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Released: September 19, 2011
Setting boundaries for Internet privacy
Source: Kevin J. O'Brien, N.Y.Times (Free Registration)
Watchful European privacy regulators are wielding increasing influence beyond the Continent’s borders. Last week, they pressed Google, as they had Apple, to change the way it collected data on cellphone locations worldwide. But there is one area where even European regulators appear stymied — the tracking of consumer Internet surfing habits by technology companies, advertisers, Internet service providers and Web businesses that focus on consumers on the basis of online behavior.Read Full Article: Setting boundaries for Internet privacy
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