Fahad HJun 2, 20153 min readSurvey: 99 Percent Of Consumers Will Share Personal Info For Rewards, But Want Brands To Ask PermissConsumers repeatedly say in surveys that they want more personalization — but also more privacy. This is an apparent contradiction. But...
Fahad HMay 21, 20152 min readMost Americans Want More Privacy, Don’t Trust Advertisers, Social Media Or SearchThe overwhelming majority of Americans want to be able to control their information online and who gets access to it. However, in a...
Fahad HMay 13, 20152 min readGoogle Offers Insight Into Its Right-To-Be-Forgotten Review ProcessAs discussed in my companion article, it has been a year since the “right to be forgotten” (RTBF) was established in Europe by the EU...
Fahad HMay 11, 20152 min readFederal “Review Freedom Act” Wants To Make U.S. Yelp-Safe For ConsumersMany non-lawyers are unaware that it’s legally possible for consumers to waive their free speech rights to negatively review or otherwise...
Fahad HApr 16, 20152 min readVA Court: Yelp Doesn’t Have To Reveal Identities Of Anonymous ReviewersThe Virginia Supreme Court has issued a ruling that Yelp is not compelled to reveal the identities of seven anonymous online reviewers....
Fahad HApr 9, 20151 min readFacebook Facing Class Action Privacy Lawsuit In EuropeAnother front on Facebook’s battle with privacy watchdogs opened today, as a court in Vienna, Austria, started proceedings on a class...
Fahad HApr 3, 20152 min readMicrosoft Changes Course On Default “Do Not Track” Browser SettingMicrosoft announced Friday that it is changing the default setting for Do Not Track in future versions the company’s browsers. Do Not...
Fahad HApr 1, 20153 min readEU Report Renews Criticism Of Facebook, Repeats Privacy Policy Violates LawEuropean privacy regulators have again criticized Facebook’s privacy policy and reiterated that it violates EU law. That’s according to...
Fahad HMar 27, 20152 min readUK Court Rules Google Must Face Privacy Suit Over “Cookiegate” ScandalAn appellate court in the UK ruled earlier today that British iPhone users could pursue their privacy suit against Google arising out of...
Fahad HMar 11, 20154 min readMarketers’ Balancing Act Between Value And PrivacyThe White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection kicked off this past February with a research symposium hosted by...
Fahad HFeb 2, 20152 min readGoogle Blinks On Privacy, Agrees To Make Changes In UKUnder fire from European regulators since it consolidated its privacy policies into one in 2012, Google has maintained its privacy policy...
Fahad HJan 26, 20153 min readAd Tech Firm, Turn, Found Harnessing Verizon’s Supercookie To Track UsersThe fear that our cell phones can be used to continuously follow us for persistent, permanent ad targeting purposes is proving to be a...
Fahad HJan 20, 20152 min readEU Seeks To Overcome “Loser” Digital Status With Single Market, New Taxes On U.S. Web CoEU digital czar Günther Oettinger is signaling that he wants to make a series of moves to level the digital playing field for European...
Fahad HDec 1, 20142 min readEU: Device Fingerprinting Should Be Regulated Like CookiesDevice fingerprinting is the latest target in the EU’s effort to protect user privacy online. The pan-European Article 29 Working Group...
Fahad HNov 14, 20142 min readSurvey: 64 Percent Want Gov’t To Regulate Advertiser Data UseA few years ago Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg argued that privacy standards in the US were relaxing. It’s perhaps more accurate to say...
Fahad HNov 6, 20142 min readDespite “Do Not Track” Movement, Online Tracking Won’t Go Away [Web Summit]Despite the growing interest in online privacy and the “Do Not Track” movement, one web security CEO says online tracking won’t go away —...
Fahad HOct 7, 20143 min readBuzzFeed “Hidden Beacons” Story Gets It Almost Totally WrongThere’s a lot that the media get wrong when covering location and privacy. A recent example of that is BuzzFeed’s inflammatory story...
Fahad HOct 1, 20142 min readGerman Regulator Orders Google To Make Privacy ChangesIn another blow to Google’s privacy policy in Europe, the German data-protection regulator Johannes Caspar is ordering the company to...
Fahad HSep 26, 20142 min readEU Seeking Numerous Google Privacy Disclosures, Policy ChangesAccording to Reuters, Google was given formal privacy recommendations this week in response to its consolidated privacy policy, which...
Fahad HSep 22, 20142 min readA Gmail “Support” Service You’ll Want To Avoid [AUDIO]Companies that purport to offer support for Gmail, Hotmail and other online services are a dime-a-dozen. Still, even I was shocked at how...
