The Truth About Data Mining: How Online Trackers Gather, See Your Info
Companies like Google and Facebook use cookies to track users across multiple websites over an undisclosed amount of time. (Photo: Ksayer1/Flickr) Targeted ads have become a way of life.
Warns Marketers That Mobile Apps May Violate Fair Credit Reporting Act
The Federal Trade Commission warned marketers of six mobile applications that provide background screening apps that they may be violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The FTC warned the apps marketers that, if they have reason to believe the background reports they provide are being used for employment screening, housing, credit, or other similar purposes, they must comply with the Act. The companies that received the letters are Everify, Inc., marketer of the Police Records app, InfoPay, Inc., marketer of the Criminal Pages app, and Intelligator, Inc., marketer of Background Checks, Criminal Records Search, Investigate and Locate Anyone, and People Search and Investigator apps. According to the FTC, some of the apps include criminal record histories, which bear on an individual's character and general reputation and are precisely the type of information that is typically used in employment and tenant screening.
What to Do Before Bed and After Waking Up for More Daily Energy
I still have sleep issues, and this was a game changer for me. Once my bed was designated as sleep zone only, it was so much easier to sleep. The other thing that changed everything: if I am tossing and turning for more than 15 minutes, switch ends of the bed. Just flip. I'm usually out in 5 minutes when I do that.
In social isolation, brain makes less myelin
U. BUFFALO (US) — The brains of socially isolated animals make less myelin, the critical material that wraps the axons of neurons. The researchers say the findings, reported in the journal Nature Neuroscience, indicate that neurons aren’t the only brain structures that undergo changes in response to an individual’s environment and experience.
29 Semi-Productive Things I Do Online When I’m Trying to Avoid Real Work
You don’t always have to work hard to be productive. Productivity can simply be the side effect of doing the right things. So here’s a list of 29 semi-productive things I do online when my mind is set on avoiding ‘real work.’ Check delicious popular tags like ‘useful,’ ‘tutorials,’ ‘tips,’ ‘howto,’ ‘advice,’ ‘entrepreneurship,’ etc. for interesting, educational articles to read.Watch one of the thousands of educational videos streaming at TED.com, Academic Earth and Teacher Tube.Read an online book list and find a new book to grab next time I’m at the library. Here’s another list. And another.
Dozens of Companies Are Using Facebook to Exclude Older…
This story was co-published with The New York Times. A few weeks ago, Verizon placed an ad on Facebook to recruit applicants for a unit focused on financial planning and analysis. The ad showed a smiling, millennial-aged woman seated at a computer and promised that new hires could look forward to a rewarding career in which they would be “more than just a number.” Some relevant numbers were not immediately evident. The promotion was set to run on the Facebook feeds of users 25 to 36 years old who lived in the nation’s capital, or had recently visited there, and had demonstrated an interest in finance. For a vast majority of the hundreds of millions of people who check Facebook every day, the ad did not exist.
Is the debate over data and online privacy misguided?
Consumers have long been trading their personal data in return for access to Web sites like Facebook. The tradeoff has worked well for both companies and consumers but, as the pool of data grows bigger, so have concerns over privacy. (c) 2012 Pinar Ozger. pinar@pinarozger.com Politicians and the media have been quick to tout ideas like “opt-out” or “do-not-track” but, according to companies that depend on data, these so-called solutions are misguided and could compromise future innovation. Ashlie Beringer, partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, is an attorney who has represented companies like Facebook and Flurry in class actions and regulatory investigations over privacy. She believes there is a disconnect between the political rhetoric over privacy and what companies are actually doing with consumer data.
Aziz Ansari gets candid about love: “elusive and sadly ephemeral”
Comedy fans have been tracking Aziz Ansari for a long time, and across a wide variety of comedy platforms. He earned national attention on TV with sketch troupe Human Giant. He broke into films with Observe And Report, Funny People, and 30 Minutes Or Less, among others. He’s involved in online-comedy videos, prominently appearing on Funny Or Die.
Isolation and Loneliness
“Why Do I Feel Isolated?” How to Understand and Overcome Loneliness and Isolation Human beings are naturally social animals.
