There’s a tendency when you have a hammer to think that everything looks like a nail. There’s plenty of “nails” out there to hammer with your web service, however Privacy isn’t one of them. Why not? In a nutshell – Because I want to be in control of the collection, flow and use of my […]
Posts Categorized: Privacy
Choice – The Lynchpin to Online Privacy
Choice – such a simple word, and yet so misunderstood when it comes to privacy. All I really want is a say in how people use my private data. I want to participate in the process vs. getting frozen out. In the last few days Microsoft shipped the pre-release version of Windows 8. In […]
BYOD Privacy Policies – What’s Yours?
With all the chatter about DNT and consumer privacy, it’s time to return to the enterprise and their challenges supporting BYOD. When the company approves the use of personal mobile devices, or, in some cases, requires it, policies must be put in place to protect everyone. The issues of who owns what data and […]
Tracking Enablers: Did You Know About Widget Tracking?
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 […]
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 […]