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Growing Privacy Concerns Put Social Networks’ Targeting at Risk

Ignite Social Media

Currently, most social networks use web browser information to power a pixel or tag (Facebook Pixel, Twitter Tag, Pinterest Tag, LinkedIn Insight Tag ), which is a snippet of code that is placed on a brand’s site. Without cookie data, social networks lose access to valuable information. Considerations for Implementation.

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Can You See Who Views Your VSCO? Understanding Privacy and User Experience on the Popular Photo Platform

BeingOptimist

Due to some privacy concerns users have started expressing concern and have asked if there is a way to see who has viewed their VSCO profile. The Plus and Pro plans come with more advanced multimedia tools and pre-set to play with. Vanity: Some people love to get noticed on social media. Basically, it comes with three plans.

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Top Five: Social networks invest in quality news

Sherrilynne Starkie

This week’s must-know social media news for marketing and communications professionals includes headlines about Facebook’s attempt to clean up, support for journalism from Twitter and Google, the continuing importance of links in SEO and some new, clever features from LinkedIn. LinkedIn is a crucial platform for businesses.

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Social Media Security Tips and Tools to Mitigate Risks

Hootsuite

With the increased use of social tools for business communications, social media security is more important than ever. While the benefits of social are clear, there are risks to be wary of. If you are on social (and who isn’t?) This is one reason why it’s so valuable to get verified on social networks.

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Evolution of Privacy on Facebook

Mindjumpers

During the last couple of years, Facebook’s default privacy settings have become more and more permissive – and often with great confusion to the users. I have found this chart that illustrates Facebook’s evolution of privacy from the early days in 2005 up until recently.

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Social Networking Friends vs. Real Life Friends | Almost Savvy

Almost Savvy

Real Life Friends Posted by Irene Koehler in Facebook , Networking , Social Media on July 12, 2010 | 34 responses While many of us use social networking tools differently, most of us struggle with similar questions and challenges. Is this because social networking is new?

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Some Social Tools You Should Know About

Direct Marketing Observations

Thanks to the folks at imediaconnection , I give you 15 social tools you should know about. NutshellMail users social network updates so they don’t have to login and check. It also allows users to search their social history across multiple networks.

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