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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]
Net Users Lose Anonymity Tool
News Even the ability to use strong encryption, the granting of which has been considered a great win for privacy advocates, is again under renewed attack. Although Zero-Knowledge executives have repeatedly denied such accusations, Hill admits that the...
[October 5, 2001, 10:15]
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]
Regulatory Impact Statement: Discussion Paper
White Papers The broking market has been subject to a minimum level of regulation, but as a result of the increasing levels of consumer detriment there have been calls by both consumer advocates and the industry itself for governments to address the problem.
[June 17, 2005, 0:00]
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]
Insurance Claims Processing In The HIPAA Era
White Papers Additionally, health plans must contend with the managed care backlash from both the media as well as consumer advocates. Today, each health insurer, also referred to a payer or a plan, offers its customers an array of very similar benefit plans...
[January 13, 2004, 23:00]
Turning Shoppers Into Advocates: The Customer Focused Retail Enterprise
White Papers This white paper focuses on incorporating customer input into all facets of your business model to turn ordinary shoppers into loyal brand advocates. Today's marketplace faces unprecedented diversity, fragmentation of consumer values, and...
[April 11, 2008, 0:00]
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]
