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You Gave Facebook Your Number For Security. They Used It For Ads. Add “a phone number I never gave Facebook for targeted advertising” to the list of deceptive and invasive ways Facebook makes money off your personal information. Contrary to user expectations and Facebook representatives’ own previous statements, the company has been using contact information that users explicitly provided for security purposes—or that users never provided at all —for targeted advertising. A group of academic researchers from Northeastern University and Princeton University , along with Gizmodo reporters , have used real-world tests to demonstrate how Facebook’s latest deceptive practice works. They found that Facebook harvests user phone numbers for targeted advertising in two disturbing ways: two-factor authentication (2FA) phone numbers, and “shadow” contact information. Two-Factor Authentication Is Not The Problem First, when a user gives Facebook their number for security purposes—to set...

Vermont’s New Data Privacy Law Data brokers intrude on the privacy of millions of people by harvesting and monetizing their personal information without their knowledge or consent. Worse, many data brokers fail to securely store this sensitive information, predictably leading to data breaches ( like Equifax ) that put millions of people at risk of identity theft, stalking, and other harms for years to come. Earlier this year, Vermont responded with a new law that begins the process of regulating data brokers. It demonstrates the many opportunities for state legislators to take the lead in protecting data privacy. It also shows why Congress must not enact a weak data privacy law that preempts stronger state data privacy laws. What Vermont’s Law Does Vermont’s new data privacy law seeks to protect consumers from data brokers through four important mechanisms. Transparency. Data brokers must annually register with the state. When doing so, they must disclose whether consumers ...

Dow Corning’s Carrollton, Kentucky manufacturing site is one of the largest silicone materials production facilities in the world. There they produce silicone fluids, blends, emulsions and intermediate materials vital to many of Dow Corning’s 7,000 products. They use these products in electronics, personal care products, construction, and energy. Upgrading their legacy system with a seamless, low-cost transition to new technology was a big ask. Bringing innovation to petrochemicals Changing what already works can be more stressful than replacing what doesn’t. And yet, that is what the team from Dow Corning set out to do. When components of their current Foxboro distributed control were reaching the mature stage of their life cycle, Dow Corning wanted to be proactive to prevent anything from happening. As such, they planned to upgrade the legacy control and I/O Modules. Phased approach to bring early production at lower cost Not only do the risks of failure and subsequent safety in...

Ordering machinery of any kind is a tedious and time consuming process especially when it is related to industrial components such as  equipments. Do you think that the answer to below mentioned questions is a yes, Are you bored by spending your time calling a sales representative, explaining your needs and asking for a quotation? Wasting time by endlessly browsing through product catalogue pages? Are you sick of waiting weeks for a standard delivery which consequently leads to reputation suffer because of constant delivery delays? Afraid of delaying your panel building project because of specific customer requirements? And finally: Are you dreaming of a new digital world where you could be 100% efficient? If you answered YES to all these previous questions, don’t miss our webinar for panel builders  Modern Strategies for Practical Time Saving . In today’s digitally connected environment, panel builders need ways to be more flexible, more productive, with better servic...