in prices and forced operators to implement customer friendly rules and to protect customer data and privacy. The authors … the interests and rights of consumers on the telecommunication market. The enforcement of competition and consumer policy …

sure to be attacked for crossing a “line in the sand” drawn by some privacy advocates between contextual and behavioral … advertising, but those whose first priority is advancing consumer privacy should applaud Google for excluding sensitive categories … that respect consumer privacy. Google risks alienating some advertisers and publishers with its bold empowerment of users …

introduction of mandatory registration depresses growth in mobile penetration. -- Telecommunication ; government policy ; consumer … protection ; privacy …

industry that has thrived for over a decade under a layered approach that combines technological "self-help" by privacy …-wary consumers, consumer education, industry self-regulation, existing state privacy tort laws, and Federal Trade Commission (FTC …) enforcement of corporate privacy policies. A cost/benefit analysis of regulation, along with the availability of less restrictive …

-opt the voluntary self-regulatory process. Why is it that the FTC and so-called privacy advocates aren't doing more to … intervention in privacy policies of online advertisers could have major consequences for continued creativity and innovation …. Tighter regulation of the online advertising market in the form of privacy mandates would severely curtail the overall …