Is Big Data the New Big Brother? infographic by Kapitall. The collection of data makes it easy for a computer to compile and spit out a thorough description of your life: hobbies, personal and…
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When Family, Secrets and Privacy, and the Law Collide
An upcoming conference is examining the intersections of medicine, criminal law, family law, and constitutional law. There is an ever-changing conflict between secrets protected by law – between a lawyer and client, doctor and patient, or clergy and congregant – and laws requiring secrets and confidences to be disclosed
Infographic Friday: Concerns that Face Facebook Users
More than 150 million Americans use Facebook and with more users comes privacy concerns. How do American college students, feel about Facebook?
Is Visual Privacy A New Bottom-Line Workplace Issue?
3M recently posted the results of a study they funded concerning visual privacy in the workplace. Are there any surprises in this study? Underneath their linkbait-ready headline, Study Reveals 50 Percent Loss in Productivity When…
Guys, Want Out of Lulu? Reclaim Your Privacy In 4 Steps
Reclaim you Privacy: Several Readers Suggestions: After the previous post on Lulu, several readers posted suggestions on how to get out of Lulu, or other apps that misbehave like Lulu. Here is a summary –…
The Surveillance Age – US to adopt new biometric surveillance system.
The US is funneling money into tracking systems that are threatening to make the very concept of privacy a thing of the past. It could mean people’s every move being used against them to keep…
Online Privacy Issues – Get Paid or Get Lost
How much is your personal data actually worth to online companies? So many ‘free’ services actually package and sell you as a product. Google has made billions that way. But online privacy issues may make…
Lulu – Review Guys, Violate Privacy, Have a Cosmopolitan
Lulu promotes itself as “the first-ever app for reading and writing reviews of guys, sharing tips, and having fun with your girlfriends. It’s by girls, for girls, with features and content we know we need….
Do you feel Scroogled?
Microsoft has started a new campaign encouraging people to switch to Bing and Outlook.com. The “Don’t Get Scroogled by Gmail” campaign on Microsoft’s Scroogled.com promotes Outlook.com as an alternative to Gmail. Microsoft previewed Outlook.com in…
Will Democrats Sell Your Political Opinions to Credit Card Companies?
by Lois Beckett – ProPublica, Feb. 5, 2013, 7 a.m. For years, state Democratic parties have been gathering information about individual voters’ political leanings. They have noted down the opinions voters shared with canvassers —…
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