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Re: [webanalytics] Re: Is it ethical to track individual details through

To: "Webanalytics@Yahoogroups. Com" <webanalytics@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [webanalytics] Re: Is it ethical to track individual details through WA?
From: miles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 17:59:45 +0000
If the id is non-distinguishable from anything other than your customer 
database and access to that is dealt with by your dbas then sorry but where is 
the issue?

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-----Original Message-----
From: "Tim" <timm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 16:48:34 
To:webanalytics@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [webanalytics] Re: Is it ethical to track individual details through 
WA?


I'm just a newbie to all this (we're still implementing, I haven't even started 
doing anything 
 "real") but this is a question that we are looking at very seriously for our 
subscription site. 
 It seems to me that as long as you disclose the nature and purpose of what 
you're tracking 
 within your privacy policy and terms it shouldn't be an issue. 
 
 I do know that at least with Omniture (and so I'd assume likewise with the 
other major 
 vendors), to store personally identifiable information in the data collected 
by the page tags 
 is in violation of the contract, and thus you'll need to store that info 
elsewhere referencing 
 it with some userid.
 
 --- In webanalytics@ <mailto:webanalytics%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com, 
Biswajit <biswajitch@...> wrote:
 >
 > Dear fellow web analytics folks!
 > 
 > Let's assume a business application where all the users are registered user.
 > (Or, only username-password validated users can access that section)
 > 
 > 1. How ethical is collecting user specific details? For example, collecting
 > details like: When the specific user logged in? Which are the pages he
 > visited? Passing all the parameters in the URL, using session ids & cookies,
 > we can track the details of a specific user.
 > 
 > My concern is how ethical is that? Any specific write ups, case studies or
 > white paper will be highly helpful.
 > 
 > Thanks,
 > Biswajit
 > 
 > Senior Web analytics Consultant
 > Cognizant Technology Solutions, Chennai
 > Mobile: +91 98402 14028
 > 
 > 
 > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
 >
 
   
 
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