December 20, 2007 – MichaelZimmer.org

FTC Proposes Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising

Posted by Michael Zimmeron December 20, 2007in Privacy

On the heels of clearing the way for the Google-DoubleClick deal, and resulting from a recent meeting on behavioral advertising, the FTC today released a statement for comment on behavioral advertising: "Possible Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising" (PDF). In…

Google-DoubleClick Deal Cleared by the FTC

Posted by Michael Zimmeron December 20, 2007in Privacy, Search Engines

Despite complaints by leading privacy advocates, the long history of privacy concerns related to DoubleClick, explanations as to why privacy must be considered part of the anti-trust concerns, and concerns about possible links between the FTC commissioner and DoubleClick, the…