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Data Mining

A computer screen inbox displaying unsolicited emails known as "spam"

Have an Email Account Just for Spam? It Could Be Jeopardizing Your Privacy

The trash is where all the receipts live. 
By Luke O'Neil
Where are all the data going?

7 in 10 Smartphone Apps Share Your Data With Third-Party Services

When smartphone apps get permission to access your location or other activity, they often share that data with other companies that can compile digital profiles on users.
By Narseo Vallina-Rodriguez and Srikanth Sundaresan
Companies like Google and Facebook use cookies to track users across multiple websites over an undisclosed amount of time.

The Truth About Data Mining: How Online Trackers Gather Your Info and What They See

There are steps you can and should take to help prevent these companies from acquiring your information.
By Arthur Baxter

Booting Up: Peter Thiel Wants YOU for the ’20 Under 20′

By Kelly Faircloth

Data Miners Ready to Show You Your Private Parts

By Adrianne Jeffries

Conde Nast Shows Modest Ad Page Growth for September; Vogue Goes up 24 percent

By John Koblin

But in Good News: Conde Nast’s Ad Pages Ticking Up

By Esther Zuckerman

For Magazines and Ad Pages, Up is the New Up

By John Koblin

‘White’ Hollywood Vanity Fair Cover Sold Poorly at Newsstand

By Esther Zuckerman
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