Comments on: Public health and Google Trends http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/index.php/2008/11/13/public-health-and-google-trends/ Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:51:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mary http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/index.php/2008/11/13/public-health-and-google-trends/comment-page-1/#comment-1829 Mary Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:33:01 +0000 http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/?p=153#comment-1829 T-Mobile Germany is now starting to use handshake data of cellphones when they log-in and out of different network antennas to derive a prediction on traffic conditions in the area. Obviously they say that privacy of their customers is protected by anonymization, but who knows for sure? Maybe someone will be able to extract the movement profiles of all customers if they have security holes in their systems. Misusing customer data is a very slippery slope. T-Mobile Germany is now starting to use handshake data of cellphones when they log-in and out of different network antennas to derive a prediction on traffic conditions in the area. Obviously they say that privacy of their customers is protected by anonymization, but who knows for sure? Maybe someone will be able to extract the movement profiles of all customers if they have security holes in their systems. Misusing customer data is a very slippery slope.

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]]> By: Tyler http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/index.php/2008/11/13/public-health-and-google-trends/comment-page-1/#comment-1788 Tyler Sat, 15 Nov 2008 17:44:21 +0000 http://blog.privcom.gc.ca/?p=153#comment-1788 You gotta admit, whether Google is anonymizing user data or not, that Google Trends provides some very cool, very insightful info. That said, can't we trust Google? They continue to make good decisions regarding privacy time and again. Very receptive listeners, constantly looking for better solutions and constantly iterating products to get those solutions out there. You gotta admit, whether Google is anonymizing user data or not, that Google Trends provides some very cool, very insightful info.

That said, can’t we trust Google? They continue to make good decisions regarding privacy time and again. Very receptive listeners, constantly looking for better solutions and constantly iterating products to get those solutions out there.

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