Contrary to the conventional wisdom, our expectations of privacy are not steadily and uniformly shrinking. In some cases, they are expanding. READ MORE
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Missed Davos? Catch up online with the forum’s top Internet issues
Mark Sableman
January 21, 2015
The “future of the Internet” is one of the 10 global challenges that Davos is examining in 2015, and the forum’s organizers have posted online a lot of interesting materials on this topic. READ MORE
Certifying privacy compliance: Is TRUSTe sufficiently trusty?
Mark Sableman
November 26, 2014
TRUSTe’s recent settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, and its admission that it didn’t always carry out annual recertifications of its clients, illustrates, to some extent, how tough it is to find hard-and-fast assurances in the privacy world. READ MORE
The big data security risks of little things
Mark Sableman
November 12, 2014
Call it what you will — Internet of Things (IoT), machine-to-machine communications (M2M), or the Intelligent Internet — it is increasingly affecting our lives. READ MORE
Journalism still struggling with an Internet that never forgets
Mark Sableman
May 7, 2014
Continued publication of old information, particularly as to private persons, raises some ethical concerns. READ MORE
Court strikes down Illinois eavesdropping act, opens debate on privacy in the digital age
Mark Sableman
March 24, 2014
The two cases addressed by the Illinois court highlighted a major problem with strict-liability two-party consent eavesdropping laws — they criminalize citizen recordings of their interactions with police and other government officials. READ MORE
The newest mobile privacy issue: Tracking shoppers’ footsteps in stores
Mark Sableman
March 6, 2014
As a modern American, you are carrying a smart phone that is constantly broadcasting its presence and the unique persistent identifier (MAC address) by which it is known, to the wireless world. You are broadcasting, and, in many cases, the stores are listening. READ MORE
Whitepaper roundup: Privacy, copyright, and digital advertising
Mark Sableman
January 10, 2014
For those interested in Internet law and policy issues, there are plenty of other official reports that you can use as primers and starting points for further research. READ MORE
California says you can track online, but you can't hide your tracking
Jennifer Visintine
December 20, 2013
California law will soon require website and mobile app operators to disclose additional information in their privacy policies. READ MORE
Safe Harbor after Snowden: What are the EU’s biggest pain points on data privacy?
Mark Sableman
December 5, 2013
Unfortunately for U.S. and international businesses, the headline-making Snowden revelations are affecting international data transfers, which in many cases are crucial to business operations READ MORE
Ads made for me: How do consumers really feel about targeted online ads?
Mark Sableman
September 13, 2013
Contrary to popular belief, companies don’t want to bombard consumers with loud, obnoxious ads (save for, perhaps, the remarkably noisy front page of the Baltimore Sun’s website leading up to Labor Day.) Such abrasive advertisements tend to push consumers away. READ MORE