Daten­schutz im Check: Viele Hintertüren bei Google, Netflix & Co

Stiftung Warentest, hier. 

Verbraucher würden für mehr Datenschutz zahlen

Vzbv.de, hier. . 

The Importance of Protecting Our Attention

ABC, here. 

Why the Print Catalog Is Back in Style

HBR, here.

"instead of sending every customer his brand’s largest book, he looks for frequent website visitors and asks, 'Can I only send her 50 pages, or 20, as a reminder of, ‘Oh, I’ve got to go to the website’?”

83% of Global Internet Users Believe Affordable Access to the Internet Should be a Basic Human Right

Ipsos, on behalf of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (“CIGI”), here. 

John Palfrey Discusses Online Privacy with FTC Commissioner Julie Brill

Video here. 

Google and Personal Data Protection

F. van der Sloot, F. Zuiderveen Borgesius, here. 

Privacy Commissioner of Canada: letter to Google regarding privacy policy changes

Here. 

Global Data Privacy Laws: Forty Years of Acceleration

G. Greenleaf, here. 

EU reform of the data protection rules

EU Commission's Proposals: Communication, Regulation, and Directive. More info (impact assessment etc.) on the EU Data Protection Reform 2012 website. Watch also the press conference (questions from 15:27).
On the last move made by Google (here) in the privacy arena, Madame Reding commented that it was "a first step in the direction of more privacy".
Interestingly, the Commissioner also makes rather clear that she has "expanded the high level German data protection rule to 26 other Member States". Briefly, "one-stop shop", "no minimal rules" but "solid rules...technologically neutral".

Google’s New Privacy Policy Aims At Integrating YouTube

Paidcontent.org, here. 

EUROPEAN DATA PROTECTION SUPERVISOR: Inventory 2011

Here.

Irish Data Protection Commissioner on Facebook: Report of Audit published

Here. 

La CNIL et les réseaux sociaux

G. Le Grand, ici. 

Réseaux sociaux et Commission Européenne

V. Reding, ici. 

A QUICK REVIEW OF THE DRAFT EU DATA PROTECTION REGULATION

Privacyinternational.org, here. Circulating version here. 

Privacy: A Lesson from the Playroom

J. Brill, here. 

EU-Kommission legt sich mit Facebook an

Unwatched.org, hier.

US Lawmakers' questions to Facebook on users' data collection and storage practices

J. Barton, E. Markey, M. Blackburn, and C. Maloney (D-N.Y.), here.

Online and Overexposed: Consumer Privacy, the FTC, and the Rise of the Cyberazzi

J. Leibowitz, here.