The NAI (Network Advertising Initiative) is a cooperative of online marketing and analytics companies.
History of Activities
The NAI was formed in 1999 in response to consumer concerns over the use of profile-based targeted online advertising. It's first steps were to create a set of self-regulatory principles for consumer notice, choice, and control. These principles received the unanimous support all the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
The NAI Principles include a set of pre-existing principles created by the forerunning Online Privacy Alliance.
The NAI Principles have been used as a model for self regulatory safe harbors within federal regulation. Concepts created within the principles have been copied directly into federal privacy bills.
The NAI also established standards for the use of Web beacons, also accepted by the FTC.
In 2002, the NAI formed the Email Sender and Provider Coalition (ESPC), for the purpose of developing effective policy and technical responses to the spam issue.
The NAI recently issued a press release in response to the so-called "Do Not Track" Proposal.
Stated Objectives
The NAI's stated objectives include the following:
1. Establishing standards for responsible marketing behavior including business management practices and data management practices
2. Building consumer awareness and ensuring transparency of industry practices
3. Meeting consumer concerns with both effective industry self-regulation and sensible protections for online consumers
Self Regulation and Standards
In a nascent online advertising industry featuring low levels of external regulation and high level of concern from consumers, consumer privacy groups and activists, the NAI is working to preserve the self regulatory status quo.
To this end the NAI has developed standards covering 3rd party ad networks, cookies, spam, and Web beacons. The NAI works with regulatory agencies, federal and state legislators and others to establish and maintain these standards. Central to the NAI standards are the privacy concepts of notice, consent, control, and dispute resolution.
The Standards are as follows:
A. Network advertisers will adhere to the [http://www.privacyalliance.org/resources/ppguidelines.shtml Online Privacy Alliance (“OPA”) Privacy Policies Guidelines] for personally identifiable information.
B. Network advertisers will not use sensitive personally identifiable data for online preference marketing.
C. Network advertisers will not, without prior affirmative consent ("opt-in"), merge personally identifiable information with information previously collected as nonpersonally identifiable information.
D. Network advertisers will provide consumers with robust notice and choice regarding the merger of personally identifiable information with non-personally identifiable information collected on a going forward basis for online preference marketing.
E. Network advertisers will not use personally identifiable information (“PII”) consisting of PII collected offline merged with PII collected online for online preference marketing unless
the consumer has been afforded robust notice and choice about such merger before it
occurs.
F. Network advertisers will require Web publishers with which they have contractual relationships to provide notice and choice regarding the collection of non-personally identifiable information for online preference marketing.
Participating Network Advertisers
The NAI members listed below participate fully in the NAI Principles and opt-out functions.
Advertising.com (external link)
AlmondNet (external link)
Atlas (external link)
DoubleClick (external link)
Revenue Science (external link)
Safecount (external link)
SpecificMEDIA (external link)
Tacoda (external link)
Real Media [http://www.247realmedia.com 24/7 (external link)]
(formerly Poindexter Systems) (external link)
(external link)
History of Activities
The NAI was formed in 1999 in response to consumer concerns over the use of profile-based targeted online advertising. It's first steps were to create a set of self-regulatory principles for consumer notice, choice, and control. These principles received the unanimous support all the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
The NAI Principles include a set of pre-existing principles created by the forerunning Online Privacy Alliance.
The NAI Principles have been used as a model for self regulatory safe harbors within federal regulation. Concepts created within the principles have been copied directly into federal privacy bills.
The NAI also established standards for the use of Web beacons, also accepted by the FTC.
In 2002, the NAI formed the Email Sender and Provider Coalition (ESPC), for the purpose of developing effective policy and technical responses to the spam issue.
The NAI recently issued a press release in response to the so-called "Do Not Track" Proposal.
Stated Objectives
The NAI's stated objectives include the following:
1. Establishing standards for responsible marketing behavior including business management practices and data management practices
2. Building consumer awareness and ensuring transparency of industry practices
3. Meeting consumer concerns with both effective industry self-regulation and sensible protections for online consumers
Self Regulation and Standards
In a nascent online advertising industry featuring low levels of external regulation and high level of concern from consumers, consumer privacy groups and activists, the NAI is working to preserve the self regulatory status quo.
To this end the NAI has developed standards covering 3rd party ad networks, cookies, spam, and Web beacons. The NAI works with regulatory agencies, federal and state legislators and others to establish and maintain these standards. Central to the NAI standards are the privacy concepts of notice, consent, control, and dispute resolution.
The Standards are as follows:
A. Network advertisers will adhere to the [http://www.privacyalliance.org/resources/ppguidelines.shtml Online Privacy Alliance (“OPA”) Privacy Policies Guidelines] for personally identifiable information.
B. Network advertisers will not use sensitive personally identifiable data for online preference marketing.
C. Network advertisers will not, without prior affirmative consent ("opt-in"), merge personally identifiable information with information previously collected as nonpersonally identifiable information.
D. Network advertisers will provide consumers with robust notice and choice regarding the merger of personally identifiable information with non-personally identifiable information collected on a going forward basis for online preference marketing.
E. Network advertisers will not use personally identifiable information (“PII”) consisting of PII collected offline merged with PII collected online for online preference marketing unless
the consumer has been afforded robust notice and choice about such merger before it
occurs.
F. Network advertisers will require Web publishers with which they have contractual relationships to provide notice and choice regarding the collection of non-personally identifiable information for online preference marketing.
Participating Network Advertisers
The NAI members listed below participate fully in the NAI Principles and opt-out functions.
Advertising.com (external link)
AlmondNet (external link)
Atlas (external link)
DoubleClick (external link)
Revenue Science (external link)
Safecount (external link)
SpecificMEDIA (external link)
Tacoda (external link)
Real Media [http://www.247realmedia.com 24/7 (external link)]
(formerly Poindexter Systems) (external link)
(external link)
David R. Cortez (born 1934) is a Laredo businessman and a former Democratic commissioner for Webb County, Texas, who was imprisoned for bribery during the first half of 2007.
Cortez pleaded guilty in a plea bargain in federal court.
U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen sentenced Cortez in November 2006 to three months in prison. He was released on May 4 but still must be supervised for two years, including six months of home confinement, and a $25,000 fine. Cortez surrendered to authorities in February 2007 at the low-security La Tuna facility in Anthony near El Paso.
A judge sentenced Tamez to six months in prison and three years of supervised release. A tearful Tamez told Judge Hanen that he had "done wrong, and I will have to pay for it." The case against Jimenez was dropped following his death.
Cortez resigned from the Webb County Commission when the bribery charge developed. He was last elected in 2002. On Cortez's resignation, then Webb County (Administrative) Judge Louis Bruni, as empowered to do so under Texas law, appointed Cortez's daughter, Cynthia Cortez-Brunner, to complete her father's term.
Cortez pleaded guilty in a plea bargain in federal court.
U.S. District Judge Andrew S. Hanen sentenced Cortez in November 2006 to three months in prison. He was released on May 4 but still must be supervised for two years, including six months of home confinement, and a $25,000 fine. Cortez surrendered to authorities in February 2007 at the low-security La Tuna facility in Anthony near El Paso.
A judge sentenced Tamez to six months in prison and three years of supervised release. A tearful Tamez told Judge Hanen that he had "done wrong, and I will have to pay for it." The case against Jimenez was dropped following his death.
Cortez resigned from the Webb County Commission when the bribery charge developed. He was last elected in 2002. On Cortez's resignation, then Webb County (Administrative) Judge Louis Bruni, as empowered to do so under Texas law, appointed Cortez's daughter, Cynthia Cortez-Brunner, to complete her father's term.
This is some information about the PS2 game Dogs life. This is only a bit of miner info, if you want to find out about the actual game rather than about a few things in the levels, go to the page for the game (under 'see also',) or go to the dogs life website.
Local Dogs
In each area of the game, there is a local dog that can help Jake by doing a challenge that he cannot do. This might be anything from being small enough to fit through a cat flap to being able to run fast or jump high. To be able to take controll of these dogs, Jake will have to beat them in a challenge. First, he must have a higher bone status than the other dog. If Jake has more bones than the other dog, it is very likely that he will win. If the other dog has more bones than Jake, it will be very hard to beat them, and if you do manage to beat them, some will be very hard to controll (such as, they will not go in the direction you want them to.) Next, Jake will have to find eight scents of a certain colour. Each challenge has it's own colour of scents, and in each area, there are two of these challenges. Once you have collected the scents, the challenge will begin. If you beat the other dog, you can take controll of them, and use their (almost) unique ability to get a bone. If you didn't beat them, don't worry, just collect a few more bones and try again.
Clarksville
Farmhouse:Lopez- Chihuahua
Watermill:Dalmation
Big Field:Sheepdog/Border Collie
Chicken Farm: Pug
Village Houses: Snooki- Pekinese
Centre: The dog catchers Doberman
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Lake Miniwahwah
Café:Boxer
Ski Slope: Weimaraner
High Street:Husky
Mountain Tops: Bernese Mountain Dog
Mountain Slide:St Bernard
Hotel: Pixie FrouFrou-Miniature Pinscher
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Boom City
Station:German Shepherd
Park:Whippet
Centre: Greyhound
Local Dogs
In each area of the game, there is a local dog that can help Jake by doing a challenge that he cannot do. This might be anything from being small enough to fit through a cat flap to being able to run fast or jump high. To be able to take controll of these dogs, Jake will have to beat them in a challenge. First, he must have a higher bone status than the other dog. If Jake has more bones than the other dog, it is very likely that he will win. If the other dog has more bones than Jake, it will be very hard to beat them, and if you do manage to beat them, some will be very hard to controll (such as, they will not go in the direction you want them to.) Next, Jake will have to find eight scents of a certain colour. Each challenge has it's own colour of scents, and in each area, there are two of these challenges. Once you have collected the scents, the challenge will begin. If you beat the other dog, you can take controll of them, and use their (almost) unique ability to get a bone. If you didn't beat them, don't worry, just collect a few more bones and try again.
Clarksville
Farmhouse:Lopez- Chihuahua
Watermill:Dalmation
Big Field:Sheepdog/Border Collie
Chicken Farm: Pug
Village Houses: Snooki- Pekinese
Centre: The dog catchers Doberman
----
Lake Miniwahwah
Café:Boxer
Ski Slope: Weimaraner
High Street:Husky
Mountain Tops: Bernese Mountain Dog
Mountain Slide:St Bernard
Hotel: Pixie FrouFrou-Miniature Pinscher
----
Boom City
Station:German Shepherd
Park:Whippet
Centre: Greyhound
Alex Burns (b. September 20, 1973, in Melbourne, Australia) is a researcher, writer, and editor of the subculture site Disinformation.
Biography
In 1994, Burns wrote for the La Trobe University student newspaper Rabelais where he used New Journalism techniques for interviews with Robert Manne, Powderfinger, Snog, and Vali Myers.
He worked for Australian-based magazines REVelation and 21C from late 1994 to mid-1998 when both ceased publication. His interviews included counterculture mavens Robert Anton Wilson and Terence McKenna, author J.G. Ballard, linguist Noam Chomsky, maverick physicist Jack Sarfatti and Marshall Savage. Throughout this period, he was involved in several New religious movements including a Gurdjieff group and the Don Webb era Temple of Set. This work catalyzed an interest in Richard Dawkins' ideas on memetics, Internet subcultures on Memetic engineering, and Don Beck & Chris Cowan's Spiral dynamics model of human values systems.
In late 1998, Richard Metzger suggested to Burns he write for the Disinformation subculture site . When Avenue A/Razorfish acquired The Disinformation Company in August 1999, Metzger and co-founder Gary Baddeley asked Burns to edit the site, which was nominated for two Webby Awards.
Octapod's Sean Healy and Marcus Westbury invited Burns to speak at the This Is Not Art festivals held in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. From 1999 to 2005, Burns facilitated a series of lectures for Electrofringe, the National Young Writers' Festival and the National Student Media Conference on his subculture research. He organised sessions with Disinformation allies such as Howard Bloom, Mark Pesce and Adam Parfrey. Burns has also spoken at the Next Wave Festival and Straight Out of Brisbane.
He has Masters degrees in Strategic Foresight from Swinburne University (2004) where he studied with Richard A. Slaughter and Sohail Inayatullah, and in Counter-terrorism from Monash University (2006). He worked in a research team from December 2003 to March 2007 at the Smart Internet Technology Cooperative Research Centre.
Biography
In 1994, Burns wrote for the La Trobe University student newspaper Rabelais where he used New Journalism techniques for interviews with Robert Manne, Powderfinger, Snog, and Vali Myers.
He worked for Australian-based magazines REVelation and 21C from late 1994 to mid-1998 when both ceased publication. His interviews included counterculture mavens Robert Anton Wilson and Terence McKenna, author J.G. Ballard, linguist Noam Chomsky, maverick physicist Jack Sarfatti and Marshall Savage. Throughout this period, he was involved in several New religious movements including a Gurdjieff group and the Don Webb era Temple of Set. This work catalyzed an interest in Richard Dawkins' ideas on memetics, Internet subcultures on Memetic engineering, and Don Beck & Chris Cowan's Spiral dynamics model of human values systems.
In late 1998, Richard Metzger suggested to Burns he write for the Disinformation subculture site . When Avenue A/Razorfish acquired The Disinformation Company in August 1999, Metzger and co-founder Gary Baddeley asked Burns to edit the site, which was nominated for two Webby Awards.
Octapod's Sean Healy and Marcus Westbury invited Burns to speak at the This Is Not Art festivals held in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. From 1999 to 2005, Burns facilitated a series of lectures for Electrofringe, the National Young Writers' Festival and the National Student Media Conference on his subculture research. He organised sessions with Disinformation allies such as Howard Bloom, Mark Pesce and Adam Parfrey. Burns has also spoken at the Next Wave Festival and Straight Out of Brisbane.
He has Masters degrees in Strategic Foresight from Swinburne University (2004) where he studied with Richard A. Slaughter and Sohail Inayatullah, and in Counter-terrorism from Monash University (2006). He worked in a research team from December 2003 to March 2007 at the Smart Internet Technology Cooperative Research Centre.