[LINK] RFC: Submission re Online Privacy

[Richard Chirgwin]

Roger - yet more for you to add to the list of intrusive applications.

http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/11/30/facebooks-button-tracking-you/

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>   Facebook's 'Like This' button is tracking you
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> Whether you click it or not
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Cheers,
RC


On 29/11/10 5:51 PM, Roger Clarke wrote:
> Thanks to the multiple linkers who assisted off-list today.
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> I've drafted a supplementary submission to the Senate Online Privacy
> Inquiry, which I'm giving evidence to on Wednesday, on behalf of the
> APF.
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> Much of the document is the kind of background waffle that has to go
> into these things.  So I'm sorry for the volume of bits in it.
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> But if Link Institute members could scan for areas in which they have
> interest and expertise, they may be able to save the Senate from
> being mis-informed, and me from embarrassing the APF ...
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> Thanks in advance!
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> http://www.privacy.org.au/Papers/Sen-OLP-Sub2-101129.pdf
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> URLs for papers and web-pages that may help the Committee to get into
> greater depth on particular topics would also be much appreciated.
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> An important reason for doing a fair bit of work on this is that
> Greens Senator Scott Ludlum is on the Committee, and now that he's
> clear of the NBN Bill he may be able to focus some energy on it.
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