Privacy Policy
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User community growing influence on business
News As social networks play increasingly important role in a company's growth strategy, so will their impact on how business policies are formed, say experts.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Privacy, Customer support, Best strategies, User Community, Social Media, Privacy Policy, Terms Of Service, business strategy
Internet Explorer 6 beta clamps down on privacy
News Internet ad companies are racing to conform with Microsoft's new P3P privacy standard that lets users know who's grabbing their information and also allows an opt-out option.
IE 6 beta pushes ad networks on privacy
News As Microsoft puts the finishing touches on an upgrade to its popular browser, Internet advertising companies are racing to ensure that their ads and cookies are compatible with it.
Campaigners call for Google privacy policy link
News A conglomerate of privacy groups has called for the search giant to link to its privacy policy from its homepage.
Tags: Web services, Web sites, Privacy, Google Inc., Privacy, Privacy Policy, Privacy Information, Advertisement, Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center
Google homepage link mollifies privacy campaigners
News Privacy bodies have welcomed the addition of a link on Google's homepage to the company's Privacy Center Web page.
Tags: Web logs, Policy and management, Privacy, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., America Online Inc., Privacy Policy, Ask.com, Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center
Google adds details to Book Search privacy policy
News Privacy advocates had criticized Google's Book Search settlement as incomplete regarding its privacy policy, and Google has responded with additional commitments.
Tags: Data Management, FTC, Settlement, New York, credit card company, blog, credit card, Data Management
Google Books opposition pours in at deadline
News Tuesday is the last day to file statements on Google's Book Search settlement and several groups have gone on record opposing the deal.
Tags: Data Management, Web 2.0, Databases, Web sites, American Civil Liberties Union, Settlement, antitrust, Computer & Communications Industry Association, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Judge
Legal advocates push for Google Books privacy
News American Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Frontier Foundation and UC Berkeley Law Clinic ask Google to protect reader privacy with its Book Search project.
Tags: Digital media, Google Inc., Privacy, American Civil Liberties Union, Digital media, Amazon.com Inc., e-mail, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Eric Schmidt, U.S.
Create Web site privacy policies
Techguide Since Web site visitors are (understandably) wary of providing personal data, a common practice for Internet sites is to provide a privacy policy.
Tags: Data security
Shining the privacy spotlight
News A privacy group prepares to present policy-makers at a global summit with guidelines to regulate "Web bug" use, while Amazon and Microsoft struggle with privacy policy concerns.
Google revises privacy policy
News Company says it did so to enhance clarity; others say they don't see substantial changes.
Tags: Privacy
eTour accused of privacy violation
News Direct marketing company eTour violated its privacy policy when it sold some personal information about its 4.5 million customers to Ask Jeeves this week, a privacy watchdog group alleged.
FTC drops probe into DoubleClick privacy practices
News The Federal Trade Commission said Monday that it has closed its investigation of the data-collection practices of online advertising network DoubleClick, saying the company has not violated its privacy policy.
Publishers Clearing House rushes the Net, grapples with privacy
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Logged in or out, Facebook is watching you
News CA has discovered that Facebook is able to track the buying habits of its users on affiliated third-party sites even when they are logged out.
