"In January 2006, Harvard economics researcher Benjamin Edelman published a study showing that sites with TRUSTe certification were 50 percent more likely to violate privacy policies than uncertified sites:
And perhaps ironically (if honestly true - maybe it never was the intention), TrustArc was nominally/purportedly started to promote privacy at TrustE. A lie perhaps.
"TrustArc, was founded as a non-profit industry association called TRUSTe in 1997 by Lori Fena, then executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Charles Jennings, a software entrepreneur, with the mission of fostering online commerce by helping businesses and other online organizations self-regulate privacy concerns."
Let's encrypt was also started by EFF. It's been doing some shady business with it's authority and the trust it accumulated since internet heyday. I wonder when it will betray the community.
"In January 2006, Harvard economics researcher Benjamin Edelman published a study showing that sites with TRUSTe certification were 50 percent more likely to violate privacy policies than uncertified sites:
https://www.benedelman.org/news-092506/
And perhaps ironically (if honestly true - maybe it never was the intention), TrustArc was nominally/purportedly started to promote privacy at TrustE. A lie perhaps.
"TrustArc, was founded as a non-profit industry association called TRUSTe in 1997 by Lori Fena, then executive director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Charles Jennings, a software entrepreneur, with the mission of fostering online commerce by helping businesses and other online organizations self-regulate privacy concerns."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrustArc