by Josh Aberant Within the past month we’ve seen major privacy initiatives from three major players in the online commerce space: FTC with a Do Not Track list proposal; Microsoft with announcements of tracking blocking technology in the upcoming release of the Internet Explorer browser; US Dept. of Commerce with its calls for baseline federal privacy regulation and a federal privacy office. We believe that by reinforcing key areas of privacy protection we’re invigorating the long term vitality of the online ecosystems. Exposure to FTC’s Do Not Track. MORE >>

by Jesse Noyes | Tweet this Always the virtual iconoclast, Danah Boyd , a senior researcher at Microsoft, made the argument that when we talk about protecting people’s privacy, we probably don’t know what we’re talking about. No one can actually agree on what privacy means or what it takes to protect privacy in the first place,” Boyd said at the 2011 Personal Democracy Forum in New York City. Or the mommy bloggers who demand better privacy protection for their kids, but post embarrassing photos that could haunt their children the rest of their life. MORE >>

I've been in Europe the last ten days (coming home today) and it's easy to see how European cultures differ from that of America, especially when it comes to privacy. In many European countries, privacy protections are much stronger than in the United States, and many Europeans are often more savvy when it comes to what companies know about them, and more suspicious about what is in their public profile. Facebook has had many missteps on privacy in the last few years and suddenly informing everyone that their status updates will be made public might not go over big. MORE >>

by Josh Aberant In this privacy blog series , we’ve been reviewing the trends and changes happening in US privacy within online marketing and business.  One of the biggest recent announcements was, of course, the FTC’s privacy report “Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change”.  Released just over a month ago, this report is one of many indicators making clear that online privacy is changing in the US.  Indeed, in its 122 page report the FTC really ratcheted up the conversation on privacy.  “ Getting real about Privacy “).  MORE >>

e-storm International Home Careers Careers in Kuala Lumpur e-storm Bloggers Antony Ho Archi Rajwat Daniel Riveong Ivana Petraskova Jonathan Reyes Kevin Ritchie Lisa McGuire Mehrshad Mansouri Nicole Reber Robert Yang William Gaultier Privacy Policy Thank You for Contacting e-storm! Carries are hypersensitive to consumer protection and will continue to hold a strong control over how much information they will unlock and what data can be provided to marketers. Privacy PolicyIn Part II we’re covering mobile. What about mobile video? Are attention spans longer or shorter? MORE >>