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$pageBody = ' RFID Privacy Web bug education Java Spyware DoubleClick\'s privacy settlement Comcast stops tracking Nationwide Do Not Call List Patent Privacy? Opt-Out Cookies More telemarketing protection DMA Opt-Out Junk mail madness FreedomPrivacy Archives
RFID privacy concerns are largely overblown. Companies are already drowing in data. and turning that data into useful information is a lot harder than it sounds. Companies, governments, and individuals already have far easier and more effective ways of gathering information about you than RFID can provide.
The anti-Web bug initiative will be ignored by unscrupulous marketers, but it will also serve to educate everyone else.
RedSheriff may be tracking your activities on the Web. Their tracking applet is present on many Web sites and is installed without your knowledge or permission.
A quick overview of the events leading to DoubleClick’s privacy settlement.
washingtonpost.com | Comcast: Will Stop Tracking Users: "Comcast Corp. pledged Wednesday to immediately stop recording...
Lawmakers consider a nationwide telemarketing opt-out list.
David Reed at SATN suggests patenting the use of private data: "Let’s file patents on...
Some advertising and tracking networks have opt-out systems where you can store a cookie on...
A new law in California (where I live) allows people to have their names placed...
You can also add yourself to the opt-out lists that are maintained by the Direct...
I opened the mailbox today to find two items. One was a bill for my...
One thing I am thankful for is our freedom as Americans. But in the wake...