» online community http://blog.caringbridge.org Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:14:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Online Privacy Is Making Headlines http://blog.caringbridge.org/instagram-privacy-policy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=instagram-privacy-policy http://blog.caringbridge.org/instagram-privacy-policy/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:30:26 +0000 Sona Mehring http://blog.caringbridge.org/?p=528 Connecting to friends and family is an important part of everyone’s life. And doing so through social networks is easier than ever. But connecting with people close to you never included the idea that your messages and information might be made available and for sale to anyone and everyone. This is where many of today’s social networks aren’t aligned with what people really need. Social networks, especially the ones like Facebook that are publicly owned by shareholders, are under a tremendous amount of pressure to earn money and boost their stock price — and, of course, the “product” they have [...]

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]]> http://blog.caringbridge.org/instagram-privacy-policy/feed/ 3 One social network that promises not to “monetize” you http://blog.caringbridge.org/one-social-network-that-promises-not-to-monetize-you/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-social-network-that-promises-not-to-monetize-you http://blog.caringbridge.org/one-social-network-that-promises-not-to-monetize-you/#comments Sun, 28 Oct 2012 03:33:45 +0000 Nell Kauls http://blog.devsvd.cbeagan.org/?p=68 CaringBridge CEO Sona Mehring and Amplifier Jenny Counsell recently spoke about the benefits of sharing health updates in an ad-free space on American Public Media’s Marketplace Tech Report. Though CaringBridge gets calls from potential advertisers almost daily, Sona said we’ll continue to embrace the charitable giving model that has sustained our organization for over 15 years. “Monetizing,” simply put, means trying to make money at the expense of people visiting a site or participating in a social network like Facebook or Twitter. Running paid ads or selling certain information about site visitors are examples of monetizing. CaringBridge doesn’t do this. [...]

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]]> http://blog.caringbridge.org/one-social-network-that-promises-not-to-monetize-you/feed/ 2 Does privacy exist on social networks? http://blog.caringbridge.org/does-privacy-exist-on-social-networks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=does-privacy-exist-on-social-networks http://blog.caringbridge.org/does-privacy-exist-on-social-networks/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2012 03:47:26 +0000 Sona Mehring http://blog.devsvd.cbeagan.org/?p=75 With all the controversy Facebook has dealt with regarding the use of personal information, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at privacy and social networks. How Facebook ran afoul of the Federal Trade Commission If you haven’t followed the news about Facebook, it ran into some trouble with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC accused Facebook of being unfair and deceptive in their privacy practices by sharing private customer data without the customer’s consent. Facebook settled this claim and agreed to 20 years of privacy audits. Read more about the about the settlement in the [...]

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