Respecting Privacy, Learning from Facebook
Friday, May 28th, 2010
Facebook has been receiving a lot of attention lately as a result of their privacy settings. In particular the default settings on new features like the Instant Personalization through the new Graph API which launched in April . Matt McKeon has a great visual illustration on how the default Facebook privacy settings have changed between 2007 and 2010. (more…)
The Big Picture: Facebook vs USA
Thursday, April 15th, 2010
How does real population in the US compare to the Facebook population in the US? There is a great infographic from Mashable that paints a very interesting picture of the differences. At the highest level 38% of the US population has an active facebook account. It is actually pretty much the same in Canada too (12.7 million/33.9 million). (more…)
Engaging with the New Facebook
Friday, February 12th, 2010
Facebook recently launched a new Home Page design and is also planning more changes for how Facebook Applications can engage users. A fairly technical developer roadmap has been published by Facebook but we’ll try to summarize here: (more…)
Facebook and Privacy: A new policy and advice to help users protect their personal information
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
Facebook has given us the tools to protect our privacy – we just have to use them! (more…)
Simple Facts About Information Privacy Online
Friday, October 7th, 2011
I had the good fortune of attending MESH 2011 in Toronto back in May this year. Since Information privacy is something we take very seriously at Ascentum, one of the presentations that I chose to attend was on Information Privacy by Dominic Jaar where he highlighted some key facts about online privacy. Below I’ve summarized his key messages, and wrote how we try to overcome some of these challenges at Ascentum.
Privacy statements are usually hidden and are changed frequently
Almost all sites insist on making their registration process quick and simple. Therefore, they prefer to keep users from spending time on privacy statements. Here at Ascentum, we try to find a balance – between simplicity and ensuring that engagement website users take the time to read through and understand the fine print. Exposing users to our privacy statements is one of the key steps during registration. (more…)
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