Microsoft reportedly laid off it's internal DEI team.
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I see your point.
Data collection is pretty broad in scope.
For example:
When I look at the webpage https://greatawakening.win/messages?type=unread
The querysting added to the link of "messages?type=unread" is a form of data collection.
This data collection is used to help the site owners determine what to display to you.
To have any form of dynamic behavior on the internet. Some form of data collection has to happen.
I agree that all data should be PERMISSION based that allows you to opt out of something.
When you click like on Facebook / Twitter. In order to show you information that you care about. Twitter has to collect data to determine that.
There just isn't a way around it when it comes to producing dynamic experiences.
If you read the data collection policy of this site, it doesn’t look bad at all.
Basically they log IPs at last login in case there’s a legal issue, and that’s about it.
https://greatawakening.win/privacy
Would be nice if a lot more sites were like that.
Most do have a data policy.
In fact.. Google will penalize seo results that don’t have a privacy page.
In my view: Data collection is not the issue so much.
It’s them trying to put in laws that will allow them to use our data against us.
Data itself is worthless. What you do with the data is where the value is at.
The data to make a dynamics experience on webpages does not have to be archived, and associated directly to you. It can be strictly tied to when the profile logs into their programs. The data I am concerned about it what is collected, stored, and mined to build a profile of who you are, where you are, and who your associations are.
It depends on how the program logs are structured. Logging to a flat file would slow performance.
A small structured SQL database is better. Or even a DB like MongoDB.
If they stopped learning who you are.
I am not sure how good of a customer experience you would get.
For Example:
On Facebook.
Most of the Ads I don't care about. I do tell Facebook to send me all the ads related to business, computers and fitness.
So literally 90% of the ads I see are in business, computers and fitness. They do show me games on occasion.
So if they don't know who you are. I think a lot of the content will come across as irrelevant and spam.
I don't use any of these platforms for ads. I don't need corporate America trying to sell me anything online. I get enough of that crap with their robo calls.
The purpose of an Ad is to make you aware of something.
Without ads.
It would have to be word of mouth.
How do we know something exist if it is not shown to us?