Privacy

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It’s easy to read about best practices, nod your head in agreement, and then move on. But the fine folks Amy’s Baking Company are in the middle of writing a modern cautionary tale that shows just how important keeping control of your social self really is.[read more]

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Have you ever experienced that awkward moment when you receive a Facebook friend request from a client? If you choose to accept client friend requests, it is important to curate and organize the content to which your clients will have access. Facebook Lists allow users to achieve just that![read more]

business vs. personal or both?

Social Media has been an evolving and overwhelming force, taking over personal lives and also becoming a major part of online marketing and business networking. How do you draw a line between the two? Do you need to?[read more]

Online communities for the anonymous

To date, social media has been used for one primary purpose: self-promotion. This has meant that online spaces that leverage the benefits of anonymity have been neglected. Now a small but growing number of sites are moving in the opposite direction -- prizing anonymity over fingerprinting.[read more]

The main concern with new inventions on the web is alway privacy for most users. However, a new study finds that Millenials are less concerned about their privacy as elder people might be. The survey states that 70% of Millenilas (18-34) agreed with the statement, “No one should ever be allowed to have access to my personal data or web behavior,” compared with 77% of users 35 and older.[read more]

Facebook privacy policy

Do people trust Facebook less than they used to? How well do people think they understand Facebook's privacy policies? How many are concerned about the privacy of their personal information? This infographic on Facebook's privacy policies has some interesting food for thought.[read more]

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With the recent controversy over a bill to increase cyber security, called CISPA, businesses have the right to hand over your information to the government. This leaves your actions and privacy vulnerable to prying eyes, while businesses are free to share data. Is this fair?[read more]

Monitoring public information on the internet is not a violation of privacy. Much ado has been made about colleges that follow their athletes on social media. Time for sanity in the discussion. As of this writing, there are 35 states considering some form of digital privacy bills making it illegal to ask for social media passwords and usernames for purposes of gaining private information.[read more]

Many executives express resistance to social networking because they lack the understanding of how to preserve their personal privacy while guarding their corporate identity.[read more]

When say, national security is at risk, the social media rules come a little more strict. The Internet can be a creepy place, and by limiting what personal information is available, we can help protect others and ourselves, no matter our positions.[read more]

Questions and answers with the FTC about changes to the COPPA rule, from the recent Children's Advertising & Online Privacy Conference 2013. The chat was hosted by Liisa Thomas (Partner, Winston & Strawn LLP), with FTC representative Mamie Kresses joining via Skype. The pair discussed many of the upcoming changes to COPPA that consumers, businesses and child safety advocates need to know about in order to comply with the changing law.[read more]

More times than I can count I have someone follow me on Twitter and when I’m going through my decision to follow back I click “Follow” and realize their account is locked or they’re using a secured program that validates. This may sound like it’s helping you but it’s actually hurting you.[read more]

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It’s been said that you have 10 seconds to make a good impression, which is especially relevant if you are a user of any of the social media channels. Even if you don’t share all of your personal life online there still is a good chance that certain elements of your life can be traced.[read more]

Know Your Meme

On Thursday, a then-unknown Creative Director at Microsoft Studios named Adam Orth had what he thought was a harmless Twitter conversation. By Friday Microsoft had a PR nightmare on their hands. What happened?[read more]

Brand advocate controversy

What happens when you are a brand evangelist and you ignite an Internet controversy while representing that brand? You get fired. Adria Richards was a brand advocate for SendGrid, and she was recently fired for sending a Tweet complaining about some developers at a conference.[read more]

The biggest mistake people make when it comes to building their social brand is blurring authenticity and transparency. They often end up in a social brand cycle where they never feel comfortable sharing so they sound like corporate speak 24/7. Or they may do the opposite and share everything including where they buy their toilet paper![read more]

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“Trust is so important to all these marketplaces,” said Nate Blecharczyk, co-founder and CTO of Airbnb today at South By Southwest in a panel called “David over Goliath: Power of the Sharing Economy” led by Tim O’Reilly.[read more]

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According to the findings of a seven-year study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, Facebook users increasingly share less about themselves to the public but more of it to their friends – quick shifts in disclosure due to changes in user interface and privacy policy.[read more]

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Amid unease that the amendments to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) has increased uncertainty and diminished innovative and educational content production, the Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) released its first article outlining the changes the FTC has made to the Act, which must be complied with by July 1, 2013.[read more]

Speed is essential in tackling Twitter hijacking. eModeration's useful guide will help you defend your company Twitter account against hackers.[read more]