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Mozilla spars with ad group over do-not-track

Posted April 25, 2013 - 12:28 pm

The head of the advertising coalition at the forefront of the policy debate over new privacy protections for consumers blasted browser makers Microsoft and Mozilla at a Senate hearing Wednesday for derailing cross-industry work developing a feature allowing Internet users to opt out of behavioral tracking.
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Chrome ships with 'Do Not Track' support

Posted November 7, 2012 - 1:42 pm

Google yesterday made good on a promise from earlier this year and shipped Chrome 23 with the "Do Not Track" privacy feature.
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Yahoo to ignore Microsoft's 'Do Not Track' signal from IE10

Posted October 31, 2012 - 1:57 pm

Yahoo will ignore "Do Not Track" privacy requests sent by Microsoft's Internet Explorer 10 browser, calling its ally's unilateral decision "signal abuse" and pointing to a possible rift between the search partners.
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Ad industry calls IE10's 'Do Not Track' setting 'unacceptable'

Posted October 4, 2012 - 7:16 am

Many of the country's largest companies lashed out at Microsoft this week, claiming that its decision to turn on the "Do Not Track" privacy feature in Internet Explorer 10 would "harm consumers, hurt competition, and undermine American innovation."
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Google adds 'Do Not Track' to Chrome precursor

Posted September 18, 2012 - 11:41 am

Google has moved a step closer to making good on its promise to support "Do Not Track" in Chrome by the end of this year.
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Google adds support for do-not-track in latest version of Chrome

Posted September 14, 2012 - 11:55 am

Google Chrome will soon provide users with the option to use the do-not-track setting when browsing the Web, effectively allowing them to opt out of many website ad targeting systems.
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Apache Web servers will ignore IE10's 'Do Not Track' settings

Posted September 12, 2012 - 10:59 am

There's already been a fair bit of controversy over Microsoft's decision to make the “Do Not Track” (DNT) setting turned on by default in Internet Explorer 10, and recently the brouhaha got even louder.
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Does your browser support 'do-not-track'?

Posted August 18, 2012 - 7:05 am

Microsoft angered advertisers when it confirmed that it would enable do-not-track mode in its upcoming Internet Explorer 10 browser -- the IE version that will be designed for use with Windows 8.
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Microsoft will give Windows 8 users 'Do Not Track' options for IE10

Posted August 7, 2012 - 8:55 pm

Microsoft today said users of Windows 8 will be able to change the default setting for the "Do Not Track" privacy feature in Internet Explorer 10 when they first run the new operating system.
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Doc Searls: 'We do not need Do Not Track legislation'

Posted July 3, 2012 - 1:55 pm

Instead, the efforts of those in the e-commerce industry should be directed at establishing a new dynamic in which businesses do not track Web users simply because there are more lucrative ways of gathering accurate and useful information.
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Microsoft IE's forced 'Do Not Track' about face

Posted June 8, 2012 - 10:17 am

Last week, Microsoft promised IE 10 would turn on Do Not Track by default. This week, the official spec says just the opposite.
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FAQ: What Google's 'Do Not Track' move means

Posted February 25, 2012 - 7:20 am

As the White House pushed a privacy bill of rights and readied online privacy legislation for Congress, Google decided on Thursday to get behind "Do Not Track" technology. Here's where things stand.
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Senator says he will introduce do-not-track bill

Posted May 6, 2011 - 3:30 pm

A U.S. senator says he plans to introduce an online do-not-track bill.
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Do not track: Is government intervention necessary?

Posted January 28, 2011 - 3:03 pm

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission made clear it endorses an online do-not-track tool, while Republican lawmakers and tech companies think a congressional mandate is unnecessary.
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'Do not track' coming to Firefox 4

Posted December 21, 2010 - 6:38 pm

Hard on the heels of Microsoft's decision to offer "do not track" functionality in its upcoming Internet Explorer 9 browser comes word that Mozilla is planning a similar move for its Firefox 4.
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FTC calls for 'do not track' browser button

Posted December 8, 2010 - 5:44 pm

The FTC wants a new framework to address privacy challenges, including a "do not track" setting so consumers can choose whether to let entities collect data regarding their online searching and browsing activities.
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