2clean - 1:06 pm on Dec 17, 2008 (gmt 0)

This is a good move by Yahoo. Whatever the detail of the move is, the fact of the matter is that the protection of privacy and personal information, which includes how people browse, is a joke. research has shown that Privacy Policies (which include some of the biggest brands on the web) seek only to offer companies the greatest possible means to monetize the data they collect, under the famous opening liner of "We take you privacy concerns very seriously". The flip of this is that people fake their information when submitting it online.

While it is still early days, I can't help but think that the next generation of successful players online are going to be those that treat the usage of personal information as if it were there own. As business is not a personal entity taking responsbility for the data is something that needs to come from the top.

Let's hope others follow suit.
2clean.

[edited by: 2clean at 1:07 pm (utc) on Dec. 17, 2008]