Tag: privacy
Lois Beckett: Everything We Know About What Data Brokers Know About You
March 2013Companies sell information related to life events—like pregnancies and divorces—social media profiles, and in some cases even health “interests.”
Lois Beckett: In Minnesota, Democractic Grandmas Gather Data About Their Neighbors
January 2013Campaign volunteers feed information into ever-expanding voter databases.
Avi Kramer: The Fine Print
November 2012To get Internet access in my apartment I had to give up my legal rights.
You probably did too.
Announcing $22.5 Million Fine, FTC Says It Investigated Google’s Internet Tracking Early On
August 2012Senior FTC official said it was looking into the Google privacy issue before any articles were published about the case.
