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Personal

  1. From "Like" to user-sponsored ad: @SominiSengupta details Facebook's tricky twist on #advertising nyti.ms/K2Apv3
  2. @Sensuuria @PrivacyCamp @olyvyer @codetechnology @windley @pacoperezbes Happy Friday & thanks for the RTs!
  3. "Your information should be your property," says @FTC's Jon Leibowitz to @waltmossberg at #ATD10. Watch the video: dthin.gs/JyEzvh
  4. Infographic: Can you trust mobile apps? on.mash.to/LQW0as by @samcmlaird #privacy
  5. Fun fact: The average privacy policy is 2,462 words long & takes about 10 minutes to read bit.ly/LdPvjD via @edudemic
  6. Thoughts from @billychasen on Facebook's "cognitive dissonance with sharing" bit.ly/LKOj6j #privacy
  7. DYK? If you actually read all the ToS you agree to, it would take up to 300 hours/yr. Enter the @StandardLabel project: kck.st/L0tbxi
  8. RT @SciencePunk Your personal data is valuable. Time to start acting like it. Smart piece by Alan Mitchell in @Wired bit.ly/KfxFkr
  9. @Idconstantz @marcedavis @PrivacyCamo Thanks for the shout-outs! #ID3RightsBytes
  10. @tepley And hopefully @abramsonjenny will be a good influence and turn you into a Personal power user :)
  11. Infographic: Common problems with #passwords bit.ly/Lft911 via @infographicAll
  12. Small data in the words of @johnbattelle: "intimate" and "actionable by individuals" bit.ly/JtTyqe #smalldata
  13. What not to tweet: @DHSgov releases list of keywords used to monitor social networking sites onforb.es/JyRvG0 by @ruv
  14. @nickgrossman Thanks, Nick. You might be interested in reading this overview of our commitment to privacy & security: bit.ly/JW3Ogj
  15. @tariqwest Thanks for the shout-outs! Great meeting you the other day.
  16. There's a debate brewing btwn academics & companies over the use of your data. Which side are you on? bit.ly/MNSKlQ by @derrickharris
  17. RT @garrettcobarr: @Personal Really liked @shanegreen comment on public waking about #privacy & companies being caught flat footed #PII2012
  18. @garrettcobarr Thanks for the shout-outs, Garrett!
  19. Another great installment in @dtapscott's series on #privacy: Corporations, the main beneficiaries of personal data huff.to/Ji0BC9
  20. What do you think? Is "Facebook parenting" destroying our children's #privacy? bit.ly/K4LNeu via @alejojumat #privchat