Comments on: Rapleaf’s Web: How You Are Profiled on the Web

By: adtech.feed

adtech.feed — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 23:18:02 +0000

Rapleaf’s Web: How You Are Profiled on the Web: Tech News «: http://t.co/TGOCEkWj

By: The Locker Project: Why Leave Data Tracking To Others? Do It Yourself: Tech News and Analysis «

Sat, 05 Feb 2011 00:30:09 +0000

[...] companies looking to follow your data trail online, why not take possession of that information and find innovative uses for it yourself? That’s [...]

By: SocialCRM Startup ETacts Shutting Down: Tech News «

SocialCRM Startup ETacts Shutting Down: Tech News « — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:00:29 +0000

[...] such social CRM companies were using data from Rapleaf, a San Francisco-based company that has been under scrutiny for its data collection and data sharing practices. Etacts, which was incubated by YCombinator had raised $650,000 from angel investors such as SV [...]

By: RIM In Talks To Buy Gist: Tech News «

RIM In Talks To Buy Gist: Tech News « — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 08:40:05 +0000

[...] publicly availably information from sources such as Rapleaf, a San Francisco-company that has been receiving close scrutiny for its data collection techniques. This profile data is available anytime someone emails [...]

By: ATS

ATS — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 22:00:36 +0000

I am happy that you were able to get real responses from these companies about how this information is used. You point out several important points about how data is used, even if it is not shared.

Thank you

By: Gravity’s Interest Graph Effort is Un-Interesting: Tech News «

Gravity’s Interest Graph Effort is Un-Interesting: Tech News « — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:31:12 +0000

[...] funnier is that the service suggests that I should friend Rapleaf on Twitter (ironic, considering some of my writings about that San Francisco-based company). Gravity wants us to help fine-tune this “interest” data, so it can personalize the web in the [...]

By: Zebek Jumps Into the Personalization Race: Tech News «

Zebek Jumps Into the Personalization Race: Tech News « — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:00:34 +0000

[...] any of it with third parties. After the brouhaha over Internet information aggregator Rapleaf, which Om has diligently followed, it’s going to be important for all personalization companies to be up front about how [...]

By: Carriers Have a Hunch There’s Money in User Data: Tech News «

Carriers Have a Hunch There’s Money in User Data: Tech News « — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:05:48 +0000

[...] about carriers assisting the government on domestic surveillance. Web users are also learning how companies like RapLeaf are building profiles on them based on their web usage, which is unsettling for some. So carriers will need to tread [...]

By: Why Is Email the Prize in the Facebook-Google Battle? | Liz Gannes | NetworkEffect | AllThingsD

Thu, 11 Nov 2010 05:47:35 +0000

[...] email seems to be the agreed-upon best proxy for web services. Companies like Rapleaf run their businesses on connecting and aggregating information about people based on identifying their valid email [...]

By: Augmented Reality or Futuristic Invasion of Privacy?: Tech News «

Augmented Reality or Futuristic Invasion of Privacy?: Tech News « — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:01:04 +0000

[...] Om noted recently, services like Rapleaf have all kinds of data about you, compiled from various public databases and the history of your movements around the web and [...]