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Tracking, Personalization And Screams Of Privacy

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Any tracking of information of consumers without the consent of your consumer is a breach of privacy, right? Some privacy advocates might argue that this is a matter of simple semantics. " Creepy invasion of privacy or awesome use of technology at the physical retail level? breach of privacy. breach of privacy.

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Great Case on Social Media Turned Into a Bad One by The Traditional Media

Mindjumpers

Tweet It all started with Lara – a user of social media, unhappy with her wireless company, making a complaint about it on Twitter, the company returned to her and fixed the problem. The original journalist found out about the story via my Facebook profile, so surely she’s breaching my privacy just as much as Fullrate?

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Enable HTTPS Browsing for Facebook NOW!

Saying It Social

The performance overhead is minor—zippy Gmail, for example, uses HTTPS for everything—and it’s an important step to keep your Facebook account safe from being hijacked on an open or poorly secured wireless network. The last setting we’d like to highlight has more to do with security than privacy. Enabling HTTPS.

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Apple Debuts iBeacon Location Technology in U.S. Stores

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Transmission through Bluetooth wireless technology gives your phone precise information about where you are in the store, while GPS transmitters don’t work well indoors and don’t distinguish well between locations only a few feet apart. And what about privacy? How is iBeacon different than using GPS for geo-location?

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Companies Are Using Social Media Data to Improve Customer Service

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The Wall Street Journal reports that businesses like the casino company Caesars and wireless giant Sprint are using new matchmaker technology to deliver an improved customer service experience. Privacy concerns are being raised – about whether callers should be able to opt in or out of such databases, for example.

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8 Marketing Trends to Implement in Your 2012 Marketing Plan

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Although this has raised privacy issues, I think these will be sorted out. 250+ million Americans carry mobile phones—over 80% of the nation’s population (Source: CTIA Wireless Association). There will be more automatic sharing apps available for websites and business, so keep your eyes open. Source: CTIA.org). 91% of all U.S.

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Introducing Users to the Concept of Meeting Workspaces in MOSS 2007 | NetworkWorld.com Community

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