I recently read something by Paul Alan Levy of Public Citizen that raised concerns about Hostgator’s privacy practices. Hostgator’s privacy policy is particularly important to me because I am a customer and don’t want my commenters – or myself – outed without notice and chance to quash. But looking at their privacy policy again after…
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Google starts watching what you do off the Internet too
The most powerful company on the Internet just got a whole lot creepier: a new service from Google merges offline consumer info with online intelligence, allowing advertisers to target users based on what they do at the keyboard and at the mall. Without much fanfare, Google announced news this week of a new advertising project,…
Facebook’s Proposed Amended Sponsored Settlement and Instagram’s TOS Revs
Venkat Balasubramani and Eric Goldman have blogged about the proposed settlement in Fraley v. Facebook and its potential influence on the recent changes – and then clarification – of Instagram’s terms of service (TOS). As always, they provide an interesting discussion and some questions to consider. You can read the post on Technology & Marketing…
Privacy Protests Cause Instagram to Rethink Changes
Michael Mimoso reports: Instagram cofounder Kevin Systrom responded to a firestorm of protests from users of the photo-sharing social network’s proposed terms of service changes that could impact the privacy of its users. Systrom blamed confusing legal jargon for the misunderstanding and said Instagram would not be selling users’ photos once the terms go into effect Jan. 16….