OMG! Facebook Privacy Fiasco

At WSI, we spend a lot of time talking to clients about the effective use of Social Media, the importance of putting Acceptable Use policies and procedures in place within their businesses and how to use privacy settings.

Ultimately we are each responsible for the privacy of our own data, as the following conversation from Facebook so [...]

March 30th, 2012 | Tags: , | Category: Social Media | Leave a comment

Internet Privacy 3 – Internet Privacy Worries are diminishing

While the recent announcements from Google and Facebook have caught the headlines, a survey by Pew Internet & American Life Project found that internet users are now less concerned about the amount of information available about them online, than in 2006.

Pew found people were becoming much more likely to look up their own names in search [...]

May 28th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Internet Marketing | Leave a comment

Internet Privacy 2 – Facebook starts to listen to its users

On Wednesday this week, Facebook announced that it has modified its user controls to make it easier to configure privacy settings and to retroactively control access to content that has already been posted.

The company also said that it has “drastically reduced the amount of information that is available to everyone.”

This is in direct response to the [...]

May 28th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Social Media | Leave a comment

Internet Privacy – Google offers Analytics opt-out

Google Analytics is now the dominant force in monitoring visitor activity on websites, providing useful information to website owners on the effectiveness of their site. Its estimated to be installed on 30% of the top million sites.

But when you are gathering and collating  individual visitor information, then there are always privacy concerns. While Google is adamant [...]

May 28th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Internet Marketing | Leave a comment