An article on TorrentFreak reports that PayPal is requiring private BitTorrent tracking sites to provide them free access for purposes of monitoring user content for possible copyright infringement.

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As a recent controversy over RealNetworks' (maker of the popular RealPlayer) surreptitious monitoring of user habits highlighted, privacy is the best policy.

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In the digital economy, regular and systematic monitoring of user activity allows companies to make intensive use of data in all sorts of ways.

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Data loss prevention systems are useful for monitoring end user activities and identifying suspicious patterns of behavior on the network, like accessing unusually large amounts of sensitive information.

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For a problem statement that explores the scope of systems needed to manage an empowered end-user base please visit Integrated Operational Monitoring at CITOResearch.com.

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However, the raw feeds themselves are most often provided to suppliers of social monitoring systems, not the end user.

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Instead it should be to create an incentive for businesses that rely on regular and systematic monitoring to adopt compliant practices in favor of user empowerment and innovation.

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Today, it has 300 people, out of a total work force of 3, 500, monitoring spam, resetting users' passwords and flagging user complaints to higher-level executives.

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