Entries tagged with: Internet Privacy
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Survey Finds Widespread Consumer Concerns about Online Privacy
A national survey by Consumer Reports found that most consumers had serious concerns about their online privacy and about the collection and use of their personal data. 71 percent of respondents said they were very concerned about companies disclosing their...
Ben Joffe v. Google
Concerning Google's Civil Liability Under The Wiretap Act For Interception of Wi-Fi Payload Data Latest News | Background | EPIC's Interest in Ben Joffe v. Google | Legal Documents | Resources | News Reports Top News : () Background In...
Report: Internet Privacy Tools Generally Fail at Protecting Privacy
A recent report by Carnegie Mellon University finds that internet privacy tools designed to protect consumers from online behavioral advertising are ineffective because they are difficult for users to understand and to configure. The researchers investigated whether users could protect...
Federal Trade Commission Proposes New Rules for Children’s Online Privacy
Today the FTC proposed new rules for the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. The FTC rules would revise the definition of Personally Identifiable Information to include identifiers such as cookies and IP addresses, video and audio files containing a child's...
WhiteHouse.gov to Track Users for Two Years
The White House modified its privacy policy for WhiteHouse.gov on June 3, 2011. The new policy is more than twice as long as the old policy. The new policy states the White House web site now uses persistent Google Analytics...
On Privacy, Americans More Concerned about Big Business than Big Government
A new survey from the Center for the Digital Future at the University of Southern California found that almost half of Americans over 16 who use the Internet are worried about businesses watching their online activities. Only 38% worried about...
EPIC Seeks Details on New Government Crypto Regulations
EPIC has sent Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the National Security Agency for information about a proposal to expand Internet surveillance and deploy weakened security standards. The proposal...
Pew/Elon Study: Cloud Computing Will Expand, Security and Privacy Issues Must be Addressed
According a recent Pew Internet and Elon University survey , most technology experts believe that the next decade will bring increased reliance on internet-based applications and cloud computing. The experts and social analysts surveyed also predicted greater use of mobile...
New Study Shows Young Americans Value Privacy
A new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project has found that "[r]eputation management has now become a defining feature of online life for many internet users, especially the young." The Pew study Reputation Management and Social Media...
Draft Privacy Profiling Bill Released
Representatives Rick Boucher (D-VA) and Cliff Stearns (R-FL) have released a draft Internet privacy bill to regulate online advertising. The bill seeks to provide "meaningful privacy protections for Internet users" by mandating disclosure of privacy practices, regulating the collection and...
Senate Holds Hearing on Internet Freedom
The Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law held a hearing on "Global Internet Freedom and the Rule of Law," which focused on information technology industry business practices in countries that restrict the internet . The Senate hearing came...
Internet Privacy
Reports and Resources | Topic Areas | News EPIC Reports and Resources EPIC Report 94-1 Privacy Guidelines for the National Information Infrastructure, 1994 "Surfer Beware III: Privacy Policies Without Privacy Protection" (1999). "Surfer Beware II: Notice is Not Enough"...
Expert Group Asks Google to Improve Cloud Computing Privacy
A letter signed by 38 researchers and academics in the fields of computer science, information security and privacy law was sent to Google's CEO. The letter asks Google to uphold privacy promises made to users of Google Cloud Computing services....
EPIC Urges Congress to Act on Internet Privacy
In testimony before a Congressional Committee, EPIC Director Marc Rotenberg urged lawmakers to address the growing threat to online privacy of new tracking techniques. Mr. Rotenberg said, "From the user perspective, the threats to privacy online are increasing. Unregulated data...
