Add 'do not track' to Firefox, IE, Google Chrome | Workers' Edge The Federal Trade Commission recently announced its intention to promote the addition of a "do not track" mechanism in Web browsers. FTC Chairman Jon Lebowitz said the agency would offer "best practices" to browser makers, according to Declan McCullagh's Politics and Law blog, but wouldn't seek legislation mandating the feature, which likely made browser developers breathe easier. With just a little effort, you can set Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Google Chrome to clear out and block the cookies most online ad networks and other Web trackers rely on to build their valuable user profiles. (On WSJ.com, Emily Steel describes the formation by several online tracking firms of the Open Data Partnership that promises to let consumers see what eight such companies--but not Google, Yahoo, or other big-name trackers--know about them.) Setting your browser to delete all cookies and browsing history when you close the program can help keep online trackers at bay.
Affiliate Programs Directory - Many Affiliate Marketing Programs Listed Do Not Track Me! Stop Online Ad Tracking | myID Blog Cookies are small bits of information that websites store on your computer to track the places you have visited on the Web. They help sites create advertisements targeted for a specific customer, which ad network tracking specialists say increases the effectiveness of the advertisements. Have you ever noticed an Internet advertisement for a product you just searched for? The reason the advertisers knew your preferences was because of ad tracking. Avoiding being tracked by cookies, while still maintaining Web usability, is the Holy Grail for Web users. Next, do some deep cleaning with tracking cookie removal. To remove tracking cookies in Internet Explorer, Open Internet Options by clicking the Start button, clicking Control Panel, clicking Network and Internet, and then clicking Internet Options. To remove tracking cookies in Firefox, click on the Tools menu and select Clear Recent History. To remove tracking cookies in Google Chrome, click on the wrench icon on the browser toolbar.
AFFILIATE PROGRAMS - The Monster of Affiliate Marketing Network Lawsuit: Ad Network Could Be Tracking You With HTML5 HTML5 is an exciting technology with lots of potential. But one potentially insidious use has surfaced, and one group of privacy experts isn't taking it lightly. Wired's Threat Level blog reports that a group of individuals has filed a lawsuit against Ringleader Digital, claiming that the company is abusing HTML5's local storage feature, using it to store a tracking "cookie" that can't be deleted when you delete your broser's cookies. The HTML5 local storage feature lets sites store certain types of data on your hard drive for quicker access later on. According to the Wired report, the offending ads have appeared on the mobile versions of several popular sites, including CNN Money, The Travel Channel, WhitePages.com, among others. I headed over to one of the sites in question using my iPhone to see what would happen for myself, and sure enough, there's RLDGUID. While this may be a new and novel way of tracking users without using browser cookies, it's not the only way.
Work at Home Jobs for Moms Behavioral targeting Behavioral Targeting refers to a range of technologies and techniques used by online website publishers and advertisers which allows them to increase the effectiveness of their campaigns by capturing data generated by website and landing page visitors. When it is done without the knowledge of users, it may be considered a breach of browser security and illegal by many countries' privacy, data protection and consumer protection laws. When a consumer visits a web site, the pages they visit, the amount of time they view each page, the links they click on, the searches they make and the things that they interact with, allow sites to collect that data, and other factors, create a 'profile' that links to that visitor's web browser. As a result, site publishers can use this data to create defined audience segments based upon visitors that have similar profiles. Onsite Behavioral Targeting[edit] Network Behavioral Targeting[edit] Theoretical Research on Behavioral Targeting[edit] Case law[edit]
WORK AT HOME MONEY - FREE WORK AT HOME EBOOK! Online Behavioral Tracking Skip to main content Electronic Frontier Foundation Defending your rights in the digital world Search form Main menu Online Behavioral Tracking Who knows what you're doing when you browse the web? New web technology has created many unexpected ways for corporations to track your web activity without your knowledge. New threats include "super-cookies " like Adobe's "Local Shared Objects" and Microsoft's "User Data Persistence." EFF is working with lawmakers to close legal loopholes that enable unscrupulous tracking with corporations to teach them how to manage data responsibly and with the media to educate the public about corporate behavior and user rights. Donate to EFF Stay in Touch NSA Spying eff.org/nsa-spying EFF is leading the fight against the NSA's illegal mass surveillance program. Follow EFF Australia should be getting fair use.
Behavioral Targeting Issue Behavioral targeting provides advertising to Internet users based on Web surfing habits. This ability has enormous benefits to both advertisers and consumers, but has received a fair amount of attention from state and federal legislators because of perceived threats to consumer privacy. Proposed bills in Congress and state legislatures would require that consumers receive notice of behavioral tracking and mandate data deletion and the ability to opt-out of all tracking. Additionally, the Federal Trade Commission has proposed a set of self-regulation guidelines for companies who use behavioral advertising. AAF Position The AAF believes the government should show a real or potential harm before adopting regulations concerning behavioral targeting. Proposals designed to limit access to new technology fail to strike an appropriate balance between restrictions on the use of the information and the benefits to consumers through the use of that information.
» Your iPhone Is Tracking You It turns out the iPhone may be a little sneakier than you thought. According to security researchers, the phone keeps track of everywhere you go, and it then saves the information in a file on the iPhone and on the owner’s computer when the two are synced. This story was first reported by The Guardian (read the original story by clicking here), and it is now sweeping through across the Internet. In the story, the researchers claim the data files stored by the phone record the device’s latitude and longitude along with a timestamp. Many people are upset, claiming this is a huge breach in security, and I have to agree. I wasn’t even that surprised to find out my iPhone is likely storing all my location information.
What Do Behavioral Targeters Know About You?: Tech News and Analysis « While relevant advertising is the only kind that’s useful, it’s creepy to see behavioral ads following you around the web, advertising that trip to Hawaii you’d researched last week when you’re just trying to read the news. But perhaps it would be a lot less creepy if you knew when and where you were sharing your data, and when and why you’re being targeted by ads. To that end, you can find out exactly what cookies BlueKai — which says it’s the largest U.S. behavioral data provider, and just raised a third round of $21 million while kicking off its third year of existence — has on you. Head over to BlueKai’s registry and you can see, item by item, recent categories you’ve been slotted into based on your browsing history. Here’s what Bluekai says it knows about me: * Some information about my job that’s not terrifically accurate — I’m in information technology (true) and hospitality (false), I’m at a company with 100+ employees (false). * My gender, age range and geographic area.
Privacy Lawsuits Increase in 2010 Due to Online Behavioral Tracking | news | press-room Privacy Lawsuits Increase in 2010 Due to Online Behavioral Tracking Boca Raton, Fla. – January 25, 2011 – According to the Information Law Group, which concentrates on legal issues around privacy, data security, information technology and e-commerce, 2010 was a banner year for privacy-related lawsuits. And it may just be the tip of an iceberg of litigation to come. The Information Law Group report indicates that “There has been a significant increase in the volume of privacy lawsuits recently filed and being litigated … in addition to significant settlements on the books,” and adds that “most of the lawsuits cited involve online behavioral tracking.” Given our collective dependence on the Internet to conduct business of all kinds, and the unprecedented profit potential associated with capturing and using all of that online data, is there anything that can be done to thwart the behavioral trackers? About SECNAP