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Posted on September 23, 2011 by Garrick van Buren

Tracking you like it’s going out of style

“This means that Twitter has the ability to even track surfing habits (on Tweet button enabled websites) of users that have no Twitter account and have never visited a Twitter website before. When using the same browser to create an account at Twitter afterwards this collected data of the past can theoretically be linked to the freshly created profile then.” – Christian Schneider

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Garrick van Buren partners with leadership in companies of all sizes in the technology, professional services, media, and non-profit sectors to improve their offerings through calm and deliberateness.

Garrick is the author of 'Rebuilding Blocks: How the Game of Kubb Put My Life Back Together' available in paperback and ebook.

Contact Garrick @ 612 325 9110 or email@garrickvanburen.com

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