How to Build Relationships through Returns & Bad Transactions
The consumer splurged a little this holiday season – they purchased more, they purchased more ofte
Commerce Department Calls for Privacy Enforcement
The Commerce Department released a proposal on Dec. 16 calling for the development of a privacy office within the agency…
Smart phones: Privacy being undermined (or ignored)
Disturbing report from Wall Street Journal explaining what private data is being passed when you are using various applications on…
Tracking Could Lead to Awesome Service
You walk up to an ATM and as you put your card in you are greeted in your prefered language,…
FTC Privacy Report Wants “Do Not Track” for Consumers
The Federal Trade Commission issued a report on December 1 calling for a “Do Not Track” mechanism in consumers’ web…
Online Privacy Changes Imminent from Washington
Online Privacy and personal data are issues that have affected online businesses for years. Personal information is now easily accessible…
Privacy regulations: fear, loathing and AOL
My timing was off. I marketed my book on data, the Numerati, when the world economy was collapsing. I should…
Online privacy: what’s at stake
It is widely believed that a flourishing democracy requires an independent, diverse, and financially solvent press. With print newspapers set…
How generous will you be with genomic data?
In the coming years, we'll in inundated with data about our bodies. In The Numerati, I followed Intel's efforts to…
