Tapping Credit Card Info for Tracking Purposes Security Clan Editor's Blog 10/26/2011 27 comments Credit card companies have astonishing plans to package and trade your personal information, from your purchasing behavior to your DNA.
Do No Evil… Except When It Pays Todd Watson 10/20/2011 8 comments Google's choice to block referrer and keyword data from search results coming through encrypted connections does a disservice to users and marketers.
The Need for 'Do Not Track' David Vladeck 10/20/2011 6 comments Director of the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection discusses the problem with consumer behavior tracking.
Big Brother Is Watching the Web Wisdom of the Big Chair 10/19/2011 6 comments The US government is looking to collect daily Internet activity to predict social behavior.
The Case for Tellerless Banks Mary E. Shacklett 10/17/2011 43 comments The concept of tellerless bank branches began in the mid-2000s, but the Internet is giving it "legs."
The Web Leaks Like a Sieve Security Clan Editor's Blog 10/12/2011 13 comments Personal data is being shared with third parties by prominent Websites, despite their privacy policies.
Public Data Mining Project Prompts Concerns Christopher Olson 10/11/2011 10 comments The US IARPA plans to predict future events by mining all kinds of publicly available data, raising questions about how far it will go.
The Pop-Up Debate Persists, & So Do Pop-Ups Mary E. Shacklett 10/4/2011 26 comments Despite Google's warning against them, advertisers continue to make money from pop-up ads. But advertising with them may be getting riskier.
Tapping Credit Card Info for Tracking Purposes Security Clan Editor's Blog 10/26/2011 27 comments Credit card companies have astonishing plans to package and trade your personal information, from your purchasing behavior to your DNA.
Do No Evil… Except When It Pays Todd Watson 10/20/2011 8 comments Google's choice to block referrer and keyword data from search results coming through encrypted connections does a disservice to users and marketers.
The Need for 'Do Not Track' David Vladeck 10/20/2011 6 comments Director of the FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection discusses the problem with consumer behavior tracking.
Big Brother Is Watching the Web Wisdom of the Big Chair 10/19/2011 6 comments The US government is looking to collect daily Internet activity to predict social behavior.
The Case for Tellerless Banks Mary E. Shacklett 10/17/2011 43 comments The concept of tellerless bank branches began in the mid-2000s, but the Internet is giving it "legs."
The Web Leaks Like a Sieve Security Clan Editor's Blog 10/12/2011 13 comments Personal data is being shared with third parties by prominent Websites, despite their privacy policies.
Public Data Mining Project Prompts Concerns Christopher Olson 10/11/2011 10 comments The US IARPA plans to predict future events by mining all kinds of publicly available data, raising questions about how far it will go.
The Pop-Up Debate Persists, & So Do Pop-Ups Mary E. Shacklett 10/4/2011 26 comments Despite Google's warning against them, advertisers continue to make money from pop-up ads. But advertising with them may be getting riskier.
Recently, the Obama administration has been of two minds where privacy rights are concerned. On one hand, you have an administration that vowed to veto CISPA and mandated open data for government websites. On the other hand, you have an increasingly out-of-control Department of Justice on a fishing expedition at AP and demanding legislation to let the FBI wiretap private, encrypted communications and levy fines if a company fails to comply.
The apartment and house sharing service, Airbnb, now requires members to verify their identities by demonstrating a presence on the web, and by either scanning a government ID or entering detailed personal details. Other enterprises should take a close look at Airbnb's verification policies.
Facebook advertising is a lightning rod. It seems neither brands nor consumers are 100 percent happy about the social media site's policies, placement, or procedures. But the real controversy about Facebook ads and promotions is over whether they work.
By now, you've most likely heard about the 3D-printed gun that Texas-based Defense Distributed demonstrated last week. But we haven't heard the last about the censorship war that began soon afterward.
New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority is conducting a pilot test of digital kiosks to guide subway users to where they want to go more efficiently and at lower cost.
The whole Amazon.reader debate is a double-stupid. It's stupid to think that there's any e-book buyer who doesn't know Amazon's URL, and it was stupider to let ICANN launch the whole free-form TLD initiative to start with.
While NFC's original goal was to enhance mobile commerce applications, it is finding its way into a number of other uses, which is creating both opportunity as well as challenges for IT departments.
Enterprises would like to move to cloud computing but are hesitant because they are concerned about providers’ ability to secure company data. Here are some tips that help to ensure that if breaches occur, the business is not left holding the bag.
Edmunds separates customers into segments based on the info it collects on its site and from partners, and uses that to push out custom content, said Brian Baron, director of business analytics for Edmunds.com, at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
The automotive website uses propensity modeling to target ads and customer registration forms, said Brian Baron, director of business analytics for Edmunds.com, at Predictive Analytics Innovation Summit.
Subsidized handsets, rather than locked handsets, should be the focus of regulators. We're not getting good deals, not fostering innovation, and weakening our power as buyers.
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