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7 reasons the FTC could audit your privacy program. Opinion August 21, 2012 03:08 PM ET Computerworld - The Federal Trade Commission's $22.5 million settlement with Google last month over its user-tracking practices woke up enterprise-risk managers around the country. With penalty thresholds hitting this new range of pain, publicly traded companies now have to ask whether data privacy should be included in their Securities and Exchange Commission filings as a key risk. What would it take, though, for the FTC to open up an investigation of your company? This is the question I tested last week. What did I find out? 1. The FTC has been saying for the past couple of years that it's wary of so-called online-behavioral advertising -- the amassing of large data dossiers on website visitors, usually through cookies, in order to deliver those visitors highly targeted ads.
This is what happened in the Google case. The FTC has successfully prosecuted others on this same topic. 2. WashingtonPost. The Magic of Doing One Thing at a Time - Tony Schwartz. By Tony Schwartz | 8:53 AM March 14, 2012 Why is it that between 25% and 50% of people report feeling overwhelmed or burned out at work? It’s not just the number of hours we’re working, but also the fact that we spend too many continuous hours juggling too many things at the same time. What we’ve lost, above all, are stopping points, finish lines and boundaries. Technology has blurred them beyond recognition. Tell the truth: Do you answer email during conference calls (and sometimes even during calls with one other person)?
The biggest cost — assuming you don’t crash — is to your productivity. But most insidiously, it’s because if you’re always doing something, you’re relentlessly burning down your available reservoir of energy over the course of every day, so you have less available with every passing hour. I know this from my own experience. If you’re a manager, here are three policies worth promoting: 1. 2. 3. It’s also up to individuals to set their own boundaries. 1. 2. 3.
Lindsey C. Holmes, Evernote Small Business Ambassador Shares Her Business and Marketing Tips. We’ve heard from many of our small business users that Evernote is an invaluable tool for keeping track of ideas, projects, and to collaborate with teammates. Today, we’re excited to announce our newest Ambassador, who will be sharing her tips for using Evernote in a small business setting.
To kick things off, we’re handing the mic over to Lindsey C. Holmes. For those of you attending SXSW this year, check out the meetup Lindsey is hosting in Austin! Bio Lindsey C. I use Evernote, Everywhere MacWindowsiPhoneiPadWeb I use Evernote for Running my Business I’ve been an Evernote user for three years and in that time, it has changed the way I think; a phenomenal feat for a free tool. Evernote is seamless. How I use Evernote for Marketing I’ve been using Evernote to capture and create for years, but recently, I’ve realized its huge potential for distribution. We create Shared Notebooks for all of our events. Evernote for sentimental mementos, serial numbers and more I go to a lot of events. PayPal Here: Mobile Credit Card Reader. Being the online leader in electronic payments, PayPal has just launched a new mobile payment system called PayPal Here. The triangle-shaped device plugs into your smartphone’s earphone jack and lets anyone accept credit cards.
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