Is your business using Google? We strongly suggest that no business use Google except for their advertising placement. Using Google for your website or document applications is dangerous to you and your customers. GOOGLE PRIVACY POLICY We’re getting rid of over 60 different privacy policies across Google and replacing them with one that’s a...
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Follow the story on twitter with #SOPA #PIPA There are many laws that dictate what you can say and do on the Internet. All businesses and government entities must obey the laws. U.S. legislators are currently trying to pass new laws that would effect your ability to freely publish on the Internet. Wikipedia.org has...
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What are Facebook Ads? Facebook strives to show relevant and interesting advertisements to you and your friends. Here are the facts about Facebook Ads: Ads can appear in the right-hand column of pages throughout Facebook. Ads are eligible to appear on many types of pages, including apps, photos, groups, pages, profiles (timelines), and the...
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At Google, one of our beliefs is to “focus on the user and all else will follow.” Likewise, in order for you to generate traffic and grow your site, it’s important to understand your users, their goals, and how they interact with your content. Our last “Tip of the Month” of 2011 focuses on...
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The Internet has taken its place beside the telephone and television as an important part of people’s lives. Consumers use the Internet to shop, bank and invest online. Most consumers use credit or debit cards to pay for online purchases, but other payment methods, like “e-wallets,” are becoming more common. The Federal Trade Commission...
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Are you taking steps to protect personal information? Safeguarding sensitive data in your files and on your computers is just plain good business. After all, if that information falls into the wrong hands, it can lead to fraud or identity theft. A sound data security plan is built on five key principles: * Take...
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Privacy is a central element of the FTC’s consumer protection mission. In recent years, advances in computer technology have made it possible for detailed information about people to be compiled and shared more easily and cheaply than ever. That has produced many benefits for society as a whole and individual consumers. For example, it...
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WHAT: The Federal Trade Commission will host the latest in a series of three roundtable discussions to explore the privacy challenges posed by the vast array of 21st century technology and business practices that collect and use consumer data. WHEN: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. WHERE: FTC Conference Center 601 New Jersey...
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For the last few years, our organization has been exploring how an information technologies company fits together with an energy company. With the demise of traditional publishing (i.e. newspapers and broadcast television), has come the rise of new media marketing. Though the cost to produce each ad has plummeted, the cost to store and...
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has made a second request to Google for information about its proposed $750 million purchase of mobile phone marketer AdMob. It is another example of the government’s increased interest in Google’s advertising empire. “We know that closer scrutiny has been one consequence of Google’s success,” Paul Feng, Google product...
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