Since the function of an identity provider under the auspices of NSTIC (National Strategy For Trusted Identities In Cyberspace) is curiously unfettered by such niceties as any sort of regulation, Google can now store essentially any and all data...
The regulation currently being discussed in the context of the future European General Data Protection Regulation, whereby a maximum fine of [two] percent of a company's annual turnover is provided for, would, on the other hand, enable violations...
With no regulation, there is also no redress in case of mishandling. I was certain it ran a lot deeper than that. When authorship launched, it seemed to support my theory that Google+ was more an identity platform than a social media venture.
Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt took some time out of his busy schedule this weekend to tell the Guardian newspaper that civilians flying spy drones over each other's houses is a bad idea. We shrugged in confusion too.
Government Agencies s likely that agencies will have top ranking for core keywords - "brand" terms like the agency name, and closely-related terms like their areas of focus, regulation, and oversight.
SEMPO has reached out to the FTC before, most recently in November last year when they protested “heavy-handed” regulation of Internet content publishing. Updated guidelines would eliminate the need for more prescriptive regulation of search...
In fact going throw some controversy in the mix, if any other site did this, Google would be called “blackhatting” “scraping” or many terms usually reserved for “SPAM”, but this is Google and whatever you think of it, there is no getting away from...
It's not just one regulation or law that has yet to be interpreted for two-way digital channels, but many, and some are easier to apply than others. As more companies in heavily regulated industries search for cost savings, greater efficiencies for...
The evaluation of the deal will follow the established guidelines of "Council Regulation 139/2004. Google's buyout of Motorola Mobility is already under scrutiny from the U.S. Department of Justice, but the deal will also require clearance in Europe.
What government regulation, if any, should be implemented? Information on how Facebook tracks its users behaviors both on and off site has been released. Most worrisome is that Facebook keeps a running log of the sites a user has visited in the...
Regulation of large companies, while often overlooked, is something most believe to be beneficial; if Ma Bell hadn't been broken up by the U.S. FTC's antitrust probe into Google, the search marketing organization SEMPO issues a statement to the FTC...
The Push for Open Data and New Regulation The U.S.made requests for over 11,000 accounts in the first half of 2011 alone, making them the leader in user data requests. The Transparency Report was first released last year.
What is your take on the regulation/deregulation debate? Regulation Determining whether social media regulation or deregulation is better for athletes (or even employees) has to be determined on a case-by-case basis.
Advertising industry self regulation empowered by merger. With the new Search Engine Watch design we have retired the name SearchDay for our newsletters, which are now called SEW Daily and SEW Weekly.
Yahoo's self-regulation action, which saw the company reduce the length of time it kept raw data from 13 months to three months, was in part prompted by growing privacy concerns. Yahoo, which announced plans to anonymize search logs, page views...
Many felt that it was a sign of over-regulation by the U.S.government. Microsoft today filed a formal complaint in Brussels accusing Google of curating a monopoly of the search market and unfairly promoting their own products.
Taking a stand on a controversial subject like the desperate need for regulation in an industry full of cowboys and sometimes used as a front for fraud because there is no industry body tasked with education and whatnot can be slightly risky.
The rush to offer alternatives to an FTC regulation is interesting. Google announced last year they were offering an opt out option in their Chrome browser. Now they have given it a name "Keep Mt Opt-Outs" and are trying to get more momentum for...
But they need to consider the logistics further down the purchase funnel if they intend to keep them.of Americans Oppose Government Regulation of Search Engines [Survey] by Danny Goodwin A majority of Americans oppose government regulation of...
The only reasons I know of to go in and change [search rankings] manually is for security, a court order or spam," said Google's Matt Cutts, who was in Washington, D.C.this week to speak against federal regulation of search results (which a recent...
