Privacy

  1. Opting Out: What Google Shared Endorsement Ads Mean For You

    Google will soon put users’ names, faces and comments in “shared endorsement” ads. There’s a simple way to remove yourself.

  2. Search: Online “Filter Bubbles”

    As Internet companies attempt to personalize their services to each user, there is an unintended result: we view an edited down version of reality that colors the world that we see. Eli Pariser discusses this in his latest TED talk that you can watch here.

  3. Facebook Hits 500 Million Users

    Facebook has announced that it is has hit their well anticipated 500 million member mark. The normally press-shy Mark Zuckerberg is expected to make a rare television appearance on ABC’s World News to discuss the milestone and will most likely have to answer a few questions about Facebook’s recent privacy issues.

  4. Poll: Consumers and Online Privacy Expectations

    A weekly poll currently on the American Marketing Association’s website asks: “Should consumers expect unrestricted online privacy?” The results (as of this morning)…

  5. Facebook Responds to Privacy Backlash

    In an open column on the Washington Post’s website, Facebook CEO and Founder Mark Zuckerberg responded yesterday to mounting concerns regarding the privacy settings on the popular social networking site.

  6. The Facebook Privacy Backlash

    If you haven’t heard, there have been rumblings as of late amongst a lot of geeks calling for an alternative to Facebook, the popular social networking site that boasts a user base larger than the U.S. population.

    In fact, such calls for a social media revolution to upend Facebook are far from new (see a great piece on Wired.com for a summary of the situation).

  7. Privacy and Facebook: What You Need to Know

    Have you set your Facebook privacy settings? If not, you may be sharing too much.

    Most of us know someone who has “over-shared” on Facebook or posted a photo that you know their employer does not need to see. If your Facebook privacy settings are not set correctly, you may be sharing too much with the wrong people.