Saturday, June 30, 2012

Politics - Terrence McCoy - The Creepiness Factor: How Obama and Romney Are Getting to Know You - The Atlantic

Politics - Terrence McCoy - The Creepiness Factor: How Obama and Romney Are Getting to Know You - The Atlantic

 Among other points, the policy says the campaign can monitor users' messages and emails between members, share their personal information with any like-minded organization it chooses, and follow up by sending them news it deems they'd find worthwhile. In other words, target anger points. Then there's something called "passive collection," which means cookies -- lots and lots of cookies. Obama's campaign, as well as third-party vendors working with, spray trackers so other websites can flash personalized ads based on knowledge of the trip to barackobama.com. And finally, near the end of the policy, comes one more caveat: "Nothing herein restricts the sharing of aggregated or anonymized information, which may be shared with third parties without your consent."
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