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As Congress turns up the heat on the FTC.
New consent management platforms (CMPs) have been introduced to the web to conform with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation, particularly its requirements for consent when companies...
GDPR was supposed to enhance privacy protections. But companies are using dark patterns to circumvent them, and there’s not much regulators can do about it.
Banning re-identification discourages researchers from finding weaknesses, and encourages criminals to exploit them.
No one likes being stalked around the Internet by adverts. It’s the uneasy joke you can’t enjoy laughing at. Yet vast people-profiling ad businesses have made pots of money off of an unregulated Internet by putting surveillance at their core. But what if creepy ads don’t work as claimed? What if all the filthy lucre […]
Most cookie consent pop-ups served to internet users in the European Union — ostensibly seeking permission to track people’s web activity — are likely to be flouting regional privacy laws, a new study by researchers at MIT, UCL and Aarhus University suggests. “The results of our empirical survey of CMPs [consent management platforms] today illustrates […]
Sean McDonald argues that companies offering digital products — whether an algorithm or infrastructure — should be required to warranty not only their products, but how those products are meant to be used.
Cookies alerts are supposed to improve our privacy online. But are they?
Compliance isn't the same as an ethical commitment to privacy.
The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) takes effect on January 1, 2020. The CCPA aims to provide consumers with an unprecedented array of rights
Europe’s top court has ruled that pre-checked consent boxes for dropping cookies are not legally valid. Consent must be obtained prior to storing or accessing non-essential cookies, such as tracking cookies for targeted advertising. Consent cannot be implied or assumed. It’s a decision that — at stroke — plunges websites into legal hot water in […]
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New research into how European consumers interact with the cookie consent mechanisms which have proliferated since a major update to the bloc’s online privacy rules last year casts an unflattering light on widespread manipulation of a system that’s supposed to protect consumer rights. As Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in May […]
A British researcher has uncovered an ironic, gaping security hole in the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – right of access requests.
EU: "If you put a web bug on your website, you are responsible for the privacy implications."
Law students at American law schools take property, torts, and contracts during their first year. It is difficult not to view consumer privacy interests through
Dude masquerades as GF, gets her personal data out of companies per GDPR.