Tag Archives: online privacy

Mar12

Online Privacy Heats Up in Washington

By Scott Silverman | Published: March 12, 2009
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President Obama recently named sitting Federal Trade Commissioner Jon Leibowitz to be the new Chairman of the FTC. As expected, we’re beginning to see the online privacy issue heat up in Washington, DC. We had our first glimpse into what the future of online privacy policy may look like from speeches by Chairman Leibowitz and [...]

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Nov19

Eric Peterson: Persistent Cookies and the Federal Government

By Scott Silverman | Published: November 19, 2008
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If you have a few minutes, check out Eric Peterson’s open letter to President-Elect Obama.  It’s a thoughtful letter with some interesting user comments.  Eric is a frequent Shop.org speaker.  While the gist of the letter is a call for the Federal Governnment to make better use of persistent cookies, it also raises some important issues [...]

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