NGOs Call on EU and US to Protect Privacy of Citizens and Consumers
This letter was sent today to US and EU policymakers.
View ArticleConsumer, Civil Rights & Privacy Groups call on Obama Adm Privacy Stakeholder...
This letter was sent today to Lawrence Strickling, Ass't Sec of Commerce, as well as The White House. Despite our best efforts to encourage the Commerce Department to ensure that people across the...
View ArticleCDD Opposes Facebook Sponsored Stories deal for class action: Proposed Class...
When CDD reviewed the proposed Facebook Sponsored Stories settlement it was clear it failed to address how marketing and targeting on the social network really works. It also didn't do anything to...
View ArticleEPIC & CDD ask FTC to investigate whether Facebook/Datalogix data deal...
CDD and EPIC submitted this letter to the FTC today. Both groups have had a long history of monitoring Facebook's privacy and online data-related marketing practices. We have both worked to ensure...
View ArticleEPIC & CDD ask Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg to withdraw proposed changes...
Facebook engaged in a "Thanksgiving surprise" last week, announcing changes to its "Rights and Responsibilities" system of involving users in its decisions on data collection and privacy. It also...
View ArticleConsumer, Health, Religious, Parents and Privacy Groups call on FTC to...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 13, 2012 50+ ADVOCACY GROUPS CALL FOR UPDATES TO KIDS’ ONLINE PRIVACY PROTECTIONS read more
View ArticleUS Consumer, Privacy and Civil Liberties Group Urge Obama Adm to Consult with...
This letter was sent today to top Obama Administration officials.
View ArticleLeading Consumer, Privacy, Child Advocacy & Public Health Groups Call on FTC...
This letter was sent today to new FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez by three-dozen NGOs--including the national leaders in the consumer and privacy fields.
View ArticleCDD Praises EU Action on Google Privacy: Time for US companies to stop...
Global consumers, including in the U.S., should be grateful that a joint legal action by 6 European privacy regulators against Google seeks to protect their privacy. France, United Kingdom, Italy,...
View ArticleGroups Ask the FTC to Take a Closer Look at How Facebook’s Recent Proposed...
Washington, DC: Over 20 public health, media, youth, and consumer advocacy groups sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today objecting to Facebook’s recent proposed changes to its...
View ArticleNPR and Ctr for Investigative Reporting powerful video on threats to privacy
A must see: http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2013/09/30/226835934/your-dig...
View ArticleU.S. NGOs Call on the EU to Support Data Privacy
23 US Public Interest Groups Back European Union Data Protection Regulation WASHINGTON – A coalition of 23 US consumer, privacy and public interest groups today wrote the European Parliament...
View ArticleCivil Society groups ask White House inquiry on Big Data, announced as part...
This letter was sent today to John Holdren, the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, and was signed by 25 groups. It calls on the White House to include a public...
View ArticleCandy Crush IPO: " We collect and store significant amounts of information...
The IPO SEC filings help provide a roadmap for privacy and consumer advocates, as well as regulators. Read some of the telling practices found in the new IPO filed by the creators of Candy Crush and...
View ArticlePres. Obama Urged to Address Privacy Bill of Rights; Dozens of NGOs support...
More than 40 groups sent a letter to President Obama today on the second anniversary of the Administration's promise it would seek a new "Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights." Although the President said...
View ArticleCDD joins NGOs calling on White House "Big Data" report to support...
This letter signed by leading NGOs was sent to the White House's BIg Data review. Excerpt and letter is attached:read more
View ArticleCDD addresses Privacy and Big Data Issues in US/EU Trade Deal at 5th TTIP...
Joy Spencer, CDD’s Associate Director made a statement on Big Data and Privacy Issues—including inadequacies in the Safe Harbor Regime at the Fifth Transatlantic Trade and Investment (TTIP) Negotiating...
View ArticleTACD calls on FTC and Irish DPA to protect Facebook users privacy and "halt"...
TACD calls on regulators to stop Facebook collecting web browsing data July 29, 2014read more
View ArticleFTC asked to review "Big Data" merger between Alliance Data/Conversant; Also...
[excerpt from attached letter] Dear Chairwoman Ramirez:read more
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