The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Thursday that it will step up its investigations into companies who violate their own privacy policies. Christine Varney, partner at US law firm, Hogan and Hartson, agreed, and she noted that in the...
The guidelines, due to be published in September, will cover online privacy policies, the use of cookies, and the legalities of buying consumer information. According to the DPC, companies in the UK are still unsure what their obligations are...
The study found eight of the top 50 brands do have privacy policies that state data will not be passed on without a users consent, whilst most sites openly collect data for swapping with third parties.
Interactive had sought to protect its user under the terms of the 1998 Data Protection Act and its privacy policies, but the judge presiding over the first case ruled it must disclose the user's identity and pay nearly £20,000 in legal costs.
Many sites have improved the ways they are displaying their privacy policies, the report concluded. The negative reactions from consumers and privacy advocates have also played a part. Fewer websites are using cookies to collect personal...
Software that instantly discloses websites' privacy policies to internet users has been approved by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The system, called Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3P), allows web surfers to decide what information they...