Did You Know Twitter Tracks You on Third-Party Websites?—InfoLawGroup’s Tanya Forsheit

With consumers becoming more and more aware—and concerned—regarding their online privacy, “Do-Not-Track” has become all the rage, with Microsoft even considering making it the default on the newest version of their Internet Explorer browser. Twitter has also joined this trend as they adopted a DNT browser option as well. It’s interesting then as they, at the same time, also rolled out their “tailored suggestion service,” which draws on user data collected from third-party websites to recommend other users to follow. Tanya Forsheit, See more +

With consumers becoming more and more aware—and concerned—regarding their online privacy, “Do-Not-Track” has become all the rage, with Microsoft even considering making it the default on the newest version of their Internet Explorer browser. Twitter has also joined this trend as they adopted a DNT browser option as well. It’s interesting then as they, at the same time, also rolled out their “tailored suggestion service,” which draws on user data collected from third-party websites to recommend other users to follow. Tanya Forsheit, InfoLawGroup‘s Founding Partner, joins us to discuss the service and the many concerns surrounding it.

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