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Why Do Companies Sell Data or Targeting of Their Users?

The next time you use and enjoy a social media site or a search engine, remember that these companies have spent an inordinate amount of money developing these fantastic products...but how can they do that when you are using their…

26 Apr 2019 Read More

Do Companies Use Consumer Data to Make Product Decisions?

The short answer is "Yes." Smart companies know that they have to constantly evolve. Keeping track of what their customers are doing and watching trends are ways to get ahead of their decision-making. Alex Stamos, former Chief Security Officer (CSO)…

25 Apr 2019 Read More

What is the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA / AB375)?

The CCPA (which may still be amended by the time it comes into force) seeks to put privacy rules around larger tech companies and tech brokers or else California residents may sue them (though it is believed many states will…

22 Apr 2019 Read More

Is my Mobile Phone Company or Internet Service Provider (ISP) Selling Which Sites I Have Been To?

The short answer is maybe (probably, even). There have been plenty of reports that they are selling all sorts of data, possibly at an individual level, possibly at an aggregated level. In fact, the FTC has asked seven providers to…

22 Apr 2019 Read More

Is My Credit Card Company Sharing My Data?

The short answer is maybe. In 2013, AdAge had sources tell them that data was available to target groups of credit card users (rather than at an individual level). They also reported: The information supplied by credit card firms and…

22 Apr 2019 Read More
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