Businesses understand the value of the data they collect about customers. Firms can predict sales trends, send out targeted advertising, and improve their products through this data. However, for consumers, data collection is a privacy invasion and a practice that can be abused easily, leading to the suspicion of many businesses. Furthermore, for data collection, … Continue reading Cookies, Privacy & User Data
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Yahoo! Account Breach!
It's just been announced that Yahoo! experienced a data breach that caused more than 1 billion accounts to be compromised. Hopefully everyone knows not to store or transmit sensitive information on 'public' email systems, meaning email providers that give you a 'free' account as they're often the target of hackers. Also your emails are searched … Continue reading Yahoo! Account Breach!