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Well considering that a large portion of us are responsible for our user's data (from small to large) it's a very hot topic that is pertinent to what we do on a
by Quarrelsome 13y ago
Well considering that a large portion of us are responsible for our user's data (from small to large) it's a very hot topic that is pertinent to what we do on a daily basis.
We may discuss business decisions over email, we might even exchange information via Facebook, even if we're sensible enough not to do this with critical information that doesn't mean our whole company knows the score.
It impacts the kind of promises we can make to our clients about the safety of their information and makes us have to consider the usage of these popular services.
As a brief example we have a facebook import function that enables a user to import some limited information about their friends. This means that if someone uses this function on our site then Facebook will probably track that access. That means that when someone is using our site someone else is tracking them. Sure that's not a big problems in most cases but it is in some. Do my terms and conditions even cover that? What if I've previously erroneously made the claim that we don't track usage on the site?
- msluyter 13y agoI think all these are interesting and relevant questions, but these aren't (typically) what are being discussed. Instead we're going down well worn paths about libertarianism and whatnot... I understand that basically all I can really do is flag what I think should be flagged and whatnot, so this just falls into the category of "pointless whinging about HN degradation."