NEW: Facebook engineers admit the company's systems make it very hard to know where users' data ends up and how it's used.
"We can’t confidently make controlled policy changes or external commitments such as ‘we will not use X data for Y purpose.’"
https://t.co/j9KBnBqXaM
Kent Walker @Google: “This is that all-hands-on-deck moment for privacy. The vast majority of Americans want a federal privacy law. In fact, we’ve never seen such broad-based, bipartisan consensus about the need for that law.”
@google https://t.co/kyrfcO4j5O
What becomes now of the ePrivacy Regulation? Lilian Edwards asks us.
An assessment of the Commission’s Proposal on Privacy and Electronic Communications: https://t.co/K8wXsvfQFj
Proposal for a Regulation on E Privacy to replace the Directive: https://t.co/SSL6avTwWH
The main tools are cookies, which enable websites to remember you and have evolved to include third-party cookies, which track where else you are going on the internet.
Read more 👉 https://t.co/Mrs3nuTbg7
#Privacy#Dataprotection#GDPR#CyberSecurity#DataPrivacy
EFF calls on Congress and the states to ban the targeting of ads to people based on their online behavior. This ban must be narrowly tailored to protect privacy and equity without placing unnecessary burdens on speech and innovation: https://t.co/1WoJxqiy4L
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
—Alvin Toffler, Futurist