Oh the irony! Microsoft uses personalized tracking to deliver Scroogle ads.
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Twitter Expands Bi-Annual Transparency Report With More US Info
Coinciding with Data Privacy Day, Twitter has produced its second Twitter Transparency Report, sharing more details about U.S. legal requests, saying that 90 percent are in the form of subpoenas, court orders or warrants. The report also details when Twitter notifies users if a request has been made about their account.
Microsoft To Make Same Privacy Change Google Was Attacked For; No One Seems To Care
Earlier this year, Google announced a privacy policy change that was widely covered by tech blogs, the mainstream press and which generated much governmental concern. Last month, Microsoft announced the same type of change. That generated little reaction. Either Microsoft’s change deserved the same scrutiny from all the same parties that examined Google so closely or Google got unfairly attacked.
The Consumers Union, the entity behind Consumer Reports, is launching an aggressive campaign for a national privacy law, taking aim specifically at Facebook.
And like a political scandal that keeps growing, I don’t think this issue is going away for Google unless there are more and higher level mea culpas. However that also risks shining more light on a very unseemly episode.
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“Google, I am shocked. You stole people’s personal information without their permission? That’s Facebook’s job.”
-The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart Rips Google Over Wifi Eavesdropping Investigation
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Debunking Senator Al Franken On Google, The Internet & Privacy
Danny Sullivan debunks Al Franken’s recent speech to the American Bar Association attacking Google and raising worries about internet privacy.
Now that mobile devices have trained us to volunteer our location for contextually-relevant content or to check-in for deals, it might only be matter of time before we’re willing to give up more personal details — but only if it will make the exchange more valuable to us in return.
Rachel Pasqua, Give It Up For Mobile Data
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