Artificial Intelligence Data collection Marketing 
Joseph Steinberg
JANUARY 18, 2024
Remember, data has value – in fact, as noted above, in some cases the primary reason that retailers offer “great deals” in the first place is to obtain exactly the type of data that the offending retailers are effectively stealing. The abusive practice of keeping data received as part of cancelled purchases seems widespread.
Joseph Steinberg
FEBRUARY 2, 2021
While we have become somewhat accustomed to the data collection practices of online retailers seeking to analyze our purchase histories in order to better target their marketing efforts, many people may not realize that even some well-known retailers also use data provided by people whose purchases the retailer itself cancelled.
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Malwarebytes
JANUARY 20, 2025
In July 2024, the FTC requested information from eight companies offering surveillance pricing products and services that incorporate data about consumers characteristics and behavior. Understand how the company will be using your data Block web tracking wherever you can. FTC chair Lina M.
The Last Watchdog
JUNE 13, 2022
Many of the startups attempting to tackle this vexing problem are offering the promise of data science and machine learning to automate the process of managing identities, although none of them even have the data collected to prove the accuracy and robustness of their proposed solutions. Leveraging data science.
Joseph Steinberg
APRIL 20, 2021
While the CDC recently instructed that vaccinators not use for commercial marketing purposes data collected as part of the COVID-19 vaccine process, there is little doubt that compliance with such instructions will be far from perfect both now and in the future.
Schneier on Security
MARCH 14, 2023
Consider, for example, a 2013 Massachusetts bill that tried to restrict the commercial use of data collected from K-12 students using services accessed via the internet. Hacking is often associated with computer systems, but the concept is also applicable to social systems like financial markets, tax codes, and legislative processes.
Schneier on Security
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023
Human psychology and biases lead to exaggerated fears that politicians/marketers can exploit, resulting in wasteful and theatrical “security theater.” Where possible, favor openness and transparency over aggressive data collection or restrictions which erode civil liberties. Focus only on proportional responses.
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