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Irish watchdog: Facebook privacy still falls short

Facebook has put out an updated privacy policy with more details on cookies and targeted ads, but the changes it is proposing do not tackle all the problems, according to the Irish data protection commissioner Read more

14 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner
Don't overbake fear of EU cookie law

Don't overbake fear of EU cookie law

...one of DoubleClick's myriad partner sites will be pre-approved for behavioural advertising — if they gave consent. This is far from ideal for publishers... Read more

28 June, 2010 by Struan Robertson

Mozilla denies Firefox 4 'do-not-track' privacy option

...early 2011, would include a 'do not track' privacy option to foil behavioural advertising. Behavioural or targeted advertising products track a user's behaviour online... Read more

23 December, 2010 by Ben Woods and Tom Espiner

Behavioural ads need consent, says Europe privacy group

...in a statement on Thursday that users needed to opt in to behavioural advertising under European law. The working party is made up of the... Read more

25 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner

OFT calls for better targeted ad transparency

...Online advertisers must give consumers better information when they are using behavioural advertising, according to a report by the Office of Fair Trading. Behavioural... Read more

2 June, 2010 by Rob Tomkinson

EU warns web firms over 'do-not-track' timescale

...has largely bled into the public consciousness due to the work of behavioural advertising companies such as Phorm. The company conducted secret trials with BT... Read more

22 June, 2011 by David Meyer

Google adds ad-tracking opt-out extension to Chrome

...is also exploring features to make it easier to opt out of behavioural targeting. The US Federal Trade Commission has pushed for a 'do-not... Read more

25 January, 2011 by Larry Dignan

...Advertisers should give consumers better info on behavioural ads

...needed? Online advertisers must give consumers better information when they are using behavioural advertising, according to a report by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT... Read more

1 June, 2010 by Rob Tomkinson

Photos: Can tech change your behaviour? The Open University investigates

...the building, that's not obtrusive... but still hints you towards some behavioural change," she said. Photo: Natasha Lomas/silicon.com Read more

15 June, 2011 by Natasha Lomas
Reducing <endeca_term>Behavioural</endeca_term> to Structural Properties of Programs With Procedures

Reducing Behavioural to Structural Properties of Programs With Procedures

...for making analyses more tractable. The present paper presents a characterisation of behavioural program properties through sets of structural properties by means of a translation... Read more

1 January, 2012
Issues in Model-Driven <endeca_term>Behavioural</endeca_term> Product Derivation

Issues in Model-Driven Behavioural Product Derivation

...engineering process. Existing model-driven derivation approaches fail to properly address the behavioural derivation part, yielding a frustrating situation. In this paper, the authors first... Read more

29 January, 2011
A Stochastic Extension of a <endeca_term>Behavioural</endeca_term> Subset of UML Statechart Diagrams

A Stochastic Extension of a Behavioural Subset of UML Statechart Diagrams

In this paper, the authors present a stochastically timed extension of UML Statechart Diagrams. The extension is rather... Read more

1 January, 2011

CPS declines to prosecute BT over Phorm trials

...Service has decided not to prosecute BT over secret trials of Phorm behavioural advertising technology in 2006 and 2007. Privacy campaigner Alexander Hanff received a... Read more

8 April, 2011
Adoption of Fingerprinting as an Automated Access Control Technique in University Hostels

Adoption of Fingerprinting as an Automated Access Control Technique in University Hostels

Biometrics is defined as a distinguishable physiological or behavioural attribute that can be used to verify or authenticate an individual's... Read more

1 July, 2011
Role Allocation and Scheme in Software Engineering Course Projects

Role Allocation and Scheme in Software Engineering Course Projects

Role is a set of behavioural actions and responsibilities one takes in a specific situation. The people play... Read more

9 June, 2011

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