Tag: third party
  • Mar 11, 2021 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • General Privacy News,

Experts doubt the privacy claims of Google’s Federated Learning of Cohorts ad targeting model

Google recently declared that it will stop selling targeted ads based on your internet history as provided by third party cookies, and is instead working on a new privacy conscious way for advertisers to target internet users called Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC). What this means is that third party cookies are on the way out; and Google is loudly claiming that this is a new leaf … Continue reading “Experts doubt the privacy claims of Google’s Federated Learning of Cohorts ad targeting model”

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  • Jan 12, 2019 |
  • Glyn Moody |
  • General Privacy News, Governments, Surveillance,

People start to wake up to the pervasive third-party tracking that comes with 90% of Android apps

It will hardly be news to readers of this site that mobile apps are tracking us on a massive scale. And yet a story in the New York Times last month about how apps are routinely monitoring users and their geographical position seems to have shocked many. Indeed, Los Angeles prosecutors were moved by the … Continue reading “People start to wake up to the pervasive third-party tracking that comes with 90% of Android apps”

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  • Apr 9, 2017 |
  • Caleb Chen |
  • Censorship, General Privacy News, Governments,

New legislation (HR 1865) seeks to hold websites liable for content posted by third parties; degrade free speech online

A new resolution before the House would do away with one of the strongest free speech protections on the Internet. On 4/03/17, Congresswoman Wagner introduced the “Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017” or HR 1865.  It doesn’t quite have the same ring as the “Restoring American Privacy Act of … Continue reading “New legislation (HR 1865) seeks to hold websites liable for content posted by third parties; degrade free speech online”

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