The personal data that companies collect from consumers online has become a big business referred to as data brokerage. However, most consumers don't know what personal information about them is being ...

Recruiting participants for injury and violence-related studies can be challenging. Online qualitative data collection can increase accessibility for some participants, expand a study's reach to ...

President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday evening tapped Federal Trade Commission member Andrew Ferguson, a former Utah Solicitor General who once clerked for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, to ...

What prompted economist Itay Fainmesser and two colleagues to put together their latest research paper is the prevalence of the belief that, when it comes to online data collection, companies know ...

The landscape of data security and privacy is constantly changing. With a Gartner survey revealing that almost half of organizations with more than 11 marketing channels are increasing first-party ...

During this holiday season, online retailers and others are using new technologies to collect, store, manipulate, and share ever-increasing amounts of consumer data at very little cost. The latest ...

Consumers are more aware than ever of how their information is gathered and used. Thus, brands need a more transparent ...

Introduction In cluster randomised trials (CRT), groups (rather than individuals) are randomised to intervention and control conditions. Since the publication of the Ottawa Statement on the Ethical ...