Just as the world is beginning to get used to Google cars taking pictures of their neighborhood, now there’s a Google three-wheeler pedaling its way through college campuses and other pedestrian-only areas. The Associated Press has coverage of this. Photo credit: AP photographer Mark Stehle snapped this picture of Google cartographer Dexter Harris riding the…
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Typing In an E-Mail Address, and Giving Up Your Friends’ as Well
I posted a story earlier this week about Tagged.com. The New York Times also has an article on Tagged.com, MyLife.com, desktopdating.net, and what appears to be an accelerating problem. ….. I spoke to Greg Tseng, founder and chief executive of Tagged, to ask him what happened. He said all social networking sites invite you to…
ICBC cuts deal with chiropractors for patient medical records
The Insurance Corp. of B.C. is defending its decision to enter into an agreement with B.C. chiropractors that could give the corporation access to patients’ medical records. Under the deal, ICBC will pay chiropractors a $900 flat fee for treating an ICBC customer. The chiropractor could then provide ICBC with records of the patient’s treatment….
118 800 answers privacy issues: ‘We’ll tell you where we got your data from’
You’ve no doubt heard of 118 800: the directory inquiries service for mobile phones prompted predictable howls of outrage when it was announced last week. The 15 million-strong database was gleaned from buying mailing lists, among other things. We’re going to stick our necks out here and say we’re not bothered. We met with 118…