by Greg Sterling. Search Engine Land, May 20, 2011. "... Much of the privacy debate has focused on cookies and icons and not what really matters: the misuse or abuse of consumer data by third parties in the real world. I don’t care whether I see behaviorally targeted ads so much as I don’t want my health care or auto insurance to be impacted by sites I’ve visited and stuff I post online.
That’s what matters in a practical sense. And by refocusing the discussion on the real-world consequences of profiling I believe the industry and regulators could come to a meeting of the minds more swiftly..."
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