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Invasive or Indispensable: The Case of Permanent GPS

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

These terrifying statistics make me wonder if it’s time to change given that our privacy is starting to diminish. Facebook responded by apologizing and giving its users more privacy controls to manage the concerns of students who thought this approach was too invasive. More than 2,300 people a reported missing each day.

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The Marketing Moral Compass

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It is a question worthy of an answer. Marketers have done so many nasty things to society that now require governments and laws to protect the public (think about spam, privacy and telemarketing). Ask yourself the right questions. More questions. Are marketer''s the most loathed human beings on earth? Something else?

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Approaching Strangers Through Foursquare

Ari Herzog

Using GPS chips embedded in your smartphone and latitude/longitude addresses, it is fairly easy for me to log into an app such as Foursquare , Loopt , or Google Latitude and (if your privacy settings allow me to) see who is proximate to my location. This privacy intrusion is why I deleted my Foursquare account two years ago.

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Is Marketing About To Get Really Creepy Or Really Good?

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There is still one slightly unchartered territory that will - without question - be the last mile in marketing. " If you can get beyond the marketing jargon, WiFiSLAM is, essentially, GPS for the indoors. Having GPS capabilities inside businesses is still in its nascent stage. indoor gps. indoor gps.

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10 social media sites, blogs and links you might have missed

Direct Marketing Observations

Social Media Marketing GPS: A New Media Roadmap For Creating A Social Media Strategy. What might be a better question is, Are you surprised at who you see on this list? What are the top brands on Facebook? Fan Page List has all the data.

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6 Reasons Social Media Sucks, But You Need to Use It Anyway

Webbiquity SMM

No question. It means giving up one’s privacy. Facebook in particular is notorious for privacy issues. Here are six reasons why social media skeptics have a point, and six reasons businesses must and will continue to embrace social media marketing anyway. 6 Reasons Social Media Sucks. It’s full of self-promoters.

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How? ?to? ?Stop? ?Amazon? ?From? ?Tracking? ?Your? ?Data? ?

Tweaklibrary

The privacy notice of Amazon clearly says, “We process your personal information to operate, provide, and improve the Amazon Services that we offer our customers”. The Wall Street Journal on June 10 reported “A European Union privacy regulator has proposed a fine of more than $425 million against Amazon.com Inc.,

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