Tag: Data

Facebook and Google Don’t Need Your Data to Make Lots of Money

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Facebook and Google Don’t Need Your Data to Make Lots of Money

These are all weak arguments. There is no reason to fear that sites cannot still make money with advertising. That’s because there are already two kinds of highly profitable online ads: contextual ads, based on the content being shown on screen, and behavioral ads, based on personal data collected about the person viewing the ad. Behavioral ads work by tracking your online behavior and compiling a profile about you using your internet activities (and even your offline activities in some cases) to send you targeted ads.

$5B class suit filed against Google for violation of privacy laws

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

When you browse the internet using the Incognito mode, do you really believe that Google is not tracking what you’re seeing? Well, apparently there are “millions” of Google users that do not believe that and are in fact wanting to hold the tech giant accountable for violating privacy laws. A class-action lawsuit has been filed against Google alleging that they are invading the privacy of their users by still tracking them even if they have explicitly said they want to browse incognito.

$5B class suit filed against Google for violation of privacy laws

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The Dangers of COVID-19 Surveillance Proposals to the Future of Protest

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

The Dangers of COVID-19 Surveillance Proposals to the Future of Protest

The collection and sharing of phone location data that was sold and deployed in order to trace the spread of the virus could be used by a reigning administration to crack down on dissent.

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