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2012: Another Year of Digital Breakthroughs?

Written on
January 5th 2012
Author
Christian Lindholm

ADOTAS - Over the last two weeks, I’ve been reviewing the predictions Fjord made at the onset of 2011 (see Part 1 and Part 2 of that review), and now, as we wrap up the first week of 2012, it seems appropriate to look forward to what can be expected [...] more...

Quick Hits: Carrier IQ Skirts Privacy Controversy, An Infographic on Going Viral, The Value of Counting Clicks

Written on
December 13th 2011
Author
Brian LaRue

ADOTAS - Carrier IQ, the company that monitors mobile data — and it’s controversial just how personal that data might be — on over 100 million mobile devices worldwide was in hot water over reports that circulated yesterday suggesting it was turning over  users’ data to the FBI (information from Carrier [...] more...

Quick Hits: AdBlock Blocks Fewer Ads, Amazon Aces a Test of the Cloud

Written on
December 12th 2011
Author
Brian LaRue

ADOTAS – AdBlock Plus developer Wladimir Palant announced last week the popular ad-blocking plugin is going to begin blocking fewer ads — at least in its default settings. AdBlock Plus 2.0 allows for “non-intrusive” ads — that is, ads that are static (preferably text-only) and, as such, have no audio or [...] more...

AdTruth Holds On To Customer Trust

Written on
December 7th 2011
Author
Sarah Novotny

ADOTAS – Our “online world” is changing at an exponential rate, each minute of every day and right beneath our fingertips. Devices used every day to access the Internet or to develop and store data are no longer just impersonal fixtures on a desk in an office building, university or [...] more...

Quick Hits: Facebook Settles with the FTC, Cyber Monday vs. Other Mondays

Written on
November 29th 2011
Author
Brian LaRue

ADOTAS – Facebook has settled Federal Trade Commission charges that it shared data from its users after telling users said data would remain private. The FTC brought up eight counts, some of which are actually a few years old at this point. Some of the charges held the social network [...] more...

SIGTARP Investigating Yahoo and Microsoft as Well

Written on
November 22nd 2011
Author
Sarah Novotny

ADOTAS – Consumer Watchdog is saying today that executives of leading internet companies Google, Microsoft and Yahoo should be facing criminal charges for their roles in allowing mortgage modification ad scammers to advertise on their sites. The office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP), who, [...] more...

BrightTag Allows You To Opt-Out Of Your Behavior

Written on
November 17th 2011
Author
Sarah Novotny

ADOTAS – BrightTag, a platform provider for digital marketing, has announced the general availability of BrightTag ONE-Click Preview, a new feature for brand marketers and website owners using the BrightTag ONE™ server-direct integration platform for data collection and distribution. This feature enables marketers and website owners to provide effective privacy regulations [...] more...

Quick Hits: Foursquare Revamped and Other Social Media News

Written on
November 15th 2011
Author
Brian LaRue

• The “New Foursquare” went live this afternoon. With interactive maps, a comments section, recommended spots suited to the time of day and suggestions of brands to follow, the re-imagined Foursquare is more conducive to viewing on a tablet or a home computer — and it’s also more in line [...] more...

Using Tag Management for Do-Not-Track

Written on
September 9th 2011
Author
Angus Glover Wilson

ADOTAS – Tag management systems have plenty of advantages: they reduce the need for IT resources, speed up page loading time, and improve overall site performance. There’s another, equally critical advantage baked into some (but not all, it must be mentioned) tag management systems. They can help marketers, site owners, [...] more...

Suit Filed Against KISSmetrics and Pubs Over ETag Tracking

Written on
August 5th 2011
Author
Gavin Dunaway

ADOTAS – History repeats itself — back in summer 2009 when privacy researcher Ashkan Soltani and friends put out a damning report about online tracking practices with Adobe Flash cookies (aka local shared objects) that undermined user privacy controls through the use of respawning HTTP cookies, class action lawsuits were [...] more...



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