Best of 2013: No 2 – Facebook Graph Search: Marketing Opportunities and a Potential Privacy Nightmare
Facebook’s new Graph Search has potential for finding information about others and targeting, but also raises a lot of privacy questions at the same time
Post from Bas van den Beld on State of Digital
Best of 2013: No 2 – Facebook Graph Search: Marketing Opportunities and a Potential Privacy Nightmare
Google in breach of Dutch data protection law
Today the Dutch CPD concluded that Google’s privacy policy violates Dutch data protection laws. This is the latest European privacy set-back for Google.
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Google in breach of Dutch data protection law
Cameron says UK Will Block Extremist Sites: End of the Open Web?
UK prime minster David Cameron announces the UK will be blocking extremist sites. Is this the beginning of the end for the open web?
Post from Bas van den Beld on State of Digital
Cameron says UK Will Block Extremist Sites: End of the Open Web?
Google Working on Cookie-less Tracking Technology?
According to reports Google is working on a cookieless tracking technology. Good news, but does this mean the web is beholden to a single company?
Post from Barry Adams on State of Digital
Google Working on Cookie-less Tracking Technology?
Google Agrees To Settle Lawsuit Over Passing Search Queries To Third Parties
Google has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit that stems from two searchers accusing the company of sharing their search queries with third parties without user content or knowledge. As part of the settlement, Google has agreed to pay $8.5 million…
Yes You Are being Spied On, But It’s not the Government we Should look at
People don’t want the government spying on them but at the same time tell the world everything about themselves.
Post from Bas van den Beld on State of Search
Yes You Are being Spied On, But It’s not the Government we Should look at
Transparency is not the answer; Privacy is what sets us free
The Silicon Valley elite call for greater transparency, claiming it will free us from governments and enable innovation. But is that actually the case?
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Transparency is not the answer; Privacy is what sets us free
Friday Talk: Andrew Keen about Digital Vertigo
With the latest revelations around PRISM it is interesting to listen to a talk Andrew Keen did a few years ago. He has been criticising the web and especially privacy on the web for quite some time now.
Post from Bas van den Beld on State of Search
Friday Talk: Andrew Keen about Digital Vertigo
Spurred By PRISM Scandal, StartPage & Ixquick Surpass 3 Million Daily Searches
Alternative search engines are having a good week, likely thanks to public awareness and concern over data and privacy issues being raised by the PRISM scandal. StartPage and Ixquick, two small search engines from the same company, announced this week …
DuckDuckGo Passes 2 Million Daily Searches
DuckDuckGo, the upstart search engine that hangs it hat on protecting its users’ privacy, hit a new milestone on Monday: its first day with two million direct searches. According to the company’s traffic page, DuckDuckGo saw 2,211,203 direct searches on Monday — up about 400,000…
Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
DuckDuckGo Passes 2 Million Daily Searches
DuckDuckGo, the upstart search engine that hangs it hat on protecting its users’ privacy, hit a new milestone on Monday: its first day with two million direct searches. According to the company’s traffic page, DuckDuckGo saw 2,211,203 direct searches on Monday — up about 400,000…
Please visit Search Engine Land for the full article.
What Are You Telling Facebook Apps?
Do you know what all the Facebook Apps you use take away from you when it comes to information? Think about that next time you play “Candy Crush Saga”.
Post from Bas van den Beld on State of Search
What Are You Telling Facebook Apps?
7 Deadly Overshare Sins & Online Privacy Issues
Online privacy and overshare issues for you and your kids
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7 Deadly Overshare Sins & Online Privacy Issues