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    Google to “systematically” provide data on suspect Orkut users to Brazilian authorities

    Thursday, April 24th, 2008

    Social network services are increasingly being used in legal and criminal investigations. Google’s social networking site Orkut, which is immensely popular in Brazil, is no exception.
    In 2006, I commented on Google’s decision to comply with a Brazilian court order to release data on Orkut users to help Brazilian authorities investigate use of the site related […]

    More Details on Yahoo’s New Ad Sales System, AMP!

    Monday, April 7th, 2008

    Yahoo has issued a press release on their new ad sales system, AMP! that provided a few new insights into this “powerful new online advertising platform.” The New York Times broke this story earlier, which I blogged about here.
    Interestingly, the Yahoo release avoids using the phrase “behavioral targeting” (which is mentioned in the NYT piece), […]

    Yahoo’s New Ad Sales System to Include Behavioral Targeting

    Sunday, April 6th, 2008

    The New York Times is reporting details of Yahoo’s forthcoming new advertising system which will allow targeting of ads based on users’ online activities:
    Yahoo said the system, called AMP and still months away from being ready, would greatly simplify the task of selling online ads, allowing Yahoo’s publishing partners, for instance, to place ads on […]

    Proposed NY Law to Limit the Web Tracking also Requires Access to Data Collected

    Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

    On the heels of growing public awareness of how “large Web companies are learning more about people than ever from what they search for and do on the Internet, gathering clues about the tastes and preferences of a typical user several hundred times a month,” a New York legislator has drafted a bill seeking to […]

    To Aim Ads, Web Is Keeping Closer Eye on You

    Monday, March 10th, 2008

    As I’ve been saying…
    To Aim Ads, Web Is Keeping Closer Eye on You, New York Times, March 11, 2008
    …A new analysis of online consumer data shows that large Web companies are learning more about people than ever from what they search for and do on the Internet, gathering clues about the tastes and preferences of […]

    Link Dump: January 20, 2008

    Sunday, January 20th, 2008

    Holidays, travel, deadlines, start of semester…plenty of excuses for my lapse in blogging. Here are some quick links of important stories I can’t provide detailed comments on right now.

    January 28, 2008 is Data Privacy Day
    US intelligence agencies are reportedly working on new plans to allow government access to virtually any e-mail, file transfer, or Web […]


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