http://michaelzimmer.org/2005/04/05/what-search-sites-know-about-you/ information ethics : privacy : new media : values in design : 2.0 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:58:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://michaelzimmer.org/2005/04/05/what-search-sites-know-about-you/comment-page-1/#comment-166187 Michael Zimmer.org » Blog Archive » Google Dashboard: Convenient? Yes. Transparency, Choice and Control? Not so much. Fri, 05 Nov 2010 02:03:05 +0000 http://michaelzimmer.org/?p=111#comment-166187 [...] quite some time now, I’ve been writing about how “search” has become the center of [...] [...] quite some time now, I’ve been writing about how “search” has become the center of [...]

]]> http://michaelzimmer.org/2005/04/05/what-search-sites-know-about-you/comment-page-1/#comment-158014 michaelzimmer.org » One Thing Google Should Do Better For Users Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:20:49 +0000 http://michaelzimmer.org/?p=111#comment-158014 [...] For me, it probably would be for Google to follow the guidelines of the U.S. Federal Trade Commissions “Fair Information Practice Principles” and create a Google Data Privacy Center, giving users more access and control over their personal information housed in the company’s vast databanks. [...] [...] For me, it probably would be for Google to follow the guidelines of the U.S. Federal Trade Commissions “Fair Information Practice Principles” and create a Google Data Privacy Center, giving users more access and control over their personal information housed in the company’s vast databanks. [...]

]]> http://michaelzimmer.org/2005/04/05/what-search-sites-know-about-you/comment-page-1/#comment-22930 michaelzimmer.org » Archives » Semantic Web now Web 3.0 Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:31:59 +0000 http://michaelzimmer.org/?p=111#comment-22930 [...] I haven’t fully theorized the privacy aspects of the Semantic Web Web 3.0 (future project), but there seems to be a key difference between Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 from a privacy perspective. Web 2.0 - specifically Search 2.0 - is dependent on the ability to know as much about the searcher in order to deliver personalized results. So if you search for “warm vacation spot,” the search engine would know from your search profile that you like Hawaii but not Mexico, that you have kids, and might even know your general income level, and then deliver personalized results based on all that personal data they’ve collected. [...] [...] I haven’t fully theorized the privacy aspects of the Semantic Web Web 3.0 (future project), but there seems to be a key difference between Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 from a privacy perspective. Web 2.0 – specifically Search 2.0 – is dependent on the ability to know as much about the searcher in order to deliver personalized results. So if you search for “warm vacation spot,” the search engine would know from your search profile that you like Hawaii but not Mexico, that you have kids, and might even know your general income level, and then deliver personalized results based on all that personal data they’ve collected. [...]

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