Just this past week Twitter announced its recent changes to service and that they would honor the upcoming Do Not Track (DNT) standard. Around the same time, a colleague of mine also noted that after visiting his Facebook profile, he notice the company was capturing non-Facebook site visit data whether or not he clicked […]
Posts Categorized: #privacy
Privacy is about to get really expensive
Tomorrow is the big day. The day the EU-Cookie directive goes into effect. Already people are talking about how expensive it will be to maintain compliance. Well folks they haven’t seen anything yet. It’s not only expensive to be in compliance, you also have to think about the lost revenue that comes from […]
“How To” on Digital Privacy
Last week, Kate Murphy of the New York Times published an article entitled, How to Muddy Your Tracks on the Internet. What really impressed me about this article is that we now need to to take proactive steps and possibly even spend our own money to protect our online privacy – something that should […]
The Privacy Oxymoron – How do I increase My Privacy AND still get a great online experience
Everyday now there is more and more discussion on Privacy. On the one hand you have the Privacy advocates who want nothing more than complete control over every aspect of their Privacy, and then on the other hand you have the Govt. and online content providers who want even more detailed information on […]
Do NoT Track – Cui Bono?
Cui Bono – or in other words, Who Benefits? Well I’m not really sure. I’ve been doing lots and lots of research into this, and I still can’t figure out how this is going to really benefit anyone other than the programmers who stay employed to try and implement everything. Lets start with the […]