PrivacySpot.com - Privacy Law and Data Protection - nothing but privacyWelcome to Privacy Spot, a privacy law blog sponsored by Hughes & Luce, LLP. Privacy Spot provides news, commentary and resources related to current privacy law and data protection topics and issues.Data Mining for Fun and Profit- January 5, 2006 Tom Owad at applefritter.com has posted a detailed story on how he was able to use Amazon wishlists to profile thousands of people. By using the search function at Amazon, he accessed and downloaded over 260,000 publicly-available wishlists. He then searched the lists for "suspicious" books and authors, including Fahrenheit 451, Michael Moore, Rush Limbaugh, the KoranQuran and, of course, Build Your Own Laser, Phaser, Ion Ray Gun and Other Working Space Age Projects. At this...http://privacyspot.com/?q=node/view/788 |