Given the wave of criticism that is now hitting Facebook — and by extension all ad-based "free" services — over just what kind of information is being gathered, bartered and used relating to us, it will be interesting to see how much more the idea of paid services in lieu of ad-based free catches on.
Automakers would need to be more transparent about how driving data is being gathered, transmitted, stored or used.
The 12-page questionnaire appalled some who saw it, and raised a host of questions about why the sex and contraceptives information is being gathered, whether it will be used for political purposes, and what will be done to protect the privacy of those who fill it out.
That's our entry fee, and so long as it's clear what information is being gathered, and what it's being used for, then that's fine.
Currently 250 cases per uveitis syndrome are being gathered which will be used to validate the mappings and to form the basis of a classification criteria and a proposed ontology for uveitis [ 52].
In light of ongoing events it is worth highlighting that this data is gathered using messages and other details posted publicly on Twitter - nobody is mining your DMs.
In some academic disciplines there is a strong belief that some kinds of evidence are better than others: the best evidence is gathered using randomised control trials and accumulated in systematic reviews.
Performance analyses are based on simulation results, which are gathered using the wireless network simulator NS-2 [21].
More information about peers' work, including perceptions of the impact they were having, was gathered using interviews and focus groups.
This meant that information on the likelihood and magnitude of potential impacts was assessed as it was gathered, using a collaborative group process [ 27, 79], rather than reporting all potential impacts and then assessing them as separate steps.
