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Amazon to revamp privacy policy
News Online retail giant Amazon.com plans to revamp its privacy policy in an attempt to address concerns raised by customers, consumer advocates and state regulators. The change was protested by customers and consumer advocates.
[September 26, 2002, 8:02]
Privacy watchdogs mull Engage's future
News Privacy advocates are bracing for a signal that beleaguered online ad network Engage plans to dump its media business, promising to protest any potential sale that would transfer ownership of the company's extensive database of anonymous consumer...
[August 10, 2001, 9:42]
Amazon's gender stereotyping patent slammed
News But that fact gives little comfort to consumer advocates, who have hounded Amazon for years over its customer-profiling practices. Even if the system doesn't violate COPPA, it involves a level of snooping that's just plain creepy, some advocates said.
[March 15, 2005, 8:30]
Is the Web sending you subliminal ads?
News Privacy advocates are resurrecting the spectre of subliminal advertising to battle against surreptitious corporate tracking of consumers' Web-surfing habits and preferences. That amounts to subliminal messaging, privacy advocates say.
[December 10, 1999, 6:30]
EU votes to restrict cookies
News But consumer advocates have long criticised the tags for their technical vulnerabilities and potential privacy problems in the event of a computer breach. The mere fact that cookies can hold years of data about consumer travels on the Web is enough...
[November 13, 2001, 16:48]
Intel won't back down on chip ID feature
News After outraged privacy advocates called for a boycott of Intel products, the company backed off somewhat: Instead of shipping processors with the ID turned "on," Intel would ask PC makers to turn off the ID by default on every system at boot up.
[February 25, 1999, 9:01]
P3P: A green light for privacy on the Web? Part II
News Several privacy advocates, including the Center for Democracy and Technology, participated in the brainstorming that laid the foundations of what would become P3P in 1995 and 1996. Privacy advocates worry that the technology will give consumers...
[July 5, 2000, 13:54]
Interactive TV: It's watching you
News Privacy advocates warned consumers Tuesday of burgeoning dangers posed by the interactive TV industry, where companies are planning to collect massive amounts of personal data. Nevertheless, as TV and the Internet meld within new devices, privacy...
[June 27, 2001, 11:46]
Web firms scramble to obey privacy law
News But this information gathering has become a topic of heated debate among marketers and privacy advocates, who warn against the pitfalls of storing such data. Advocates also caution that companies should scrutinise data-collection practices and...
[July 2, 2001, 10:15]
Copyright foes trade verbal blows
News Copyright owners clashed with consumer electronics makers and consumer advocates during a lively debate on Thursday over proposed laws that would give movie and music companies more control over digital copies of their products.
[August 2, 2002, 11:22]
Privacy camp threatens to extend Intel boycott
News An option that would likely satisfy privacy advocates is if the PC makers turned the processor serial number off in the system's BIOS, or basic input/output system -- the first code to start running when the system starts up.
[February 17, 1999, 9:32]
Microsoft says Passport boosts privacy
News At a panel of the Computers Freedom & Privacy conference in San Francisco Thursday, representatives from companies building such networks faced off against privacy advocates in a discussion about the future of databases.
[April 20, 2002, 7:31]
Internet World: Digitalme does little for privacy, yet
News But privacy advocates charge that Novell's Digitalme makes it easier for businesses to access up-to-date information on their users. Entering the nascent consumer profiling market, network software maker Novell launched its Digitalme identity...
[October 6, 1999, 16:18]
Court: Network Associates can't gag users
News Such clauses censoring speech and criticism chill not only consumers' speech, but also prevent academics, consumer advocates and technology experts alike from openly and freely discussing software products," New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer...
[January 20, 2003, 11:03]
'Secret' RFID test draws consumer ire
News CASPIAN and other consumer advocates are wary of so-called smart-shelf devices, which require outfitting merchandise with microchips that can broadcast their whereabouts via a radio signal. The test, which took place over a period of four months at...
[November 17, 2003, 10:50]
US finally fights for digital consumer rights
News Lofgren's bill was met with enthusiastic support by many consumer and free-speech advocates, many of whom have been looking for official endorsement of their cause. In an effort to thwart piracy, the entertainment industries have been slowly...
[October 3, 2002, 9:12]
Online crooks exploit WTC disaster
News Grieving people are flooding the Internet for solace and solidarity after Tuesday's terrorist attacks, but consumer advocates warn they may also find scams and spam online. Despite aggressive lobbying from anti-spam and privacy advocates, no...
[September 14, 2001, 9:34]
Microsoft moves to integrate Windows with BIOS
News The move is likely to put consumer rights advocates on their guard, however, since both Microsoft and Phoenix are involved in plans to integrate digital rights management (DRM) technology at the operating system and hardware level.
[October 3, 2003, 17:25]
Google wannabes search for success
News All three companies also have refused to follow a recent trend of selling placement within search results to advertisers -- a practice that has created enviable Web profits at companies such as GoTo.com but sparked complaints from consumer advocates.
[August 28, 2001, 15:25]
US seeks to stop TV pirates
News The high-tech industry and consumer advocates are leery of being forced to implement any specific technology, and they have warned the FCC about setting a precedent for control of their products. I think what many content companies hope is that...
[October 28, 2003, 12:30]
