Although 90% of the emails that we receive are spam, many of us rarely see them. Our email service triages inbound email based on our preferences and sends the bulk of it to a spam folder. Most of us check the spam folder once in a while and on occasion, we correct the filter’s judgement […]
do-not-track
Consumer Privacy by Default
Last week, Microsoft announced that Internet Explorer 10 within Windows 8 will ship with “Do-Not-Track” as the default on the browser. For the uninitiated, Do-Not-Track is a feature that allows a user to tell websites they’re visiting to not track where they’ve been and what websites they’ve visited. This information is a treasure trove of […]
Do-Not-Legislate
Legislation winding its way through Congress is poised to introduce a Do-Not-Track list. This would allow people to put themselves on a list that would turn off any tracking component used in behavioral marketing. Letting consumers choose whether they’d like their Internet behavior to be tracked is a great and valuable tool—which is why the […]