Comments on: Welcome to our guided tour of online privacy policies!

By: ResourceShelf » Blog Archive » Resource of the Week: Report — How to Read a Privacy Policy

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 08:03:40 +0000

[...] report is based around an ongoing series of posts on CDP’s My Place in the Crowd weblog. On one of these is an intriguing visual of how the various privacy policies “stack up next [...]

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:31:35 +0000

Here’s another comparison of privacy policies, for the top 10 ad networks (who collect behavioral information across many websites).

http://www.privacychoice.net/site/TopTenAdNetworks

This provides comparative summaries of policies on anonymity, data sharing, sensitive information and retention of data, as well as identifying whether the company is subject to any industry oversight.

We have collected this information for nearly 200 ad networks and other tracking companies for those who are interested.

By: Eugene Eric Kim (eekim) 's status on Thursday, 23-Jul-09 14:56:55 UTC - Identi.ca

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:57:14 +0000

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By: Blue Oxen Associates (blueoxen) 's status on Thursday, 23-Jul-09 14:53:25 UTC - Identi.ca

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:53:39 +0000

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By: Mimi Yin

Mimi Yin — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:26:31 +0000

Glad you liked it. The white is just the background color behind the text of each policy.

By: Diane C.

Diane C. — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:14:03 +0000

Very interesting visual there. Is there a significance to the white sections of each column?