On November 2 – 3, 2011, about 600 persons from around the world attended the 33rd International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners.   For those unable to make the trek to Mexico City, what follows is selected insight gained from several folks who attended and were kind enough to report back what was discussed in [...]

Apparently seeking to mimic the success of the “do not call” registry, on May 9, 2011, Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) introduced an online “do not track” privacy bill that would give consumers the ability to block companies from tracking their online activities.  The proposed Do-Not-Track Online Act of 2011 comes on the heels of another [...]

A recently published study funded in part by the National Institutes of Health shows that the brain’s capacity to move back and forth from distractions diminishes with age.  The findings, which were reported in the online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (April 11, 2011), ultimately suggest that multi-tasking may impact [...]