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Look through your target customer’s eyes


Every day, firms touch intimate parts of our lives, yet fail to engage as partners while harvesting our private bits and bytes. Cell phones track our location. Utilities put smart meters on our homes, but do not show me the … Continue reading

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Relevant Articles 07/27/2011


Internet privacy controls challenge tech industry – seattlepi.com The federal government has put Google, Microsoft, Apple and other technology companies on notice: Give consumers a way prevent advertisers from tracking their movements across the Web — or face regulation. Yet … Continue reading

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Relevant Articles 07/23/2011


Don’t Look Now: Classic Disruption Is Taking Place In Advertising | DigitalNext: A Blog on Emerging Media and Technology – Advertising Age Clayton Christensen first identified the concept of the disruptive innovation in the Innovator’s Dilemma. The basic idea is … Continue reading

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Relevant Articles 07/22/2011


Mobile Payments Growth Slower Than Expected 07/22/2011 In advanced markets, the firm believes the promise of mobile payments driven by NFC technology is at least four years away from reaching mass adoption. “The biggest hurdle is the need to change … Continue reading

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Relevant Articles 07/09/2011


Latest Legal Developments in Privacy, Data Collection and Security – Loeb & Loeb LLP State and federal lawmakers continue to introduce bills regulating the collection, use and security of consumer and personal information. The proposed federal bills could change the … Continue reading

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Daily Diigo 07/08/2011


Agencies educate clients on privacy – Direct Marketing News “There are benefits to data collection; we know it creates a better experience, and we know that it creates an environment for better advertising. We also know that there is a … Continue reading

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Insider Threats, Cyber Vigilantes and Change Leadership


According to a post on Banking Information Security Blogs, companies should be paying more attention to insider threat. Many corporate cultures promote the view that threats come from outside. See the blog post: Insider Threats and Cyber Vigilantes. Changing this … Continue reading

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Why privacy is bulls**t


In an increasingly hyper-connected world social media users flit from one new technology to another, followed closely by their 5 million BFFs, marketers, advertisers and scammers. Wherever crowds like that congregate there is opportunity for both great risk and reward. … Continue reading

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Basic recipe for organizational change


Working with Multinationals and in International venues reinforced my belief in the benefits of inclusive change programs and open communications with stakeholders. Some of the changes I’ve worked on include introduction of win-win negotiations in finance roles on Wall Street; contingency planning, … Continue reading

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Corporate Social Responsibility and Weasel Words


This story about an Aaron’s Rentals franchise practice of installing software that enables the seller of rent-to-own computers to disable or track its computers broke a few days ago. The video above provides a summary, if you missed the story. … Continue reading

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