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…
Monthly Archives For February 2013
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 —…
Medical Records Privacy Taken Out With The Trash
Austin’s KEYE-TV had an interesting feature tonight on medical records privacy. They discovered hundreds of medical records just dumped at the Round Rock, Texas Recycling Center. Medical information, prescription data, insurance cards, signatures, social security…
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