Data Sharing

Facebook still allowed race exclusion for housing advertisers

Data Sharing / advertising, facebook, people

Last year, ProPublica revealed that Facebook allowed housing advertisers to exclude races in…

Dangers of CSV injection

Data Sharing / csv, security

George Mauer highlights how a hacker might access other people’s data by putting…

Roomba selling maps of home interiors

Data Sharing / privacy, Roomba

Newer Roomba vacuums form a map of your house to more efficiently clean…

Open data from The White House returns no results

Data Sharing / closed data, government

When you search for datasets on The White House site, you get nothing.…

Open data board game

Data Sharing / game, open data

Datopolis is a board game by Ellen Broad and Jeni Tennison from the…

Illegal to collect environmental data in Wyoming

Data Sharing / environment, law, Wyoming

Wyoming just passed a law that makes it illegal to collect data about…

Being dangerous

Data Sharing / lunch talk, privacy

Think big data, and it’s tough not to associate it with big corporations…

When data gets creepy

Data Sharing / Ben Goldacre, privacy

You make and publish bits of data about yourself, intentionally and unintentionally, and…

Revealing location history via your phone’s Wi-Fi

Data Sharing / privacy, Wi-Fi

When you have your phone’s Wi-Fi turned on, even if you’re not connected…

Strava Metro aims to help cities improve biking routes

Data Sharing / cycling, government, Strava

Last month, Strava, which allows users to track their bike rides and runs,…

Global status tracker for open government data

Data Sharing / OKFN, open data

The Open Knowledge Foundation launched the Open Data Index, so you can see…

U.S. Open Data Institute

Data Sharing / open data

With a $250,000 grant from the Knight Foundation, Waldo Jaquith pushes forward with…

Link

Path Social Networking App Settles FTC Charges

Data Sharing / FTC, link, Path, privacy

Path, a social networking app that lets you track and share personal information about yourself, settled with the FTC for $800k. They allegedly collected kids’ personal information without their parents’ consent. This is from February but important to know.