Resources for the Research Community
Happy Data Privacy Day! Did you know that Data Privacy Day takes place every January 28th? Here is how the event is described on the StaySafeOnline.org website, administered by the National Cyber Security Alliance. Data Privacy Day began in the United States and Canada in January 2008, as an extension of the Data Protection Day celebration in [...]
The good folks at the Pew Internet & American Life Project have done it again. They have the substantial mandate to chronicle the use of the internet and technology among Americans. As part of that responsibility they publish regular reports which do a good job of measuring various technology related phenomena – some of which [...]
Facebook recently entered a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission admitting all manner of fraud in its privacy policies. The list of violations admitted are shocking enough to make the most hardened among us blush. Here is the list of violations to which Facebook admitted, from the FTC announcement. “Facebook changed its website so certain [...]
[Editor's Note: The following post by Tamara Barber was originally published by and is syndicated with permission by The GreenBook Blog.] Recently, Andrew Jeavons, EVP at Survey Analytics, moderated a fascinating live debate on data privacy in market research. The virtual debate has been brewing in blogs, LinkedIn, and Twitter for some time, but a discussion paper [...]
Privacy exists at the center of the next great debate as the information age continues to evolve. More and more information, especially information of a personal nature, is being shared in public forums (from Facebook and Twitter to shopping profiles to market research studies and more.) But as more information is shared, even though it’s [...]
