Privacy Papers 2011
Future of Privacy Forum is pleased to share the second annual “Privacy Papers for Policy Makers,” showcasing leading analytical thinking about current and emerging privacy issues. Leading Papers: Accountability as the Basis for Regulating Privacy: Can Information Security Regulations Inform Privacy Policy? Mary J. Culnan Against Notice Skepticism (Forthcoming, 87 Notre Dame Law Review – […]
Consent and Cookies: How Will the ePrivacy Directive Change Online Business Practices?
The Online Trust Alliance hosted a webinar this week to consider how companies are preparing for the European Union’s new “ePrivacy Directive”. The 2009 amendment is set to be implemented in the United Kingdom on May 26th and will influence on-line companies’ ability to access and collect user information. In particular, the Directive will change […]
French DPA Issues Guidance for Cookie Disclosures: Specific Consents Required for Specific Cookie Functions
In 2009, a French ordinance was put in place pursuant to the EU e-Privacy Directive (2009/136/EC), requiring online businesses and other websites to obtain prior user consent for the placement of cookies on users’ computers. The prior consent issue has been a contentious one in Europe recently, with the Article 29 Working Party rejecting proposals […]
Flash Cookie
We have done multiple blog posts warning about mis-use of flash cookies, so we are not going to harp on the issue again. And although it is flattering to be called a watchdog, we are just a small consumer privacy and technology focused think tank focused on advancing responsible data use practices. So if you […]
Folks really need to get the message about flash cookies
Flash Cookies Could Become Hot-Button Privacy Issue Wendy Davis, MediaPost Web users are not yet deleting Flash cookies as often as they shed more traditional cookies, but that doesn’t mean it’s a good idea to use Flash technology to track consumers online. That’s according to a new report commissioned by media audit company BPA Worldwide. […]
FPF Advisory Board Member Lorrie Cranor Submits CUPS Reports to FTC
FPF Advisory Board member Lorrie Cranor, Director of CUPS (CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Lab) at Carnegie Mellon University informs us that the Lab has issued two new technical reports and submitted them as public comments to the FTC’s exploring privacy roundtable series. Here are the abstracts, but the full studies are definitely worth reading! […]
A deeper dive into behavioral advertising in Europe
As mentioned in a previous blog post, we had the pleasure of speaking with nugg.ad CEO Stephan Noller last week. Nugg.ad is the German company that has just been awarded the EuroPrise Privacy Seal. nugg.ad’s new behavioral targeting system, Predictive Targeting Networking (PTN) 2.0, received the seal favored by many EU regulators after a vetting […]
No Flash in the Pan
The use of flash cookies and its impact on privacy has been getting a lot more publicity recently. Earlier this month, Michael Kassner had a good piece on TechRepublic. Now Darren Chin has an interesting take on Eosensa. We have our view on the privacy implications of flash cookies – as well as what pretty […]
Flash Cookie Confession?
I was pretty stunned to read this piece posted on MediaPost today. It usually takes a subpoena to obtain documents with comments like this: “When Tatto began to develop its core behavioral frameworks and algorithms, it believed Flash cookies would remain the best way to slow the ability of consumers to delete cookies from their […]
FPF’s Reply Comments to the Federal Websites Cookie Policy
The Future of Privacy Forum is providing the below suggestions to offer a roadmap for enabling the use of analysis, site optimization and tracking technologies by government agencies. Personalizing site content for users who wish to have a setting remembered, enabling long term shopping carts and capturing analytics information over time to improving site usage […]