Tag Archives: PII

One Weird CRM Trick From Budget

Posted on Monday, 16 February 2015 7:00 am by markpilip

I just updated my Budget account profile, which only took a few moments. Now, according to this email, it’s going to take Budget up to another three days to update my profile with them. I have no idea what the … Continue reading →

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Best Buy Privacy Fail: The Return of Corporate Gobbledygook

Posted on Tuesday, 5 April 2011 6:32 am by markpilip

Barry Judge, the EVP and CMO of Best Buy doesn’t take my privacy very seriously. I know this because of the email he sent me last evening. The liberal use of the word “we” tells me this is a committee … Continue reading →

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Ugly Privacy Legislation is Certain. And it’s Our Fault!

Posted on Wednesday, 30 March 2011 5:49 am by markpilip

Yogi Berra once said something like “you can observe a lot just by watching.”  I recently added Ghostery (highly recommended) to see what information websites were collecting.  What I observed was shocking, shameful and something that’s so out-of-control that even … Continue reading →

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Data Customization & Privacy: Coexisting?

Posted on Tuesday, 15 March 2011 1:07 pm by markpilip

Regardless of the law, 90% of legal and privacy-related issues can be solved using the following construct: If I couldn’t explain this to my grandmother, then I probably shouldn’t be doing it. I’m at a legal and privacy panel at … Continue reading →

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