Top 10 Privacy Infringing Companies
The Business Intelligence Lowdown sheds light onto some very questionable privacy management practices by some of the biggest online companies including: America Online, Amazon.com, Yahoo!, and Google.
How much would you sell your private data to a company for? Would you take $100 to let someone see every site you have visited over the past year, how about $1,000? Today, many major companies spend millions collecting a variety data on individuals such as; what charities you donate to, your political beliefs, your shopping habits, your educational data and your contact information.
The following are the ten companies listed by the Business Intelligence Lowdown:
1. ChoicePoint
2. Google
3. Acxiom
4. Accenture
5. Microsoft
6. Yahoo!
7. Amazon.com
8. America Online
9. LexisNexus
10. Response Unlimited
I am borderline paranoid about my online privacy, however when talking with friends and family about online privacy they are much less concerned than me. Do you have any online privacy concerns? Does the mismanagement or sale of your personal data upset you? Please let us know your opinion in the comments.
Top 10 Big Brother Companies – Business Intelligence Lowdown
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Dark Dante says on February 6th, 2007 at 9:17 am
One word:
SCARY!!!!!!!!!!
Ann says on February 6th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
That is why I use Firefox and have it set so that a)Java script cannot run unless I let it (and can be just for that session or permanently) and b)cookies cannot be set unless I enable them also (also for that session or permanently).
That being said, it’s still pretty creepy because some websites require cookies to be enabled to work, i.e. Gmail, etc.
pat says on April 7th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
i don’t mind the cookies in theory, but it’s the IP tracking + cookies + geomapping your IP address that licks donkey testicles.