I've been trying to understand some of these online privacy agreements. Most of seem to be on the up and up, except for one term that scares me, "aggregate user data". It sounds like something a politician would say. Extremely vague. In the case of online friends websites, the amount of information entrusted to them increases the scope of "aggregate user data". I did a search and found it to be a very standard term used in most privacy agreements. Much of the time I've found assertions that "we do not link aggregate user data to personally identifiable information." The freinds website does not make that claim. What does it all mean?
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Those are elements assembled into a logical format to facilitate comparisons OR to elicit evidence of patterns. Those elements by themselves cannot identify no one in particular but when you link them to others it is possible to identify some people based on their profile. In example you link certain people with certain phrases or way of speaking or writing. Those are element you can put together to find who is the writer or the speaker.
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As far as I know it just means the things you have on or about your person at any given time. This would include things in your pockets like your wallet, lighter, keys, etc. If you were arrested these things would be listed as "personal effects." If your pocket PC was with you at the time it would be included.
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Usually they mean to bring names of people they can contact, not necessarily a written document.\n\nAsk people at your last job, preferably in positions of importance, if you can use them as a reference.  If you don't want your present employer to know you're looking, ask people you trust not to say anything if you can use them as well.
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According to news sources, it seems that the kind of information given to the Government under subpoena was a sample of search queries without any individual user identifying information.\n\nI would guess that it is the kind of information disclosed by Yahoo and Google popular search queries only including all kinds of queries, just not popular queries.\n\nhttp://buzz.yahoo.com/\nhttp://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html\n\nHere is Yahoo's privacy policy:\n\nhttp://privacy.yahoo.com/privacy/us/
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It is actually a formality, but it is not issued to everyone. It's always good to have a list with name/address/phone/email information on as many people as you can. These people serve as your network. You never know when you may need to contact them, or they you, but it can be a lifeline. I mail Christmas cards out to everyone on my list. Some people I email regularly. There are no blanket regulations. You will instinctively know, and you will make notations on your list. Good luck !
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Over the internet we have the option of being anonymous.  There are some people who are afraid of life's answers.  I do not intentionally hurt people.  But I do speak my mind, even in person.
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MySpace is YourSpace and you can make it whatever you want. I myself use it for keeping in touch with friends. All of em, the good ones the barely ones, the new and the old. A couple of my friends have used it for dating and have had good experiences, yet I also think it has to do with a lot of the concerns about kids being abducted by a "friend" they meet on MySpace. I remember the internet was just starting to get popular when I was in Jr. High and we had just gotten AOL in our house. There was a big scare atthat time of young grils meeting older men in chatrooms and getting abducted. Nothing has really changed, it's jus now instead of Chatrooms it's MySpace. All I can say is, be careful.
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It depends on your view points on the law.  I feel the law is too involved in what we do and 'likes' to invade on our privacy.  I think that it also depends on if you really in fact will use it for it's purpose... pain!  I know a few people who take advantage of it being legal.  So you have to ask yourself:  am I really in enough pain?  Would you be using it for yourself?  Or with friends?  Selling it?
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I think you do need a privacy policy. A simple sentence like you suggest isn't enough. You're asking for very, very sensitive information and most people are savvy enough to know that you could be misusing it.
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If it is just transactional, then they don't get any information regarding anything other than what they need to conduct the transaction.\n\nHowever, the poster Steve S. is completely wrong in telling you they don't share your information.\n\nBanks and other finanical institutions have the right to share some of your personal information with other companies.\n\nUnder the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999 (also known as Gramm Leach Bliley), financial instituions like banks have the right to share your information with other companies UNLESS you specificially tell them not to....in other words, you have to opt out.\n\nSteve's post indicates you have to opt-in and that's just not true.\n\nWhat he is talking about is getting credit information from your credit file, which is governed by a separate law known as the FCRA or Fair Credit Reporting Act....which is an opt-in.\n\nBut applying for credit such as what his post alludes to and using credit to make payments are two very different things in the eyes of the law.\n\nCompanies like eBay can easily buy information about you from any number of data vendors like Choice Point and Axciom, which have very, very detailed dossiers about you and your preferences and your buying habits including your use of credit.
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Yahoo didn't sell us out to the government.  A court order is a court order.  Yahoo can only comply to give out the search engine information that they requested. But don't forget, this is happening on all sites and you just need to be cautious on what you search for and how you do it, that's all. \n\nYahoo has a very strict privacy policy and will uphold this when it comes to our personal information.  Department of Justice subpeona was for search engine info only, and that's all they get.
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Whatever it is, you don't need it.\nThere are lots of third-party profile editors that embed malicious links; avoid them.
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Is all this information about you? If it is that's not to smart listing your ssn on a questions website where someone could steal your info. I would rethink having this question on here.
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Some people get really serious about those kinds of sites so they try to reveal as much personal information they can. I would not recommend putting all your information at once, because then when you finally talk to that person or chat with them, then the mysteriousness is no longer there and you will have nothing to talk about. If you post pictures then use a recent one so that the person knows exactly what  he or she looks like. Dont post a picture that makes you look the best, cuz you want them to think you would be a lot prettier in person. \n\nSome people have really healthy and successful relationships when they meet online. I think its because they get to find about each other thoroughly before meeting since usually when you first meet in the offline world, its all physical. Online is intimate and you get emotionally attached rather than physically getting attached. If you think it will fit in with your life better, then go for it =)
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On most sites such as Yahoo, MSN, forums etc, they have a usage policy, or sometimes called EULA or end user licence agreement.\nThese state how the site is controlled, what behaviour is acceptable etc.\nMost times you can find it when you look at the sites help files or FAQ's.\nMost of these type of sites are monitored to a point electronically, so any language etc or behavour is picked up and when a warning is given and not heeded, they tend to suspend the account.
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No, they can't give out personal info - Data Protection Act.  What a nice person you must be!
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Myspace is no different than any other place online. Don't give out personal information...and you won't have a problem.\n\nIf you or anyone else, goes to another site, it won't be any more or less safe than MySpace if you've given out personal info.