[Air-L] LinkedIn pulls Facebook-style stunt (privacy)

[Richard Forno]

Hi Rasha - thx.  :)

Looks like LinkedIn is tweaking this advertising effort after the outcry:

http://blog.linkedin.com/2011/08/11/social-ads-update/


On Aug 11, 2011, at 11:55 AM, Dr. Rasha Abdulla wrote:

> WOW! Thanks Rick and Meryl for bringing these changes to our attention. The options to change the settings are really "tucked in":) They require some searching. Not sure the average user will ever find them without some clear pointing out.
> 
> I know the whole concept of privacy has taken on a new meaning with social networks, but will any degree of privacy ever be respected again?
> 
> Best,
> Rasha
> 
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Meryl Krieger <meryl.krieger at gmail.com> wrote:
> It's even more insidious than this. Not just the "Manage Social Advertising"
> but also "Turn on/off data sharing with 3rd party
> applications<https://www.linkedin.com/settings/data-sharing?goback=%2Enas_*1_*1_*1>"
> (under Groups, Companies and Applications) and under Accounts "Manage Social
> Advertising" and the slightly less insidious "Enhanced Advertising."
> 
> Best to you all, Meryl
> 
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 7:42 AM, Richard Forno <rforno at infowarrior.org>wrote:
> 
> >
> > FYI.....  --- rick
> >
> >
> > LinkedIn pulls Facebook-style stunt
> >
> > Privacy invasion by default
> >
> > By Richard Chirgwin
> >
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/11/linkedin_privacy_stuff_up/
> >
> > Posted in Security, 11th August 2011 02:00 GMT
> >
> > LinkedIn has become the latest social networking site to decide that new
> > features can be added and switched on by default, and users don’t have to be
> > notified.
> >
> > The feature allows LinkedIn to use profile information like names and
> > photos in third-party advertising, and seems to have been first noticed by
> > blogger Steve Woodruff here.
> >
> > The feature – hidden away in the Orwellian-named “Manage Social
> > Advertising” option – has to be switched off through a user’s account
> > settings. Permission for this is tucked away in a new condition in
> > LinkedIn’s Terms of Use, which makes it an opt-out feature.
> >
> > Already, Radio Netherlands Worldwide has reported that the new profile
> > setting may breach Dutch privacy law. The CBP, The Netherlands’ data
> > protection agency, says the use of LinkedIn members’ photographs can only be
> > used in advertising material with the users’ explicit consent.
> >
> > The Radio Netherlands piece notes that the Dutch view is in line with that
> > of the EU Data Protection Working Party, and also states that LinkedIn
> > failed to properly notify users of the change. ®
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