The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has just released a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) in the matter of "Implementation of the Child Safe Viewing Act; Examination of Parental Control Technologies for Video or Audio Programming." (MB Docket No. 09-26) This NOI was required by S. 602, the "Child Safe...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has just released a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) in the matter of “Implementation of the Child Safe Viewing Act; Examination of Parental Control Technologies for Video or Audio Programming.” (MB Docket No. 09-26)  This NOI was required by S. 602, t...

Over at Computerworld, Ben Rothke makes the case for “Why Information Must Be Destroyed.”  “Given the vast amount of paper and digital media that amasses over time,” he argues, “effective information destruction policies and practices are now a necessary part of doing ...

And so begins another fight over data retention. As Declan summarizes: Republican politicians on Thursday called for a sweeping new federal law that would require all Internet providers and operators of millions of Wi-Fi access points, even hotels, local coffee shops, and home users, to keep records...

Interesting article here (”Not All Information Wants to Be Free“) by Jack Shafer of Slate. He notes that many people focus on why “pay wall” business models don’t work online, but few people discuss those models that do (i.e., the ones that successfully get customers to...

Much like the Beacon incident before it, I have mixed feeling about this latest kerfuffle over Facebook’s changes to its privacy policy. On one hand, I just don’t see what the big deal is. People act like Facebook is taking away all their “rights” or possessions, which is jus...

Much like the Beacon incident before it, I have mixed feeling about this latest kerfuffle over Facebook's changes to its privacy policy. On one hand, I just don't see what the big deal is. People act like Facebook is taking away all their "rights" or possessions, which is just silly. They were just ...

So, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its revised "Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising" today and it's bound to generate a lot of commentary from those privacy advocates who seem to believe that we can never go far enough in regulating the flow of information onlin...

So, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released its revised “Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising” today and it’s bound to generate a lot of commentary from those privacy advocates who seem to believe that we can never go far enough in regulating the flow of...

Over at Ars , Ryan Paul has an appropriately sharp-tongued response to the Mozilla Foundation's troubling move to become a cheerleader for the European Commission's ongoing antitrust efforts against Microsoft. Apparently Mozilla will assist the EC's investigation "by offering expertise about the bro...