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trip to the ER with your phone may mean injury lawyer ads for weeks approve
From: "Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 16:18:18 -0400
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From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com> Date: May 29, 2018 at 1:06:04 PM EDT To: nnsquad () nnsquad org Subject: [ NNSquad ] A trip to the ER with your phone may mean injury lawyer ads for weeks A trip to the ER with your phone may mean injury lawyer ads for weeks https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/05/injury-lawyers-push-ads-to-patients-phones-when-they-go-to-geofenced-ers/ Law firms are using geofencing in hospital emergency rooms to target advertisements to patients' mobile devices as they seek medical care, according to Philadelphia public radio station WHYY. Geofencing can essentially create a digital perimeter around certain locations and target location-aware devices within the borders of those locations. Patients who unwittingly jump that digital fence may see targeted ads for more than a month, and on multiple devices, the outlet notes. - - - --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein (lauren () vortex com): https://www.vortex.com/lauren Lauren's Blog: https://lauren.vortex.com Google Issues Mailing List: https://vortex.com/google-issues Founder: Network Neutrality Squad: https://www.nnsquad.org PRIVACY Forum: https://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: https://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Google+: https://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 _______________________________________________ nnsquad mailing list https://lists.nnsquad.org/mailman/listinfo/nnsquad
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