by robinbloor | Jul 25, 2019 | Data Ownership
I keep reading blog posts that say I own my data. Well, maybe I do, but what does that actually mean? It means that, if you want, you can reclaim your personal data from all the businesses that have some of it, like credit scoring companies such as Equifax or social...
by robinbloor | Jul 25, 2019 | Data Ownership
Let’s face it, it’s all over the place. Your emails and all their attachments are on Gmail, or maybe Yahoo. Your educational and professional history is on LinkedIn and your social shenanigans are on Facebook. Your music is in iTunes and your photos, and a whole heap...
by robinbloor | Jul 25, 2019 | Data Ownership
Let’s face it, right now we live under the dominion of data giants that have no interest in us owning and commanding our personal data. It’s not just Facebook—Facebook just happens to be the one that got caught red-handed exploiting our stuff and was bathed in...
by robinbloor | Jul 25, 2019 | CryptoCurrency
China Wants to Tame Crypto Dance like nobody’s watching. Think like you’re Xi Jinping. “China is not democracy and will not become democracy. I am leader for life (not even think of word “emperor” except in dreams). We not Marxist, Communism never worked. We are...
by robinbloor | Jul 25, 2019 | Data Ownership
The Digital Data Hike Stroll forward from the birth of computing through the mists of time, and you witness more and more data making its way onto computers with every passing year. At first, it was just structured data, then text, then graphical data and images and...
by robinbloor | Jul 25, 2019 | Data Ownership
Facebook is in trouble yet again. For Facebook, until now 2018 has been an “annus horribilis,” as the Romans used to say. Here are the major headlines: Following intense criticism for its part in Russian influence over the 2016 US election, Facebook tweaks its news...
by robinbloor | Jul 25, 2019 | CryptoCurrency
The Story of Inflation and Hyperinflation People don’t think much about currency; they just use it. They don’t notice a currency holding its value; they only notice when it doesn’t. Historically, the most frequent cause of a currency losing its value is: governments...
by robinbloor | Jul 25, 2019 | Data Ownership
What do the following search terms have in common? Business internet providers Los Angeles Car accident attorney Long Beach Mesothelioma attorney assistance Big rig accident attorney This: If you want to buy them as Adwords, you will pay through the nose. If you put...
by robinbloor | Jul 25, 2019 | Data Ownership
The News on GDPR Day I figured it might be fun to review the news on GDPR day. Here are the stories I plucked from the ether. Tougher Data Privacy Rules Are a Scammer’s Nightmare but Ethical Marketers Can Stay Calm The link above takes you to a nice balanced story...
by robinbloor | Jul 25, 2019 | Data Ownership
Do you know what credit agencies do? They collect your personal information from banks, mortgage servicers, debt collectors, and other credit providers aggregate it and then sell it to potential lenders in the form of a credit report and a FICO score. They also get...
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