Comments on: Congress Proposes Sweeping Internet Privacy Bill

By: Social Media 2011: Privacy Puzzles, Search Will Stick Around: Tech News «

Social Media 2011: Privacy Puzzles, Search Will Stick Around: Tech News « — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 22:01:08 +0000

[...] Privacy in social media, meanwhile will remain a puzzle that neither the industry nor government will be able to solve. Why? It’s probably too difficult a problem, with multiple, well-funded — and even well-meaning — constituencies. There’s too much money at stake (advertisers and media companies have lots of lobbyists) to risk screwing up ad targeting, and we have an internally combative situation in Congress. [...]

By: Social Media and Privacy: Get Serious or Get Regulated: Tech News «

Social Media and Privacy: Get Serious or Get Regulated: Tech News « — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:53:26 +0000

[...] the “zombie cookies” highlighted in yet another Wall Street Journal story. Even before that, online privacy bills had been proposed in the House, and European regulators are passing fresh proposals around the EC. I doubt the online [...]

By: Facebook Users Fight Back Over Privacy: Quit Facebook Day « Black Web 2.0

Facebook Users Fight Back Over Privacy: Quit Facebook Day « Black Web 2.0 — Fri, 28 May 2010 13:00:27 +0000

[...] light of the media coverage, congressional proposed legislation, and public outrage, Facebook recently announced it will make changes to privacy settings that will [...]

By: A Modest Proposal on Privacy

A Modest Proposal on Privacy — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:04:28 +0000

[...] even Congress is getting involved — but wireless analyst Chetan Sharma proposed an interesting idea last night in his first [...]

By: Concerned about your privacy on Facebook? Read this.

Concerned about your privacy on Facebook? Read this. — Tue, 11 May 2010 18:21:55 +0000

[...] are also congressmen that are proposing a sweeping Internet privacy bill: http://gigaom.com/2010/05/04/congress-proposes-sweeping-internet-privacy-bill/ , prompting Facebook to hire an ex-boss of the FTC as their lawyer: [...]

By: Katherine Warman Kern

Katherine Warman Kern — Mon, 10 May 2010 18:04:19 +0000

Truth is I think Facebook and others presume people just don’t care how their info is being used. So the default is that they do what they will, but you can always “opt out”.

If you would like share how you think your info should or shouldn’t be shared, please tell Comradity: http://www.comradity.com/comradity/how-do-you-feel-about-sharing-your-information.html

We plan to share the results with Rep. Boucher.

Katherine Warman Kern
@comradity

By: Casey

Casey — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:44:53 +0000

It will definitely be interesting to see how it is enforced. It will also be interesting to see if the opt out will eventually replace the opt in.
http://lunchpail.knotice.com/2010/05/10/self-regulation-winning-ongoing-bt-battle/

By: The People’s Blog for the Constitution » Electronic privacy law is light years behind

Thu, 06 May 2010 13:46:48 +0000

[...] is the first in a long line of hearings regarding this issue while groups continue to work with Congress to turn tough technological language into visionary [...]

By: Robespierre

Robespierre — Wed, 05 May 2010 15:27:26 +0000

Bottom line is, American companies do not respect consumers' privacy and don't care to be regulated. So marketers, unscrupulous companies, identity thieves and hackers all benefit from their lobbying, their violation of our privacy and their unfettered sharing of personal information. That must change, even if it needs to be forced upon companies doing business on the Internet. Just do it.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Wed, 05 May 2010 09:52:25 +0000

Very interesting development. In Europe we have very tough laws on privacy. German companies need a double-optin to be able to email a newsletter. Poland has a very powerful agency that checks companies and reviews their security guidelines (GIODO).

Finding a set of rules we can all share in common would not only serve the internet users and help build their trust. This common set could also make the internet more competitive, because many European companies have a huge disadvantage when competing with US-competitors. (Please do not misread this as whining ;).

Apart from the challenges of competing from Europe the industy here has more than survived. Companies have learnt how to deal with the (sometimes harsh) rules and still make their money.

As European service we have to adhere to many rulings, especially when we localise our service to another language and expand into a new country. Of course this slows us down a bit, but it also shows how much we respect the market and the users.