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Privacy Online: USA jumps aboard the “Do-Not-Track” standard

Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
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Photo under Creative Commons license thanks to Sean MacEntee

Photo under Creative Commons license thanks to Sean MacEntee

Good news today as the White House supports efforts for online service providers and web browsers to implement a “do not track standard”– just as we have been doing here in the EU. Read the full entry

Why we need a sound Do-Not–Track standard for privacy online

Friday, January 20th, 2012
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This really is privacy and data protection week! In Brussels there is the Computers, Privacy & Data Protection conference and the Commission is soon adopting its proposal for a reform of the European Data Protection legal framework (which I wrote about here).

So today, a blog on how I want to ensure privacy and user control when you’re browsing online: in particular, a standard known as “do not track” (DNT) that I hope will have a big role to play for the future of online privacy.

First a bit of background: what is “do not track”, and why is it so important? Read the full entry