Mark Zuckerberg is no stranger to controversy where Facebook is concerned. His first go at a social website drew charges from Harvard (where he was enrolled at the time), and Facebook itself famously endured copyright claims from alleged contributors shortly after its launch. Privacy practices have haunted Facebook throughout its online life, and recently...
As explained in our last post, Analytics Providers are providers of cross-platform statistical analysis that increases their users’ ability to understand market effectiveness. This is a purposefully broad definition, and it encompasses everything from paid Analytics Providers, such as Omniture – a company that can charge thousands of dollars for its software – to...
Howdy Ghosterians, We’re pleased to announce a new version of Ghostery for Firefox. It includes: A Japanese language translation (thanks pul) A configuration wizard to help introduce users to options that might not be familiar An update to blocking behavior – if all bugs are selected, then new bugs added in updates are blocked...
Protecting the Privacy Product
Collectively, the last few years have been one long coming-out party for online privacy. The FTC held well publicized privacy roundtable discussions. A highly visible online privacy bill was introduced in Congress (and several others followed behind it). Facebook and Google got caught up in a media privacy frenzy. The the Wall Street Journal released a series of articles...
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