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Lawmakers Examine Privacy Practices at Cable, Web Firms - By AMY SCHATZ WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers took aim at privacy practices of cable and Internet providers Thursday at a House subcommittee hearing, laying the groundwork for the introduction of legislation that could restrict companies' ability to target ads at consumers online. The focus of the hearing was on new efforts by Internet providers to collect and share data on consumers' behavior to target online advertising and by cable companies to target ads at subscribers via their set-top boxes. Lawmakers are concerned about consumer privacy as cable, phone and Internet companies experiment with Internet-based technologies that pinpoint advertising to consumers in new and more accurate ways. Legislation to impose tougher privacy rules could be coming later this summer.
24 Aprile, 2009

The Register, By Cade Metz, April 21, 2009 A federal judge has given the green light to a lawsuit brought against video giant Blockbuster over its use of Facebook's privacy-destroying "Beacon" ad system. A year ago, a Texas woman named Cathryn Elaine Harris sued Blockbuster after...

23 Aprile, 2009

Mashable, By Leah Betancourt, April 21st, 2009 Being online is like being in public. Nearly anything that gets posted can come back to haunt you. When you post it yourself, this isn’t such a big deal — after all, it’s your fault if you post something...

23 Aprile, 2009

CNN, By Zach Pontz, April 20, 2009 One evening last winter, Mike Harris was watching his local TV news when he saw a segment that caught his attention: Parents were using software to monitor their kids' cell phones. As more kids carry cell phones, some parents...

21 Aprile, 2009