- Fri Apr 20 2007 Google draws privacy complaint to FTC
Three public-interest groups are expected to ask for a government investigation into issues posed by Google's DoubleClick acquisition.
- Wed Jan 8 2003 Schools profit from privacy settlement
Several law schools and privacy rights groups will benefit from a settlement that Amazon.com subsidiary Alexa Internet reached in 2001.
- Wed Jun 16 2004 Judge tosses online privacy case
Decision in airline case suggests privacy policies aren't worth the pixels they're published with, critics say.
- Thu Mar 10 2005 Senator predicts 'overdue' changes to privacy
Democratic senator whose personal info was lost by Bank of America indicates time is right for reshaping privacy laws.
- Tue Oct 8 2002 State presses Amazon for privacy response
Consumer protection regulators in Massachusetts are urging Amazon.com to respond to criticisms of its privacy policy.
- Tue Jun 2 1998 FTC to slam Net sites on privacy
Regulators are expected to drub most of the online industry in a report to Congress for not adequately protecting consumers' privacy.
- Wed Oct 2 2002 Search firm caves in to privacy pressure
Fast Search and Transfer's AlltheWeb.com bows to pressure from a consumer advocate this week by adding a first-ever privacy policy disclosing its data-sharing practices.
- Tue Mar 1 2005 'Perfect storm' for new privacy laws?
High-profile breaches at ChoicePoint, Bank of America and other data holders spur legislators to action.
- Mon Sep 25 2000 Online marketers propose privacy standards
Mindful of growing worries about Net privacy abuses, a coalition of Web advertising companies releases rules intended to control the proliferation of spam.
- Fri Jul 26 2002 Internet privacy: The danger of good intentions
With the machinery of legislation revving up, Sumir Meghani writes that policymakers, privacy advocates and technologists all risk missing the real point in the battle over Internet privacy.




