Date: Wed, 9. July 2008 15:04:42

Hugh Pickens writes "As companies collect, use, and disseminate data regarding online users, there is concern that tracking individuals' Internet activity and gathering information from online users violates their expectations of privacy. The Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday to look at the policy issues, and the hottest topic will be proposed systems by which ISPs can watch users and sell information about their surfing habits to advertising companies. The Center for Democracy and Technology has issued a report suggesting that these systems may violate federal law (PDF). 'Advertising per se is not the evil here,' says Leslie Harris from CDT. 'It's the collection of individuals' information, usually without their knowledge, always without their consent, creation of profiles and the complete inability of people to make choices about that.' On the other side NebuAd, the most active ad-targeting company, says its profiles are interest-based, and not personally identifiable. 'We have designed our entire company to make sure that we stay on the opt-out side of those laws and policies,' says NebuAd CEO Robert Dykes. Charter Communications announced last month that it would suspend a trial of NebuAd due to customer concerns about privacy."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Date: Thu, 16. October 2008 19:39:24

Microsoft Corp Chief Executive Steve Ballmer said a Web search advertising deal with Yahoo Inc makes economic sense and may still be possible, though the two sides aren't talking.

Date: Fri, 10. October 2008 00:28:08

Already advertising at record levels, Barack Obama has scheduled a half-hour commercial for prime time on Oct. 29, six days before Election Day.

Date: Wed, 10. September 2008 20:37:14

AP - New Zealand's national airline is offering to pay bald travelers to use their heads — literally — in a new advertising campaign.

Date: Fri, 5. December 2008 16:01:22

Industry analysts wonder what Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's hiring of former Yahoo search guru Qi Lu will mean for Microsoft's Online Services group. Lu is a search engine engineering and advertising pro, implying that Microsoft is looking to capture some of Google's magic. Enderle Group's Rob Enderle, Forrester's David Card and IDC's Karsten Weide weigh in.br/ - Industry experts treated Microsoft's Dec. 4 hiring of Qi Lu as president of the company's cursed Online Service Group, one of the company's few glaring red zones, with cautious optimism. After all, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has run plenty of business and advertising guys, such as Kevin Johnson,... pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/vBB-MvcYZvDoVxJVFxyNdqBE9_Y/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/vBB-MvcYZvDoVxJVFxyNdqBE9_Y/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pdiv class="feedflare" a href="http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com/~f/RSS/tech?a=vcSOhjsF"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/RSS/tech?d=41" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com/~f/RSS/tech?a=iq2uiI4K"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/RSS/tech?i=iq2uiI4K" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com/~f/RSS/tech?a=pwXjCOoc"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/RSS/tech?d=50" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com/~f/RSS/tech?a=OgE25qEU"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/RSS/tech?d=43" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com/~f/RSS/tech?a=goxscOCr"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/RSS/tech?d=52" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com/~f/RSS/tech?a=nyK2XjEz"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/RSS/tech?d=54" border="0"/img/a a href="http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com/~f/RSS/tech?a=rq800QW3"img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/RSS/tech?i=rq800QW3" border="0"/img/a /divimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RSS/tech/~4/Lf21GCf3xkc" height="1" width="1"/

Date: Wed, 19. November 2008 23:14:50

Reuters - Banning fast-food advertising on television in the United States could reduce the number of overweight children by as much as 18 percent, researchers said on Wednesday.

Date: Thu, 10. July 2008 01:58:30

Senate Grapples With Web Privacy IssuesWashington Post - 1 hour agoBy Peter Whoriskey Consumers worry about their Internet privacy. Politicians vow to investigate. And two of the nation's biggest tech companies, Google and Microsoft, support federal legislation for data collection.Senators Weigh Possible Rules for Advertising and Online Privacy New York TimesSenators Question NebuAd, Targeted Ad Privacy PC WorldWall Street Journal - InformationWeek - VNUNet.com - CNET Newsall 363 news articles

Date: Fri, 12. September 2008 12:48:11

Amazon.com appoints senior Microsoft executive Lisa Utzschneider to head its U.S. advertising sales as the global Internet retailer ramps up its online ad business, The New York Post reports. - (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc. has appointed a senior Microsoft Corp. executive to head its U.S. advertising sales as the global Internet retailer ramps up its online ad business, The New York Post reported. Lisa Utzschneider, who worked at Microsoft for 10 years, will become senior vice president ...

Date: Sun, 7. December 2008 21:02:12

It's a tough economy out there, even for a kid. And many parents are wondering how to broach the subject.

Date: Wed, 17. September 2008 17:09:58

Google Chief Economist Hal Varian defends Google's search ad deal with Yahoo, which is nearing the end of a 100-day review at the hands of the DOJ. Varian attacks a July SearchIgnite report, stressing that neither Google nor Yahoo dictate advertising prices for search-engine-driven ads. The World Newspaper Association asks the DOJ and EU to block the deal. - It's taken days of browbeating from media organizations and media-fueled hints that the Justice Department is going to contest its deal with Yahoo, but Google has finally come out blazing in defense of its search advertising practices. Google's Chief Economist Hal Varian denounced a July report ...