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Yearly Archives: 2008
Majority of Americans dislike unauthorized use of behavioral data
From Yahoo News: Majority Uncomfortable with Websites Customizing Content Based Visitors Personal Profiles Level of Comfort Increases When Privacy Safeguards Introduced ROCHESTER, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A majority of U.S. adults are skeptical about the practice of websites using information about a … Continue reading
Posted in Identity, ProjectVRM, Vendor Relationship Management
Tagged Identity, privacy, VRM
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Dataportability podcast interview
Here‘s yours truly with Trent Adams and Steve Greenberg of Dataportability, talking about VRM. Also in the podcast: dataportability news and Kaliya Hamlin on the Data Sharing Summit.
Posted in Vendor Relationship Management
Tagged Data Sharing Summit, dataportability, interview, Kaliya Hamlin, Steve Greenberg, Trent Adams
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BT busted for unauthorized tracking of user activity
The title says it all, as reported by the Guardian: BT admits tracking 18,000 users with Phorm systems in 2006 Bummer. I kinda like BT.
Law enforcement v Minimal disclosure
The Washington Post today exposed considerable excesses by “fusion” centers organized post 9/11. Intelligence centers run by states across the country have access to personal information about millions of Americans, including unlisted cellphone numbers, insurance claims, driver’s license photographs and … Continue reading
Posted in Identity
Tagged conspiracy, FBI, Identity, illegal, illegal wiretapping, Kim Cameron, user centric, user centrism, wiretap
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NewsGang talks data portability. Next up: Service Portability.
Excellent chat today by Steve Gillmor, Chris Saad, Mary Hodder, Karoli Kuns, Robert W. Anderson, Matt Terenzio, and Bruce Lerner about data portability. They get to the nitty gritty about data portability, licensing, and social networks. Perhaps the best Gang … Continue reading
Pricing for Charities: Pay-What-You-Want and VRM
Charitable giving has an intriguing relationship with rational pricing theories. The supply of charitable products is essentially inexhaustible. Price of a charitable gift is not based on supply and demand, with curves meeting at an efficient clearing price. And yet, … Continue reading
Posted in ProjectVRM, Vendor Relationship Management
Tagged charities, Dean Karlan, John List, Nine Inch Nails, Pay-What-You-Want, project VRM, Radiohead, Vendor Relationship Management, VRM
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Pricing, Markets, and Demand, VRM style
Economists often talk of markets as price discovery mechanisms, and the freer the market, the more efficiently those prices can be discovered. In fact, in the absence of all transaction costs, free markets assure the efficient allocation of resources, regardless … Continue reading
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Tagged coase, demand, eventful.com, markets, pricing, Vendor Relationship Management, VRM
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