In light of all the ‘discussions’ over at the Tracking Protection Working Group regarding the advertising industry claims that their polices ‘really do work’ I thought it might be a good idea to search for some more empirical data by a respected university. And as luck would have it I found this: Why Johnny Can’t […]
Posts Categorized: #privacy
Re-Envisioning In-Browser Privacy
I’ve been planning on writing about an alternative approach to In-Browser Privacy. Obviously we’re very much in favor of a better solution than the current Do Not Track standard that’s being offered, and to that end we set out over 6 years ago now to build a fully standards based solution that seamlessly integrates into […]
DNT and the Tracking Protection Working Group – Did they “Just Jump the Shark”?
If you have a spare hour or so and a large bucket of popcorn, you might want to head over to the Tracking Protection Working Group Public Mailing list forum – link You don’t have to read all of the emails – it’s way to confusing, however spend some time in Octobers list to get […]
Consumer Protection – the Do Not Track standard – & the W3C
The Do Not Track standard is now live in every major OEM browser. Consumers who are interested can check a box marked ‘Tell Web sites not to track me’ and the browser will add a ‘header’ (a message) to every request the user makes in the browser, indicating to the Web server that […]
Why the proposed Do Not Track standard is going to fail – it’s all about Trust
As the saying goes “A civilized society cannot function without trust”, ergo it’s also appropriate to extend that premise to the Internet – “A civilized Internet based society cannot function without trust”. So how do we define trust? There’s a great definition to be found on the Web – link – in short: “Trust is […]