Comments on: Facebook, Privacy and Data Mining http://charlenecroft.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/facebook-privacy-and-data-mining/ ... where brave new worlds collide Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:28:52 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Another round of policy revisions for The Facebook « Community. Identity. Stability. http://charlenecroft.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/facebook-privacy-and-data-mining/#comment-2249 Another round of policy revisions for The Facebook « Community. Identity. Stability. Wed, 18 Feb 2009 03:23:47 +0000 http://charlenecroft.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/facebook-privacy-and-data-mining/#comment-2249 [...] 18, 2009 I’ve been thinking about Facebook’s privacy policy for a while now… trying to encourage users to maximize their privacy settings, and informing [...] [...] 18, 2009 I’ve been thinking about Facebook’s privacy policy for a while now… trying to encourage users to maximize their privacy settings, and informing [...]

]]> By: Big Brother comes to Change.gov… or why I love my country but really fear the incoming government… : P.U.M.A http://charlenecroft.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/facebook-privacy-and-data-mining/#comment-2244 Big Brother comes to Change.gov… or why I love my country but really fear the incoming government… : P.U.M.A Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:04:37 +0000 http://charlenecroft.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/facebook-privacy-and-data-mining/#comment-2244 [...] the private sector e.g Facebook, uses data mining to get customer profiles it is detestable but expected, when the Federal [...] [...] the private sector e.g Facebook, uses data mining to get customer profiles it is detestable but expected, when the Federal [...]

]]> By: Scott http://charlenecroft.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/facebook-privacy-and-data-mining/#comment-2232 Scott Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:12:25 +0000 http://charlenecroft.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/facebook-privacy-and-data-mining/#comment-2232 you know, I just surfed in here on a search for facebook data mining. about 3 weeks ago my home phone started getting slammed with telemarketing phone calls on the order 10-15 a day. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how this could have happened, and then I realized that I'd just updated my facebook profile shortly prior to include my contact phone numbers. further, I remember avoiding installing those little facebook games and applications a few of my friends had been installing and "recommending". as an IT guy, I typically steer clear of stuff like that for the obvious reasons, and I'm thinking now that it's through these applications that my personal contact information was harvested. pretty annoying to say the least. I've since pulled the personal info from my profile. the calls are gradually becoming fewer, but buy fewer I mean down to 10-13 per day, haha :) crazy stuff. sneaky. everyone knows no one reads those privacy policies/terms of use statements. you know, I just surfed in here on a search for facebook data mining. about 3 weeks ago my home phone started getting slammed with telemarketing phone calls on the order 10-15 a day.

I couldn’t for the life of me figure out how this could have happened, and then I realized that I’d just updated my facebook profile shortly prior to include my contact phone numbers.

further, I remember avoiding installing those little facebook games and applications a few of my friends had been installing and “recommending”. as an IT guy, I typically steer clear of stuff like that for the obvious reasons, and I’m thinking now that it’s through these applications that my personal contact information was harvested.

pretty annoying to say the least.
I’ve since pulled the personal info from my profile. the calls are gradually becoming fewer, but buy fewer I mean down to 10-13 per day, haha :)

crazy stuff. sneaky. everyone knows no one reads those privacy policies/terms of use statements.

]]> By: Another Facebook blog… « Towards the Knowledge Society http://charlenecroft.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/facebook-privacy-and-data-mining/#comment-304 Another Facebook blog… « Towards the Knowledge Society Sat, 09 Jun 2007 12:22:55 +0000 http://charlenecroft.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/facebook-privacy-and-data-mining/#comment-304 [...] to read “David is suggesting that the new Facebook applications are just another form of data mining your personal information and he will not [...] [...] to read “David is suggesting that the new Facebook applications are just another form of data mining your personal information and he will not [...]

]]> By: Charles Verge http://charlenecroft.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/facebook-privacy-and-data-mining/#comment-143 Charles Verge Thu, 17 May 2007 16:16:21 +0000 http://charlenecroft.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/facebook-privacy-and-data-mining/#comment-143 If you look at http://www.bbn.com/ you will notice they analyze call center data in their main products. Do you think they just might want to analyze facebook data as well ? If you look at http://www.bbn.com/ you will notice they analyze call center data in their main products. Do you think they just might want to analyze facebook data as well ?

]]> By: ellen9 http://charlenecroft.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/facebook-privacy-and-data-mining/#comment-55 ellen9 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 20:40:47 +0000 http://charlenecroft.wordpress.com/2007/04/27/facebook-privacy-and-data-mining/#comment-55 yeah, I am VERY unfond of Facebook - mainly cuz i just don't see it's utility - but this is a good reason to avoid. Google is doing some interesting data mining itself - it will will soon let users opt in to have their entire click history (where they go online) be part of their database, so they can "customize" search for you. And ads. It's super-refined Behavior Tracking. I'm surprised that this info isn't available now to ad buyers, but I guess it will be now! However, I for one will not be opting in. from Media Post, by Gord Hotchkiss ( http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=59342 ): Google is now offering an opt-in choice for users to include Web History (all the sites you’ve visited) as a data set that will power their search personalization. Thinking into the near future, you can see that the implications of this are vast on several different levels. Being able to roll Web History into Search History and monitoring a user's click stream to help refine search results is a huge step toward disambiguation that will substantially alter our individual search experience. The question for users is: are they willing to make the trade-off necessary by providing all this clickstream data to Google with their consent? The fact is, if you have PageRank enabled on your toolbar, this information is being sent to Google anyway. But Google's recent move toward opting into Web History increases the level of transparency into what information the company is gathering -- and how it will be using that information to refine your search experience. this is from the media/advertising side of the equation, from MediaPost, but deep in the adspeak is some interesting stuff. yeah, I am VERY unfond of Facebook – mainly cuz i just don’t see it’s utility – but this is a good reason to avoid.

Google is doing some interesting data mining itself – it will will soon let users opt in to have their entire click history (where they go online) be part of their database, so they can “customize” search for you. And ads. It’s super-refined Behavior Tracking.

I’m surprised that this info isn’t available now to ad buyers, but I guess it will be now! However, I for one will not be opting in.

from Media Post, by Gord Hotchkiss ( http://publications.mediapost.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=59342 ):
Google is now offering an opt-in choice for users to include Web History (all the sites you’ve visited) as a data set that will power their search personalization. Thinking into the near future, you can see that the implications of this are vast on several different levels. Being able to roll Web History into Search History and monitoring a user’s click stream to help refine search results is a huge step toward disambiguation that will substantially alter our individual search experience.

The question for users is: are they willing to make the trade-off necessary by providing all this clickstream data to Google with their consent? The fact is, if you have PageRank enabled on your toolbar, this information is being sent to Google anyway. But Google’s recent move toward opting into Web History increases the level of transparency into what information the company is gathering — and how it will be using that information to refine your search experience.

this is from the media/advertising side of the equation, from MediaPost, but deep in the adspeak is some interesting stuff.

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