Posts Tagged ‘privacy’
24
May
Posted by ACFI in Related News. Tagged: 2013, pew internet, privacy, related news, report, social media, teens. Leave a Comment
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. Pew Internet has released its 2013 Pew Internet Report on Teens, Social Media, and Privacy:
Teens are sharing more information about themselves on social media sites than they have in the past, but they are also taking a variety of technical and non-technical steps to manage the privacy of that information. Despite taking these privacy-protective actions, teen social media users do not express a high level of concern about third-parties (such as businesses or advertisers) accessing their data; just 9% say they are “very” concerned.
Source: Pew Internet
22
Apr
Posted by ACFI in Related News. Tagged: cnn money, consumers, data, industry, privacy, purchase, related news, retailers, reveals, target, zip code. Leave a Comment
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. CNN Money published an article titled What your zip code reveals about you.
That five-digit zip code is one of the key items data brokers use to link a wealth of public records to what you buy. They can figure out whether you’re getting married (or divorced), selling your home, smoke cigarettes, sending a kid off to college or about to have one.
Such information is the cornerstone of a multi-billion dollar industry that enables retailers to target consumers with advertising and coupons. Yet, data privacy experts are concerned about the level at which consumers are being tracked without their knowledge — and what would happen if that data got into the wrong hands.
Source: CNN Money
18
Jan
Posted by ACFI in Related News. Tagged: ammended, facebook, law, netflix, privacy, protection, related news, sharing, social networking, video, vppa. Leave a Comment
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. CNN Money published an article titled New video law lets you share your Netflix viewing on Facebook.
Netflix is now free to create a U.S. Facebook app that shares users’ viewing history if they opt in, after the company successfully lobbied Congress to amend a 1988 law.
A Netflix spokesman said the company “will launch social features in the U.S.” sometime in 2013. The law in question, called the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), previously prohibited “a video tape service provider” from revealing customer information without the customer’s written consent.
Source: CNN Money
7
Jan
Posted by ACFI in Related News. Tagged: debate, family, photo, privacy, related news, settings, sister, zuckerberg. Leave a Comment
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. CBS News published an article titled Zuckerberg family pic stirs Facebook privacy debate.
Even Mark Zuckerberg’s family can get tripped up by Facebook’s privacy settings.
A picture that Zuckerberg’s sister posted on her personal Facebook profile was seen by a marketing director, who then posted the picture to Twitter and her more than 40,000 followers Wednesday.
That didn’t sit well with Zuckerberg’s sister, Randi, who tweeted at Callie Schweitzer that the picture was meant for friends only and that posting the private picture on Twitter was “way uncool.” Schweitzer replied by saying the picture popped up on her Facebook news feed.
Source: CBS News
7
Jan
Posted by ACFI in Related News. Tagged: backlash, instagram, ownership, photo-sharing, policy, privacy, revolt, users. Leave a Comment
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. CNN published an article titled Instagram backtracks after user privacy revolt.
(CNN) — Faced with a loud and angry backlash from some of its most active users, photo-sharing app Instagram backtracked Tuesday on new language that appeared to give the company ownership of their images.
“The language we proposed … raised question about whether your photos can be part of an advertisement,” Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom wrote in a blog post. “We do not have plans for anything like this and because of that we’re going to remove the language that raised the question.”
Source: CNN
7
Jan
Posted by ACFI in Related News. Tagged: agreement, instagram, photo-sharing, privacy, user. Leave a Comment
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. WSFA published an article titled New Instagram privacy policy sparks online fury.
(RNN) – Instagram has just declared to the world that all’s fair in love, war and social media.
The popular photo-sharing app rolled out its new user agreement, and reaction from experts as well as users appeared mostly sour.
Source: WSFA
13
Dec
Posted by ACFI in Related News. Tagged: applications, children, concerns, federal trade commission, ftc, kid's app, mobile, privacy, report. Leave a Comment
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Federal Trade Commission published an article titled FTC’s Second Kids’ App Report Finds Little Progress in Addressing Privacy Concerns Surrounding Mobile Applications for Children.
The Federal Trade Commission issued a new staff report, “Mobile Apps for Kids: Disclosures report coverStill Not Making the Grade,” examining the privacy disclosures and practices of apps offered for children in the Google Play and Apple App stores. The report details the results of the FTC’s second survey of kids’ mobile apps.
Since FTC staff’s first survey of kids’ mobile apps in 2011, staff found little progress toward giving parents the information they need to determine what data is being collected from their children, how it is being shared, or who will have access to it. The report also finds that many of the apps surveyed included interactive features, such as connecting to social media, and sent information from the mobile device to ad networks, analytics companies, or other third parties, without disclosing these practices to parents.
Source: Federal Trade Commission
25
Jun
Posted by ACFI in Related News. Tagged: clever, creepy, facebook, find friends nearby, location, msnbc, privacy, related news, social network. Leave a Comment
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. MSNBC published an article titled Facebook’s new ‘Find Friends Nearby’ feature: Creepy or clever?.
The feature is incredibly convenient if you happen to be chatting with someone in person and want to add him as a Facebook friend. Rather than tapping out his name and wasting minutes scrolling through a list of similarly named individuals, you can just ask your new pal to open up the Find Friends Nearby page and add him with a quick tap.
Opening up the Find My Friends page, while convenient, also exposes you to potential awkward or creepy moments. There is always a chance that someone you are avoiding or not interested in interacting with will happen to have the same page open — and spot your name. He or she would instantly know that you are nearby and quickly view the public information on your Facebook profile.
Source: MSNBC
21
Jun
Posted by ACFI in Related News. Tagged: acxiom corp, advertising, aggregation, collection, data, personal information, privacy, purchases, the week. Leave a Comment
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. The Week published an article titled Acxiom Corp: The ‘faceless organization that knows everything about you’.
“If you are an American adult,” says Singer, “the odds are that it knows things like your age, race, sex, weight, height, marital status, education level, politics, buying habits, household health worries, vacation dreams — and on and on.” It does more than collect that information, though. It uses it to pigeonhole people into one of 70 very specific socioeconomic clusters in an attempt to predict how they’ll act, what they’ll buy, and how companies can persuade them to buy their products. It gathers its data trove from public records, surveys you’ve filled out, your online behavior, and other disparate sources of information, then sells it to banks, retailers, and other buyers.
Source: The Week
21
Jun
Posted by ACFI in Related News. Tagged: acquired, face.com, facebook, facial recognition, privacy, related news, social network, tagging. Leave a Comment
One new article link has been added to our Related News page. Ars Technica published an article titled Facebook acquires facial recognition startup, may broaden tagging ability.
On Monday, Facebook announced that it would acquire Israeli startup Face.com for an undisclosed amount.
Face.com develops a mobile face recognition platform that can be used in various online and smartphone apps. The implications for how this could affect use on the world’s largest social network are huge—it may soon become even easier for mobile phone users to tag people, blurring the line between the physical and online worlds even further.
Source: Ars Technica
