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- Public+Danny Sullivan tracks Santa using Bing + Norad for the first time this year, while Google launches a brand new Santa tracker of its own: http://searchengineland.com/wheres-santa-claus-the-2012-santa-tracker-list-from-norad-to-google-143379?utm_source=pluspost&utm_medium=plus&utm_campaign=stream
It’s Christmas Even, and Santa Claus is on his annual trip delivering presents to all the good little boys and girls around the world. This year, not just one but two major organizations are offering ...
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Jamie HIBBERT
It's fantastic.. Combined with http://www.portablenorthpole.com/watch/mIwAeu_w4XD-lzJo823vPyg makes for a perfect Christmas...
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- PublicLots of fun happening in Google's holiday logo this year! http://selnd.com/V1hHes
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- PublicGoogle In Privacy Flap With Germans Over New iOS Maps
In case you missed it last week - according to a report in +Computerworld, Google has violated German data protection and privacy rules with its Google Maps app for the iPhone. When users install the app and agree to the terms and conditions there’s a check box that authorizes Google to collect “anonymous” user location data. The fact that this box is an opt-out (rather than an opt-in) violates German privacy regulations, which require “informed consent” where personal data collection is involved. http://selnd.com/WIQBhe
In case you missed it last week - according to a report in +Computerworld, Google has violated German data protection and privacy rules with its Google Maps app for the iPhone. When users install the app and agree to the terms and conditions there’s a check box that authorizes Google to collect “anonymous” user location data. The fact that this box is an opt-out (rather than an opt-in) violates German privacy regulations, which require “informed consent” where personal data collection is involved. http://selnd.com/WIQBhe
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+Travis Lugo > Not to mention that its anonymous data being sent
To call such data "anonymous" is just very misleading, to say the least. I'll even go as far as to call it a blatant lie.
> and even if your name was tied to the data [in fact, it is] why would you care
Because the laws of the Country I live in give me the right to exercise control over what personal data I share, to whom, for which purposes, and when. That's why. Such laws also state that my personal data cannot be processed by third parties unless I have granted them an informed and explicit consent. Checking a checkbox equals to giving my explicit consent; leaving it checked does not. That's a big difference, because here in the EU you are not required to do anything to exercise your right to privacy. It's already yours. There is no such thing as an "opt-in" right.
> If you don't like the terms don't use the service
In fact, I don't use Google Now (and I never used Latitude), but I do use Google Maps.
To call such data "anonymous" is just very misleading, to say the least. I'll even go as far as to call it a blatant lie.
> and even if your name was tied to the data [in fact, it is] why would you care
Because the laws of the Country I live in give me the right to exercise control over what personal data I share, to whom, for which purposes, and when. That's why. Such laws also state that my personal data cannot be processed by third parties unless I have granted them an informed and explicit consent. Checking a checkbox equals to giving my explicit consent; leaving it checked does not. That's a big difference, because here in the EU you are not required to do anything to exercise your right to privacy. It's already yours. There is no such thing as an "opt-in" right.
> If you don't like the terms don't use the service
In fact, I don't use Google Now (and I never used Latitude), but I do use Google Maps.
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- PublicComparing comScore’s Top 50 Sites: 2006 And 2012 http://mklnd.com/12IFZOQ
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- PublicReport: No, Google Maps Not Responsible For iOS 6 Upgrades
The notion that Google Maps drove a rash of iOS 6 upgrades turns out to be wrong according to ad network Chitika. As several people have already argued, iOS 6 traffic growth more likely came from the release of the iPhone 5 in China (Apple said it sold 2 million handsets over the initial weekend). http://selnd.com/XYVrCj
The notion that Google Maps drove a rash of iOS 6 upgrades turns out to be wrong according to ad network Chitika. As several people have already argued, iOS 6 traffic growth more likely came from the release of the iPhone 5 in China (Apple said it sold 2 million handsets over the initial weekend). http://selnd.com/XYVrCj
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- PublicGoogle Expands Gmail In Search Results With My Orders, My Events & My Reservations http://selnd.com/Vb0Jg7
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- PublicThanks to +Kaspar Szymanski for sharing this Google Scooter last week. For more search in pics, visit: http://selnd.com/UdI3LN
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Jan Brinkmann
Google provided personal transportation device :D http://youtu.be/zRwPSFpLX8I?t=3m30s
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- PublicNow who doesn't want a cute little Panda Update in their stocking for Christmas?
Google has confirmed rumors of a Google update announcing on Twitter that they pushed out a Panda data refresh today impacting about 1.3% of English queries. This would make for the 23rd Panda update ...
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- PublicGoogle has responded, and is looking into their own ad campaigns with duplicate sitelinks.
AdWords advertisers know that Google has plenty of policies by which you must abide, like Ad Sitelinks extensions can’t have two links that point to the same page, and sitelinks can’t have the same de...
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- PublicFacebook Still Top Search Term In 2012 As One-Word Searches Rise 16 Percent [Experian] http://selnd.com/Tc4wZJ
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Steve Bertolacci
Aren't mobile users more likely to use the app given that Facebook is one of the top ten apps?
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