are on the same page. Like publishers, advertisers are racing to purge their supply chains of ad tech...
READ MOREWatchdog Group Files Complaint Over Google Tracking In-Person Purchases NPR CAMILA DOMONOSKE A privacy watchdog group has filed a complaint with the FTC over Google’s system for tracking purchases Internet users make in person, at physical...
READ MOREFBI warns parents of privacy risks associated with internet-connected toys CNBC The FBI on Monday warned parents of privacy and safety risks from children’s toys connected to the internet. In an advisory posted on its website, the Federal...
READ MOREHOW TO TURN OFF SNAPCHAT’S STALKERISH SNAP MAP FEATURE The Wired ELIZABETH STINSON SNAPCHAT HAS ALWAYS known exactly where you are. What, you thought everyone saw that “Greetings from the Brooklyn Bridge” filter? Until recently, Snapchat didn’t...
READ MOREAGs: Ringless Robocalls Are Still Robocalls, Shouldn’t Be Allowed Consumerist Ashlee Kieler The Republican National Committee and the lobbyists at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce might think that “ringless” robocalls — automated, prerecorded phone...
READ MORENo, Your Phone Didn’t Ring. So Why Voice Mail From a Telemarketer? The New York Times TARA SIEGEL BERNARD Frank Kemp was working on his computer when his cellphone let out the sound of Mario — from Super Mario Bros. — collecting a coin. That...
READ MOREOregon Lawmakers Trying To Prevent Marijuana Shops From Selling Customer Info Consumerist Mary Beth Quirk If you live in a state with legalized recreational marijuana and take advantage of your right to shop at your local pot shop, that retailer...
READ MOREFacebook Tells Developers To Quit It With The “Surveillance” Already Consumerist Kate Cox Your phone knows where you are, because it’s there with you. And when you use social media to post photos and talk with friends about an event you’re at...
READ MOREThe future of online advertising is big data and algorithms The Conversation The challenge facing advertisers and advertising professionals is remaining relevant in the face of a fundamental technological change. Namely, algorithms and big data...
READ MORECongress is Trying to Roll Back Internet Privacy Protections As You Read This Media Post Wendy Davis Privacy advocates and consumer groups this week officially urged the Federal Communications Commission to retain tough new regulations that could...
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