There has long been advised that using things like Incognito Mode and clearing your cookies and opting out of advertising preferences … Continue reading Be Careful What You Browse From Home (It’s About To Be Up For Sale)

(Or, why do we accept a world without opt-out?)

Earlier this week, I got an email update from CrashPlan notifying me about updates to the terms and conditions of their service.  Included in their email summary of the upcoming changes was the following line:

We learn a lot about your solution needs through aggregated and anonymized system usage data. We, along with third parties we may engage, may use this information.

Now there is nothing new or unusual about this phrase, and that is precisely what has got me writing this post.   Continue reading “CrashPlan has a Privacy Crash & Burn”

As I mentioned in a blog post in July after our in-person meeting in San Francisco, I have been privileged … Continue reading NISO Library Users’ Privacy Principles