An advertising network that served banners on cnn.com, orbitz.com, and 45,000 other sites has settled federal charges that it illegally exploited a decade-old browser flaw that leaks the history of websites users visit.
What kinds of information are collected? How are they classified, who uses this information, for what reasons? What you can do to avoid having your data sold and being profiled?
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An online ad company called Turn is using tracking cookies that come back to life after Verizon users have deleted them. Turn’s services are used by everyone from Google to Facebook.
Imagine a phone that delivers exactly what you need, right when you need it.
The EverythingMe launcher for Android. anticipates your needs, delivering the right apps, contacts and info every time you pick up your phone.
Twitter Inc bought social data provider Gnip for an undisclosed amount, signaling that it would take on a new role of packaging and selling data, a service in demand by business and government.
This infographic presents the categories of information that social networks can make available to other applications. You authorize these applications by, say, logging in to a Web site with your Twitter account, or by playing Farmville on Facebook. The applications, in turn, often give data about your activities back to the social network. These exchanges of information take place through what’s known as an application programming interface, or an A.P.I..
This is the third story in our four-part series examining your digital trail and who potentially has access to it. It was co-reported by G.W. Schulz from the Center for Investigative Reporting. Yesterday, we examined how data-tracking companies are monitoring your online behavior. Today we look at your Fourth Amendment rights.
While news reports have focused on the National Security Administration and its efforts to monitor people’s phone calls and online activities, private companies you have probably never heard of are also tracking what you are doing, just about everywhere you leave a digital footprint.
The advertising industry suffered a setback late last night when the Tracking Protection Working Group of the World Wide Web Consortium rejected the Digital Advertising Alliance’s draft proposal for a universal Do Not Track standard.
Twitter today announced a new way of targeting advertisements for its users. This new system will display ads based on your behavior and reading habits. This is typical of the direction that major online companies are moving. But Twitter has made some praiseworthy design decisions
1. When Do Not Track is enabled, Twitter will not collect your browsing information
.2. Twitter is incorporating a setting to completely opt out of targeted ads.
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