I'll opt for a password when I log into my bank, thanks. But by that time, there was enough discussion around the real-names-only policy on Google+, that quite a few people had accepted the fact that Google was simply gathering information.
Be sure to update your privacy policy and try to be completely transparent without sacrificing competitive advantage. Turn the other cheek and provide an opt-out, the reputational karma alone will allow you to retain the respect of your customers.
The ICO guidance states that if your visitors "understand that their actions will result in cookies being set" and you aren't relying "on the fact that users might have read a privacy policy that is perhaps hard to find or difficult to understand...
Changes to Google's privacy policy have many people rethinking the idea of "going Google. There's even code you can place on your site that would allow visitors to opt-out of Analytics tracking and a plug-in that complies with visitors' Do Not...
What does the new Google privacy policy, YouTube and Trueview metrics all have in common? Demographic Targeting - Google’s new all-in-one privacy policy for all Google accounts means that advertisers can now target video ads by age and gender...
Shortly after that, we heard the new privacy policy announcement; all user data from all Google services will be combined in order to show more relevant search results and ads. How many minutes did those same users spend on YouTube, Blogger, in...
The new policy forces these consumers to allow information across all of these products to be shared, without giving them the proper ability to opt out. The attorneys general later state that the company's wide range of products could make it...
In the hours after the new privacy policy was announced, the lack of an “opt out” became the big issue, and many accused Google of going evil (yet again). Federal Trade Commission in the hopes of stopping the new Google privacy policy, which is set...
One of the issues addressed in their response was whether users can opt out of the new privacy policy. Let’s be completely realistic, people; where else do you get to simply opt out of a privacy policy?
As a followup to their hysterically paranoid Glenn Beckian post focusing on the lack of opt out for a company-wide privacy policy (one that is largely similar to the policies you’ll find at giant companies like say, Facebook, Apple, or Microsoft...
The great Google privacy policy change freak out continues. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.and Jackie Speier (D-Calif.giving an overview of why Google has changed its privacy policy. Google further explained that the privacy policy is changing in part...
Google last week announced that starting March 1, more than 60 privacy policies associated with its various platforms and services will be boiled down to one simpler policy. In short, we'll treat you as a single user across all our products, which...
A new unified Google privacy policy is coming in March. The key to this privacy policy is that you are providing everything Google knows about you. Google is reducing more than 60 privacy policies for all its products (e.g.search, YouTube, Gmail...
Hiding keyword data and other information from public view as part of a credentialing policy makes sense as trying to meet the new Google privacy policy of the EU is much more difficult than meeting the one here in the U.S.
German website owners can use Analytics immediately, but must agree to Google’s updated terms, update their own privacy policy to include legally mandated statements about the use of Analytics, and enable the IP mask function on Analytics to...
Does Google's Opt Out Widget Have Teeth? Google announced last year they were offering an opt out option in their Chrome browser. Now they have given it a name "Keep Mt Opt-Outs" and are trying to get more momentum for their effort to appease the FTC.
In addition, Google has committed $8.5 million to an independent fund, most of which will support organizations promoting privacy education and policy on the web. Everyone in the U.S.who uses Gmail is included in the settlement, unless you...
And finally, Facebook offers the possibility to opt out of friends tagging you altogether. That had already been an issue but precisely without an opt-in option. Today's opt-in choice is clearly stated and yet, does not say what information is...
Other search engines and email services such as Bing, Yahoo and AOL collect and store the same data and whilst they remain noticeably quiet on the subject, Google is often at the forefront of privacy initiatives, with innovations such as allowing...
Of course, location-based advertising should always include an opt-in or opt-out policy, but privacy doesn't appear to be Apple's main concern here. It doesn't seem like that type of policy would match their m.o.
