A few tools offer some free info but require a payment for the really deep data. Now that Yahoo’s Site Explorer has gone the way of Google supplemental results, if you want really good backlink data there’s probably going to be a cost involved in...
Ecwid’s 2011 data from over 35,000 global companies (mostly SMBS) with both an e-commerce store and a Facebook store seems to buck the trend shown by Pearlfinders and demonstrated in the closing of major retail shops on Facebook.
Forget data mining, Google's bosses seem to have set their sights on far loftier goals – asteroid mining. Planetary Resources is led by Peter Diamandis, founder of the X-Prize foundation, which offered a $10 million prize private-sector manned...
Google escaped penalties associated with the Federal Communications Commission’s electronic eavesdropping law in the agency’s investigation of private user data collection through Street View mapping.
Social networks are expected to provide information on the type of event (ie.post, like, comment), meta data such as geolocation or follower count, and more. In addition, 21 sites have signed on as partners within Google’s Social Data Hub, allowing...
Integration of social data hub data applies to public data only; if Google can crawl it on the public web, they can show it. In their blog post Google reminds users: “Remember that you need to define goals and goal values in order to see data in...
These uses go well beyond what a reasonable user understands himself to be consenting to when he allows an app to access data on the phone for purposes of the app's functionality," Reuters quoted Schumer as saying in the letter.
A new admin panel for brand pages contains data on Recent Activity, New Messages, New Likes, and a link to Insights. The main benefits, according to the Introducing New Facebook Pages resource, are the ability to brand pages with a unique cover...
Google has argued that the policy will simplify the management of private data and allow users to better understand how their data is handled. Opponents, meanwhile, have charged that the move will violate the users' previous wishes and consent for...
Google was previously investigated over the collection of Wi-Fi data from private accounts by its Street View cars. Accountability: Consumers have a right to have personal data handled by companies with appropriate measures in place to assure they...
All the data you need to create linkable material is provided by governments around the world for free. To get started you could hire someone to do traditional research to spot trends, irregularity, or insights in the data.
The company said the Bouncer tool automatically scans applications on the Android Market, constantly checking and removing any that could potentially harm users or compromise private data. Google has shed new light on Bouncer, a security system it...
You can take your Google data via data liberation and close your Google account. You can use Google Dashboard and Ads Preferences Manager to manage your data. Google has been collecting the same data for years, and Google has mentioned the ability...
Many people don’t want to continue to feed Google more data – and this trend is growing. You insert JavaScript code provided by your software and it sends the data off to a server that collects the data to organize and store for later retrieval.
As we discussed last year, government officials may seize electronic data including email accounts under this legislation with no probable cause a crime has been committed, no search warrant, and without notifying the user.
Well the same reasons your data is not anonymous are the same reasons your data is not private. 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...
This authorization includes access to 3-4 of your Facebook permissions, which provides the CalmSea platform with multiple data points specific to your social graph (likes, interests, demographics, friends, etc.
If you have no prior speaking track record, pitch a case study or new real world data. Conference organizers love real world examples and data. Whatever you do, don't crash anyone's private social events unless invited!
The company has a long history of embarrassing breaches and user revolts over its inability to properly manage and protect the personal data of its customers. Recently, the company agreed to a settlement with the FTC over multiple charges of...
From now on, if Facebook intends to make private data available publicly or to third parties, it must alert users "clearly and prominently" - outside the usual small print in its privacy policy - and obtain express affirmative consent before...
