Archives for Category: Privacy
Do Not Track: The Regulators' Challenge.
The fine people at the UC Berkeley law school have pulled together an amazing two-day workshop about Web Tracking in Brussels. The conversation kicked off today with European Commissioner Neelie Kroes talking about privacy, self-regulation and do not track,...
Filed by Thomas Roessler on June 22, 2011 4:36 PM in Privacy
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Tracking Protection and Do Not Track at W3C
We see broad support for specification work on both Tracking Protection Lists and Do Not Track. Furthermore, there is widespread interest in also working towards consensus on the definition of tracking: what is it that a user setting "Do Not Track" asks for, and how do sites comply with such a request? What are the next steps at W3C?
Filed by Nick Doty on June 22, 2011 9:02 AM in Privacy
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Privacy Dashboard now hosted as W3C open source project
The Privacy Dashboard is a Firefox add-on designed to help you understand what personal information is being collected by websites, and to provide you with a means to control this on a per website basis. It was developed with funding...
Filed by Dave Raggett on June 8, 2011 2:04 PM in Privacy
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Web Tracking and User Privacy Workshop: Test Cases for Privacy on the Web
The level of interest and participation in last month's Workshop on Web Tracking and User Privacy — about a hundred attendees spanning multiple countries, dozens of companies, a wide variety of backgrounds — confirms the broad interest in Do Not Track. These discussions are test cases for how we will handle privacy on the Web and how standards can address complex issues involving both technology and policy.
Filed by Nick Doty on May 16, 2011 2:59 PM in Privacy, Workshops
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Web Tracking and User Privacy: The Next Steps.
There's a lot of movement about Web Tracking and User Privacy lately, and it's been almost two weeks since the last update. Time to look at what's been happening in the last two weeks.
Filed by Thomas Roessler on March 10, 2011 1:21 AM in Privacy
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Do Not Track at W3C
The discussion about online tracking has picked up a lot of steam over the last year. We have seen multiple related features announced or deployed in various Web browsers, including Firefox, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer 9. Today, we have acknowledged a "Web Tracking Protection" member submission from Microsoft. We invite public discussion on the public-privacy@w3.org mailing list.
Additionally, we are announcing a W3C workshop for a broader community discussion, to determine whether (and if so, what) standards work W3C should take up in the space. The workshop will be held in Princeton, NJ, on 28/29 April.
Filed by Thomas Roessler on February 24, 2011 5:00 PM in Privacy, Workshops
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Boosting privacy online - anonymous credentials in the browser
Identity matters! In everyday life we present different "faces" to different people according to the social context, e.g. family, personal, and professional. Our online life is the same, and our privacy depends on keeping these different faces compartmentalized. To support...
Filed by Dave Raggett on November 13, 2010 11:42 AM in Privacy, Security, Technology, Tools, Web Applications
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Privacy Dashboard - Find out what you are sharing
Have you ever wondered what information is being collected as you browse the Web? The Privacy Dashboard is a Firefox extension that enables you to see some of the practices that websites are using, e.g. whether they include 3rd party...
Filed by Dave Raggett on October 4, 2010 5:13 PM in Privacy
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