But in the process, the sharing and collection of information occurs in a powerful new way with broad implications and new opportunities.
Ads depend on market analysis, which is information and exchange of information, use of information and, most essentially, the collection of information.
That means creating your own collection of information and idea sources, different from the sources being tapped by everyone else in your business.
It is more likely that laws will be used not to obstruct the recording and collection of information, but to catch those who use it to do harm.
In what most sane civilians will probably see as a depressing loss of protection, a three-judge panel of the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that citizens can sue the United States for damages stemming from the use of information collected via wiretap, but not for the collection of information itself.
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"Al-Haramain can bring a suit for damages against the United States for use of the collected information, but cannot bring suit against the government for collection of the information itself, " the court concluded.
The majority of the charges deal with al Halabi's alleged collection of classified information.
Absent the elaborate use of personal counter-spy measures, preventing the collection of personal information is increasingly futile and doomed to fail.
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BankRate, which operates a collection of financial information Web sites, expects to return to the public market with an initial offering of 20 million shares.
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Without any real benefit stemming from the collection of this information, imposition of this reporting requirement seems to be a solution in search of a problem.
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Perhaps the most troubling concerns relate to how the collection of personal information will threaten their personal safety and reveal personal details about their lifestyle.
The definition of collection of personal information has been changed so that operators may allow children to participate in interactive communities without parental consent, so long as the operators take reasonable measures to delete all or virtually all children's personal information before it is made public.
"Instead, we wanted third parties to verify that people did not approve of the collection and use of information from their accounts on Facebook and other services for inclusion in Google Social Circles -- just as Facebook did not approve of use or collection for this purpose, " the company said.
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But Google's increasing array of services creates an unprecedented collection of intertwined personal information, says Ben Edelman.
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) sets forth procedures for the surveillance and collection of foreign intelligence information.
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They must exclude from calculation of the charges costs associated with original collection and processing of the information.
Compliance convergence originates in the idea that many, if not all, compliance programs involve the collection and processing of information.
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Second, there is less efficiency and consistency in the collection and management of information from a growing segment of the industry.
It also prohibits them from conditioning children's participation in activities on the collection of more personal information than is reasonably necessary for them to participate.
Even if app producers or operators offer an option to block the collection of user contextual information, consumers will simply not exercise that option if it will adversely impact their mobile experience.
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Examine the feasibility and desirability of consolidating information collection requirements within and across Federal agencies and programs, and identify ways of doing so.
The site has a vast collection of housing-related information relevant to home buyers, investors and developers.
Their argument is as follows: The primary point of information collection about listed companies is financial market speculators.
Google said advertisers using its DoubleClick ad services agree to terms that prohibit the collection of any personally identifiable information.
Google's automated car can only drive by itself by tapping into Google's vast collection of maps and using information pouring in from special sensors to negotiate traffic.
With the constant emergence of new data collection technologies businesses are gathering and storing larger volumes of information at a faster pace.
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Markit, for example, gathers information from a large collection of financial services companies to provide an independent view on the value of credit default swaps.
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Mr Davies said when completed the new library would have an "excellent collection of books, electronic resources", information technology, WiFI access and learning and meeting rooms.
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