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NJBIZ Recognizes Next Level Performance as One of 2019 Best Places to…

Next Level Performance is recognized by NJBIZ as one of the 2019 Best Places to Work in New Jersey for its employee engagement philosophy supporting personal development and workplace values. (PRWeb March 07, 2019) Read the full story at https://www.prweb.com/releases/njbiz_recognizes_next_level_performance_as_one_of_2019_best_places_to_work_in_new_jersey/prweb16150524.htm

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ThunderCat Technology Named Best Places to Work in Virginia for Sixth…

ThunderCat Technology was recently named as one of the 2019 Best Places to Work in Virginia. The annual list of the Best Places to Work in Virginia was created by Virginia Business and Best Companies... (PRWeb December 14, 2018) Read the full story at https://www.prweb.com/releases/thundercat_technology_named_best_places_to_work_in_virginia_for_sixth_year_in_a_row/prweb15990757.htm

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Google keeps a history of your locations even when Location History is off

In a wonderfully clear example of “dark patterns” designed to mislead users and retain control over their data, Google continues tracking your location even when you turn off Location History and are told that “the places you go are no longer stored.” Google says it tells users, but its disclosure is the bare minimum and users are discouraged from further interference with data collection. A report from the AP lays out the details, but the information will come as no surprise to anyone who has tried to fully expunge their location data, or who read the “dark patterns” report from June . The problem is quite simple. When you turn off (technically “pause,” a choice of words in itself troubling) “Location History,” a major Google account-level setting, you are told: “With Location History off, the places you go are no longer stored.” Yet many apps and services Google provides when Location History has been turned off, in fact, do record and store your location. To be fair, this is explained, after a fashion, when you turn off location history ( here ): “This setting does not affect other location services on your device, like Google Location Services and Find My Device. Some location data may be saved as part of your activity on other Google services, like Search and Maps.” Although it makes sense that checking the weather would require location data, it makes less sense that the data would be collected systematically, in direct contradiction with what the user has been told. It’s not exactly a deception on Google’s part, but rather what appears to be a deliberate understatement of the company’s other location tracking practices. Not listed: that a precise location is recorded every time you interact with some apps and services. That “some location data” as part of your search history is precise and organized, good enough to reconstitute a person’s movements over a few days, as indeed the AP reporters did; with Location History off, there was in fact a detailed history of locations stored with Google. Google protests that you can turn off this location data collection as well — it’s just under a separate setting called “Web and App Activity.” Why is it there? Why are there multiple places? Why is the user not told that in order to truly turn off location history, there is a second setting that must be adjusted as well? Why is it assumed that the user will understand that location is also stored under separate headings of search and other services

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