EricMenhart.com » Uncategorized http://www.ericmenhart.com Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:47:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Eric Quoted on “Do Not Track” In MD Daily Record http://www.ericmenhart.com/2011/03/05/eric-quoted-on-do-not-track-in-md-daily-record/ http://www.ericmenhart.com/2011/03/05/eric-quoted-on-do-not-track-in-md-daily-record/#comments Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:26:49 +0000 emenhart http://www.ericmenhart.com/?p=21 I was recently quoted in the Maryland Daily Record (subscription required) on the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed “Do Not Track” list, which would, in some form, limit tracking of a user’s online behavior by advertisers. While some advertisers argue that the proposed limitations would be a significant burden, I note that the folks that would choose to be on the “Do Not Track” list would also be the people least likely to respond to heavily targeted advertisements.

The article also has a nice discussion of the benefits and limitations of advertisers’ self regulation, and the challenges created by non-standardized data and practices in making self-regulation a reality.

]]> http://www.ericmenhart.com/2011/03/05/eric-quoted-on-do-not-track-in-md-daily-record/feed/ 0 Eric Menhart Quoted in Business Insider http://www.ericmenhart.com/2010/03/10/eric-menhart-quoted-in-business-insider/ http://www.ericmenhart.com/2010/03/10/eric-menhart-quoted-in-business-insider/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:24:21 +0000 emenhart http://www.ericmenhart.com/?p=13 Recently, quite a bit of attention has been paid to sites like pleaserobme.com, which simply republish public Twitter posts of people tweeting about their present locations.  PleaseRobMe.com republishes tweets of people that contain search strings like “left home,” that might be theoretically useful to robbers looking for an empty house.What liability would these sites likely incur if someone were actually robbed? In a word, none.

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