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NEWS ABOUT: Web tracking

Web tracking stories: 4 news summaries

Social Networking Deposes Porn as Web King

Users searching less for adult sites as they spend more time on Facebook et al.

Sep 16, 08 2:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Porn is no longer king online, thanks to the social-networking sites where people—particularly 18- to 24-year-olds—have become addicted to less X-rated forms of sharing, a Web analyst tells Reuters. “My theory is that young users spend so much time on social networks that they don't have time... More »

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social networking • Hurricane Katrina • pornography • Thanksgiving • Web tracking • trend

Feds Want to Help Cover Your Web Tracks

FTC aims to limit companies' ability
to watch consumers

May 22, 08 6:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Federal Trade Commission is considering guidelines governing how online advertisers target consumers based on their Web surfing—and some lawmakers want them to be mandatory, the Washington Post reports. Privacy advocates are pushing to limit behavioral tracking, but some Internet companies say that could mean sites won’t be... More »

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online privacy • FTC • Internet advertising • Web tracking • behavioral tracking • web cookies

Web Inventor: Don't Track
Me, Bro

Internet creator decries spyware: 'You can't have' my data

Mar 17, 08 5:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - He may have created a web that's worldwide, but Internet founder Tim Berners-Lee is very proprietary when it comes to tracking programs, such as Phorm, that allow ISPs to monitor their customers. Berners-Lee says he’d drop any company caught mining his data. “It’s mine—you can’t... More »

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Internet • online privacy • ISP • Internet service providers • Internet advertising • Web tracking • Tim Berners-Lee • Phorm • private data

Web Tracking Opt-Out Plan Gets Panned

Online ad group's proposal clashes with FTC guidelines, privacy group desires

Feb 25, 08 3:13 PM CST
(Newser) - An online advertisers trade group has proposed guidelines for targeted advertising that don’t satisfy recent FTC recommendations. The Interactive Advertising Bureau proposal would make it harder for consumers to know if a website was storing their information; FTC guidelines suggest a “clear, consumer-friendly, and prominent statement” and easy... More »

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online advertising • online privacy • targeted advertising • Interactive Advertising Bureau • cookies • Web tracking

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