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Aleecia McDonald Appointed Director of Privacy at the Center for Internet and...
Cross-posted from SLS News.STANFORD, Calif., December 3, 2012— Stanford Law School today announced the appointment of Aleecia M. McDonald as Director of Privacy at the Center for Internet and Society...
View ArticleMicrosoft Rankles Advertisers With Web User-Privacy Plan
"Microsoft may also be aiming to use privacy as a stick to beat rival Google with, Mayer said."Original Publication: Bloomberg NewsDate published: December 13, 2012Focus Area: PrivacyPeople: Jonathan...
View ArticleAPPS Act implications: What developers should know about user privacy, consent
"According to Aleecia McDonald, director of privacy at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, the APPS Act is fairly well-tailored to many of the concerns raised by consumer...
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Innovation or Exploitation?
February 19, 2013 6:30 pmDownload audio from the Innovation or Exploitation talk. (39.43MB)6:30pm Reception - Manning Faculty LoungeStanford Law School, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, CA 943057:30pm...
View ArticleInnovation or Exploitation (Video)
Download audio of the Innovation or Exploitation talk.Have you ever borrowed a smartphone without asking? Modified a URL? Scraped a website? Called an undocumented API? Congratulations: you might have...
View ArticleFirefox 22 will block third-party cookies
"Jonathan Mayer, a researcher at Stanford, has contributed a patch for Firefox that will block third-party cookies from installing on the user's browser."Original Publication: Ars TechnicaDate...
View ArticleFirefox to follow Safari, start blocking cookies from third-party advertisers
"Firefox is set to start blocking cookies from third-party ad networks by default, thanks to a patch submitted by Stanford law student and online privacy activist Jonathan Mayer."Original Publication:...
View ArticleCan I Get Some Privacy?
Jennifer Granick, Aleecia McDonald, Jonathan Mayer and Arvind Narayanan discuss data privacy in this cover story by Stanford Magazine.Original Publication: Stanford MagazineDate published: March 11,...
View ArticleWill Congress Unfriend Mark Zuckerberg?
"Aleecia McDonald, director of privacy for the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, agrees that "Coming to a common understanding of ways to put users in control of their online experience through...
View ArticleBoot up: brains v games, Windows 8 v the 90%, shrinking tablets grow, and more
"The Verge Firefox is set to start blocking cookies from third-party ad networks by default, thanks to a patch submitted by Stanford law student and online privacy activist Jonathan Mayer. "Original...
View ArticleDo-Not-Track Talks Could Be Running Off the Rails
"“I think it’s right to think about shutting down the process and saying we just can’t agree,” Mr. Mayer said. “We gave it the old college try. But sometimes you can’t reach a negotiated...
View Article‘Do Not Track’ Rules Come a Step Closer to an Agreement
"“On substance, with a great deal of additional work issue-by-issue, it is not impossible to make this draft work, perhaps in 2014,” Aleecia McDonald, director of privacy at the Stanford University...
View ArticleDo Not Track proposal is DOA
""The parties are now further apart on the negotiations than they ever had been," said Jonathan Mayer, a Stanford privacy researcher and Do Not Track technology developer who is involved in the...
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Why Opt Out Of Tracking? Here's A Reason
The Stanford Center for Internet and Society, where I am an affiliate scholar, is a thought leader on consumer privacy and a source for potential solutions. The CIS Cookie Clearinghouse, for instance,...
View ArticleData Collection & Consent: Next Steps for Digital Advertising
View the video here. As part of the Global Data Protection policy workshop at this year’s Privacy Identity Innovation conference, we hosted a session titled “Data Collection and Consent: Next Steps...
View ArticleDo-Not-Track on the Ropes as Ad Industry Ditches W3C
"Ms. McDonald argued that there is still hope for progress and her experience has been less hampered by obstacles perceived by Mr. Mejia and other participants."Original Publication: Ad AgeDate...
View ArticleDigital Advertising Alliance Exits Do Not Track Group
"Privacy advocate Jonathan Mayer, a Stanford University privacy expert who works with Mozilla, quit the group last month. "Given the lack of a viable path to consensus, I can no longer justify the...
View ArticleGoogle May Stop Using 'Cookies' to Track Web Users
"Jonathan Mayer, a Stanford University professor who studies online advertising and privacy, said it was unclear that so-called anonymous codes would actually protect privacy. "Instead of reinventing...
View ArticleInternet Tracking Expanding, Spurs Push For More Privacy
"“If you visit one website, you have a whole bunch of other companies tracking you, as well, and then they’re tracking you on other websites, too, so they can continue to track you across the web,”...
View ArticleNSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking
"Privacy advocates have pushed to create a "Do Not Track" system allowing consumers to opt out of such tracking. But Jonathan Mayer of Stanford's Center for Internet and Society, who has been active in...
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