Tracking

Thirteen Ways Government Tracks Us

Bill Quigley | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Civil Liberties, Department of Defense, War on Terror, Homeland Security, Surveillance, Cellphone Tracking, Government Surveillance, Counterterrorism, National Security Agency, GPS Tracking, Electronic Surveillance, Tracking, FBI Surveillance, Politics News
Bill Quigley

The advanced technology of the war on terrorism, combined with deferential courts and legislators, have endangered both the right to privacy and the right of people to be free from government snooping and tracking.

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America's Public Schools: Still Unequal And Unjust

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Public Schools, Resources, Latino, Low-Minority, Arne Duncan, Expulsion Rate, Teacher Salaries, Funding, High-Minority, Teacher Salary, Out-of-School Suspensions, African American, Civil Rights, Low-Performing Schools, Grade Retention, Racism, Department of Education Civil Rights Data Collection Survey, Discrimination, Black, Dropout, Public Education, African-Americans, African Americans, Tracking, The Great Equalizer, Department of Education, Zero Tolerance, Office for Civil Rights, Ineffective Teachers, Education, Secretary of Education, Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, Teachers, Inequality, Home News
Marian Wright Edelman

The struggle to make sure a quality education is available to every child -- and not just a privilege for a few -- is the unfinished and critical business before the nation for it will determine America's future place on the global stage in a rapidly changing competitive world.

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Will Arkansas Officials Support Black Student Achievement?

Rashad Robinson | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Arkansas, Teenage Pregnancy, Education, ColorOfChange.Org, Tracking, Civil Rights, Education News
Rashad Robinson

Kymberly Wimberly was forced to share a "co-valedictorian" designation with a lower achieving White student. This after a staffer worried aloud that having her in that role would cause "a big mess."

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What Your Personal Data Is Worth To Advertisers

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 07.14.2011

Read More: Internet Privacy, Online Advertising, Rapleaf, Personal Information, Personal Data, Online Tracking, Internet Tracking, Tracking, Technology News

The personal information of web users is worth a lot to advertisers--but when it comes to calculating just how much, the figures may surprise you. ...

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Why We Need "Do Not Track Kids"

Jim Steyer | Posted 07.11.2011

Read More: Online Marketing, Digital Media, Do Not Track, Children, Tracking, Social Media, Technology News, Geolocation, Online Privacy, Technology, Online Advertising, Technology News
Jim Steyer

Representatives Ed Markey (D-MA) and Joe Barton (R-TX) took a major step to protect the privacy of kids online by introducing "Do Not Track Kids" legi...

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Microsoft Tracks Locations Of Windows Phone Users

CNET News | Posted 06.26.2011

Read More: Microsoft Tracking, Microsoft Windows Phone, Online Privacy, Windows Phone Tracking, Tracking, Microsoft, Technology News

Like Apple and Google, Microsoft collects records of the physical locations of customers who use its mobile operating system. Windows Phone 7, suppor...

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Keeping Tabs On Who's Keeping Tabs

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marketing, Online Privacy, Clipper Card, Ftc, Do Not Track List, Tracking, Privacy, Technology News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. By Luz Elena Hernandez Lately I've been t...

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Minnesota Principal Carol Markham-Cousins on Waiting for 'Superman'

Zorianna Kit | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Waiting for Superman, Teacher Evaluations, Education Reform, Charter Schools, Tracking, Education News
Zorianna Kit

In a previous post, I talked to LA elementary school principal Donald S. Wilson about the film and the current public education crisis. Now, Carol Markham-Cousins, principal at Washburn High School in Minneapolis, MN shares her views.

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PHOTOS: CARTOGRAPHY: From Transport To Mouse Clicks, Gorgeous Information Design

Patricia Brizzio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mapping, Cartography, Patterns, Architecture, Network Architecture, Indexical Architecture, Parametric Design, Design, Spatial Arrangements, Design Tools, Diagram, Information, Data, Graphic Representation, Digital Design, Material Organizations, Cognitive Mapping, Tracking, Slidepollajax, Algorithmic Architecture, Visual-Complexity, Information Design, Arts News
Patricia Brizzio

Some radical forms of mapping, representation and analysis are being developed through a cartography that renders visible the fast-growing amount of d...

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Are we all Created the Same?

Linda Silverman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: High School, Teaching, Tracking, High School Students, School Curriculum, Education News
Linda Silverman

Everyone has different abilities and we all peak at different level, depending upon what that activity is. Unfortunately, this view is not shared by the people writing school curriculums now.

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Do Not Track Kids -- Privacy Versus Profits

Jim Steyer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Digital Media, Online Privacy, Technology, Online Advertising, Tracking, Social Media, Children, Geolocation, Online Marketing, Technology News
Jim Steyer

Kids and families should not have to "opt out" of something in order to protect their privacy. Period.

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How Not to Be a Tracker

Ari Rabin-Havt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tracking, Media, Politics News
Ari Rabin-Havt

This week, a young man showed up at the Media Matters office with a camera. There is nothing wrong with tracking, but if you are going to do it, it might be a good idea to come prepared with more than a single question based on a false premise.

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Gov 2.0 In Need of the "G" Chip?

Alan W. Silberberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fcc, Gov 2.0, U.S. Government, Open Source, gov20, Government, Personal Responsibility, Security, Cookies, Internet, Tracking, gov30, Alan W. Silberberg, Ftc, V-Chip, G-Chip, Technology News
Alan W. Silberberg

As governments rush head on into constructing their own Gov 2.0 online platforms, applications and services; care needs to be taken to consider the privacy, industrial and personal issues.

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Buzz or Bust

Leslie Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google Reader, Social Network, Picasa, Twitter, Privacy, Facebook, Google, Address Book, Smartphone, Iphone, Location-Enabled, Buzz, Tracking, Cell Phone, Technology News
Leslie Harris

When merging data sources and privacy preferences companies must proceed carefully, a lesson Google seems to have learned last weekend.

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FBI Tracking Cell Phones via GPS?

Newsweek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cell Phones, Fbi, Regulation, Gps, Secret, Tracking, FBI Cell Phone, Justice Department Cell Phone, Justice Department and Cell Phone, Technology News

The Justice Department is poised this week to publicly defend a little-known law-enforcement practice that critics say may be the "sleeper" privacy is...

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Cellphone Spyware Lets You Eavesdrop On Calls, Track Every Move (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spyware, Cellphone Spyware, Big Brother, Cell Phone Tracking, Phone Spyware, Tracking, Cellphone, Video, Technology News

Spyware for cellphones has taken Big Brother a whole new set of capabilities. With the new spyware software now available, you can be alerted every t...

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Final Electoral Math -- My Election Picks

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tossup, Polls, Vice President, Penultimate, Elector, Election Day, Al Franken, State, Poll, Mccain, Obama, Campaign, Charts, Electoral College, 2008 Electoral Graphics, President, Sarah Palin, Electoral Math, Polling, Electoral, 2008, 2008 Campaign, Election Analysis, Tracking, Bounce, Closed the Deal, Chart, John McCain, Electoral Vote, House, States, Franken, Landslide, 2008 Elections, Joe Biden, 08, Abulsme.com, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Biden, Election, Electoral Votes, 08 Election, Elections, 08 Campaign, Vote, Palin, Barack, 2008 Presidential Race, Samuel Minter, State by State, Battleground, Senate, State Polls, Politics News
Chris Weigant

About the Cartoonist  |  Reprint Policy Because it's Election Day, I'm not going to give a detailed analysis of the past week's polls, as I...

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Electoral Math -- Obama Has Closed The Deal

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Welcome to the penultimate Electoral Math column. OK, I admit, I just like correctly using the word "penultimate." Plus, it's fun to say! Try it! If...

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Electoral Math -- Obama Holds His Lead

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

More and more, it is looking like Virginia will be the state that decides Election Night in Obama's favor. Sure, it could be Florida or Ohio, but my guess is that the vote-counting is going to take a while in both of them,

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Electoral Math -- Obama Lead Insurmountable?

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

It's going to be all but impossible to continue the "we're in a dead heat" nonsense if Barack Obama decisively wins Florida and Virginia when the East Coast returns come in.

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