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Category Archives: Online Behavioural Advertising
Lobbyists: who pays the piper…
A few weeks ago I experienced first hand the role of lobbyists, when I saw them do their best to start steering the CREATe project in their own direction (see my blog here). In the time since then, two more … Continue reading
Taking a lead on privacy??
Two related stories about privacy and tracking are doing the rounds at the moment: both show the problems that companies are having in taking any sort of lead on privacy. The first is about Apple, and the much discussed recent … Continue reading
Opt-in is no red herring…
Briefly, very briefly, Microsoft looked like being surprising but serious ‘good-guys’ in relation in Internet privacy. They announced that Internet Explorer 10 would be launched with ‘do not track’ set as ‘on’ by default. That is, that out of the … Continue reading
Posted in Microsoft, Online Behavioural Advertising, Privacy
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Time for a change?
I attended the Westminster eForum this morning. The subject was the new Data Protection Framework, and there was a stellar cast of speakers and panellists, from the estimable Peter Hustinx (the European Data Protection Supervisor), the MoJ’s Lord McNally and … Continue reading
Big Brother is watching you – and so are his commercial partners
Today, President Obama unveiled a proposal for an internet ‘bill of rights’: “American consumers can’t wait any longer for clear rules of the road that ensure their personal information is safe online,” said Mr. Obama. In a lot of ways, … Continue reading
Posted in Human Rights, Online Behavioural Advertising, Privacy
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Personalisation and politics
I have to admit to following the Republican party’s presidential candidate race with some fascination. It’s a slightly ghoulish fascination – there’s often a touch of fear when I listen to some of the candidates, and there’s always the underlying … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Online Behavioural Advertising, Politics, Privacy
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Privacy… and the Phantom Tollbooth!
Last night I was reading my daughter’s bedtime story from that classic of American children’s literature, The Phantom Tollbooth, when I came across a passage that set out brilliantly the problems that can arise as a result of the gathering … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, Online Behavioural Advertising, Privacy
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Romanian re-Phorm-ation?
News has emerged this week that Phorm, the online-behavioural-advertising company about whom a great deal has been written (including by me) has targeted a new country for its latest attempt to track internet users’ every move: Romania. Having been kicked … Continue reading
Posted in Internet, Online Behavioural Advertising, Phorm, Privacy
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Phone-hacking, Online Behavioural Advertising and Tobacco
I read a tweet yesterday asking ‘where were you when the News of the World died?’ suggesting that people will remember it in the same sort of way that they remember where they were when they heard about the assassination … Continue reading
Posted in Online Behavioural Advertising, Phone Hacking, Privacy, Tobacco
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