March 11, 2009 – MichaelZimmer.org

Google Launches Behavioral Advertising System, With Impressive (But Not Quite Perfect) Privacy Controls

Posted by Michael Zimmeron March 11, 2009in Privacy, Search Engines, Values In Design

Today, Google announced its long-awaited behavioral targeted advertising program. Building from its acquisition of DoubleClick, Google's new ad system -- which it refers to as "interest-based advertising" -- will use cookies to track users across the multitude of sites that…

Quick links: Cellphone privacy

Posted by Michael Zimmeron March 11, 2009in Mobility, Personal Tech, Privacy

A couple of stories popped up on my radar this morning related to cellphone privacy: The New York Times has a story on advertisers increasingly collecting behavioral and locational data from consumers' cellphone activities: "Advertisers Get a Trove of Clues…