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- Collect privacy policies changes and updates on more than 150 websites | - Collect privacy policies changes and updates on more than 150 websites | ||
- Alert users who downloaded the browser plug-in on the changes made in the privacy policy of the website they are navigating on | - Alert users who downloaded the browser plug-in on the changes made in the privacy policy of the website they are navigating on | ||
- Make it easy for attorneys, scholars, and law students to translate policies into plain English and explain changes in policies. | - Make it easy for attorneys, scholars, and law students to translate policies into plain English and explain changes in policies. | ||
- Consequently, identify bad practices and help users to take action in order to influence companies and to alert the FTC and any other relevant institution | - Consequently, identify bad practices and help users to take action in order to influence companies and to alert the FTC and any other relevant institution | ||
- Incentivize businesses to comply with best practices and explain their privacy changes. | - Incentivize businesses to comply with best practices and explain their privacy changes. | ||
We have been using changedetection.com to monitor privacy policies and are currently looking for more efficient options. | We have been using changedetection.com to monitor privacy policies and are currently looking for more efficient options. | ||
Latest revision as of 18:43, 10 January 2012
Web Citizenship
The Idea
Datawatch.org (formerly known as Private Citizens) is an online privacy watchdog and pressure group that will:
- Collect privacy policies changes and updates on more than 150 websites
- Alert users who downloaded the browser plug-in on the changes made in the privacy policy of the website they are navigating on
- Make it easy for attorneys, scholars, and law students to translate policies into plain English and explain changes in policies.
- Consequently, identify bad practices and help users to take action in order to influence companies and to alert the FTC and any other relevant institution
- Incentivize businesses to comply with best practices and explain their privacy changes.
We have been using changedetection.com to monitor privacy policies and are currently looking for more efficient options.