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- The adequacy of protections for the privacy of Australians online - Report and Recommendations
- On 24 June 2010, the Australian Senate referred the matter of the adequacy of protections for the privacy of Australians online to the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee for inquiry and report by 20 October 2010. The report was delivered April 2011.
Added: 11 April 2011
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- Google's updated privacy policy - what it means for Google Analytics users
- Posted by Paul Muret, Director of Engineering, Google Analytics. Google Analytics Blog, Tuesday, January 24, 2012. "You may have already heard that Google is rolling out a new main privacy policy on March 1. With these changes, the privacy policy will be easier to read, and will help us create one beautifully simple, intuitive user experience across Google products and services. The new privacy policy makes it clear that if you’re signed in, we may combine information you've provided from one service with information from other services - helping us treat you as a single user across all our products..."
Added: 7 February 2012;
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- Google privacy policy claims challenged by watchdog
- SafeGov disputes the Internet search leader's claims that the changes won't affect government workers using Google apps, by John P. Mello Jr. (PC World (US online)). CIO, 31 January, 2012. "Google's privacy policy changes have caught the attention of an independent watchdog of the federal cloud that is worried about security risks for government workers. SafeGov disputes the Internet search leader's claims that the changes won't affect government workers using Google apps. Google announced changes in its privacy policies Tuesday that it says are aimed at simplifying them. Part of that simplification includes sharing its users' data across all its services so it can be used to tailor delivery of those services, as well as advertising, to those users..."
Added: 31 January 2012;
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- Setting the record straight about our privacy policy changes
- Posted by Betsy Masiello, Policy Manager. Google Public Policy Blog, Thursday, January 26, 2012. "A lot has been said about our new privacy policy. Some have praised us for making our privacy policy easier to understand. Others have asked questions, including members of Congress, and that's understandable too. We look forward to answering those questions, and clearing up some of the misconceptions about our privacy policies that first appeared in the Washington Post. So, here's the real story..."
Added: 31 January 2012;
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- The Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) Applies to Any Data Stored in the USA
- By Irene Bodle. Web Analytics World, January 27, 2012. "The US Court of Appeals has ruled that the ECPA, an American law, protects the data of non-USA citizens when their data is stored on servers in the USA..."
Added: 31 January 2012;
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- Google Struggling to Create System to Comply with UK ePrivacy Directive
- by V3. Search Engine Watch, December 7, 2011. "Google has admitted that it is struggling to create a system of processes that will allow the firm to abide by new cookie laws owing to the sheer number of its products that are affected by the rules. The cookie law is an amendment to the ePrivacy Directive which came into force on 26 May, and requires web site owners using cookies to achieve explicit consent from visitors to install and run cookies on their systems..."
Added: 8 December 2011;
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- Patriot Act fears jumping the gun: CA
- By Josh Taylor, ZDNet Australia, November 16, 2011. "Fears of the Patriot Act forcing US companies to repatriate data stored overseas for international customers are unwarranted, given that the Act has yet to be tested, according to Mike Denning, general manager security business for CA Technologies..."
Added: 17 November 2011;
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- W3C unveils draft 'do not track' standards
- By Ellyne Phneah, ZDNet Asia, November 16, 2011. "In a bid to address rising concerns about online privacy, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has published two first drafts outlining standards that will allow users to express preferences related to online tracking..."
Added: 17 November 2011;
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- Facebook near privacy settlement: Report
- The Wall Street Journal says Facebook is close to reaching a settlement on privacy settings with the US government, by AAP. CIO Australia, 11 November, 2011. "Facebook will agree to independent privacy audits for 20 years under a proposed settlement with US regulators over changes to its privacy settings, The Wall Street Journal reports. The newspaper, quoting people familiar with the situation, said on Thursday the proposed settlement is awaiting final approval from the commissioners of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC)..."
Added: 14 November 2011;
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- To Track or 'Do Not Track': Advancing Transparency and Individual Control in Online Behavioral Advertising
- by Omer Tene - College of Management - School of Law, Israel; and Jules Polonetsky - Future of Privacy Forum, SSRN, August 31, 2011. "Abstract - The past decade has seen a proliferation of online data collection, processing, analysis and storage capacities leading businesses to employ increasingly sophisticated technologies to track and profile individual users. The use of online behavioral tracking for advertising purposes has drawn criticism from journalists, privacy advocates and regulators. Indeed, the behavioral tracking industry is currently the focus of the online privacy debate. At the center of the discussion is the Federal Trade Commission’s Do Not Track (DNT) proposal. The debate raging around DNT and the specific details of its implementation disguises a more fundamental disagreement among stakeholders about deeper societal values and norms. Unless policymakers address this underlying normative question – is online behavioral tracking a social good or an unnecessary evil – they may not be able to find a solution for implementing user choice in the context of online privacy. Practical progress advancing user privacy will be best served if policymakers and industry focus their debate on the desirable balance between efficiency and individual rights and if businesses implement tracking mechanisms fairly and responsibly. Policymakers must engage with these underlying normative questions; they cannot continue to sidestep these issues in the hope that 'users will decide' for themselves..."
Added: 13 October 2011;
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- Privacy Experts Urge Lawmakers To Address Ethics Of Behavioral Targeting
- by Wendy Davis. Daily Online Examiner, Wednesday, October 12, 2011. "Privacy bills that would regulate online behavioral targeting are pending on the Hill right now, as is the Federal Trade Commission's proposal for a universal 'do-not-track' mechanism. For the most part, officials are calling for companies to inform users about online behavioral targeting -- or tracking users as they surf the Web in order to serve them targeted ads -- and to allow them to opt out..."
Added: 13 October 2011;
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- 800 million people have a right to privacy
- Sydney Morning Herald - National Times - Opinion, October 5, 2011. "Facebook tests the boundaries of friendship. ONE of the unavoidable truths about the perils of social networking is encapsulated in this quote from the London Financial Times last week: ''It is not your Facebook page; it's Facebook's.'' Following this reasoning, it is a little easier to understand why the global site with more than 800 million users is not everyone's friend right now. Facebook's recent changes to its website, ostensibly designed to encourage greater sharing of information between users in real time, are also seen by many across the world as a worrying potential breach of individual privacy..."
Added: 6 October 2011;
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- Privacy Commissioner examines EU cookie laws
- By Liz Tay. IT News, July 4, 2011. "No Australian guidelines despite directive's May deadline. Federal agencies are looking to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) for advice on Europe’s new 'opt in' approach to web cookies. European Union (EU) member states were required to adopt the 2009 amendment (pdf) to the Directive 2002/58 on Privacy and Electronic Communication by 25 May. The new rules require websites to obtain users' permission before storing or accessing information about them, unless that data is needed for services explicitly requested by the user..."
Added: 6 July 2011;
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- Bill to force social networks to tighten privacy controls dies
- by Paresh Dave. The Age, June 6, 2011. "Sacramento, California — In a victory for websites such as Facebook, eHarmony and Google, a bill that would have forced the online social networks to revamp their privacy controls died in the California Senate last week..."
Added: 6 June 2011;
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- Databuse: Digital Privacy and the Mosaic
- Justice and Law, Legal Architecture for the War on Terror, Information Technology, by Benjamin Wittes, Senior Fellow, Governance Studies, The Brookings Insitution. April 1, 2011. "... In this paper, I explore the possibility that technology's advance and the proliferation of personal data in the hands of third parties has left us with a conceptually outmoded debate, whose reliance on the concept of privacy does not usefully guide the public policy questions we face. And I propose a different vocabulary for that debate—a concept I call 'databuse'..."
Added: 26 May 2011;
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- It's Not About Cookies: Privacy Debate Happening At Wrong Level
- by Greg Sterling. Search Engine Land, May 20, 2011. "... Much of the privacy debate has focused on cookies and icons and not what really matters: the misuse or abuse of consumer data by third parties in the real world. I don’t care whether I see behaviorally targeted ads so much as I don’t want my health care or auto insurance to be impacted by sites I’ve visited and stuff I post online. That’s what matters in a practical sense. And by refocusing the discussion on the real-world consequences of profiling I believe the industry and regulators could come to a meeting of the minds more swiftly..."
Added: 23 May 2011;
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