- From: Aleecia M. McDonald <aleecia@aleecia.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:58:24 -0700
- To: "public-privacy@w3.org" <public-privacy@w3.org>
Apropos to Rigo's reply, US Banks and Facebook Like:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204618704576645382340454052.html
Aleecia
On Oct 25, 2011, at 6:42 AM, Rigo Wenning <rigo@w3.org> wrote:
> In the US they can, in the EU this would violate the purpose limitation. But I
> wonder about the bank secret here (If there is any of that left)
>
> Rigo
>
> On Tuesday 25 October 2011 06:33:25 Karl Dubost wrote:
>> "sweet". cough.
>>
>>
>> Using Credit Cards to Target Web Ads
>>
>> The two largest credit-card networks, Visa Inc. and
>> MasterCard Inc., are pushing into a new business: using
>> what they know about people's credit-card purchases for
>> targeting them with ads online.
>>
>> Their plans, if implemented, would represent not only a
>> technological feat—tying people's Internet lives with
>> shopping activities—but also an erosion of the idea of
>> anonymity on the Web. It's an effort by the two
>> companies to profit by selling access to the insights
>> they gather about people with every credit-card
>> transaction.
>> —
>> http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB1000142405297020400230457662703065133
>> 9352-lMyQjAxMTAxMDIwNDEyNDQyWj.html
>
>
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