New 'Social' Businesses Want To Know All About You. No Thanks!
The benefits of social business may be dramatic and undeniable. But I am the only one totally creeped out at what seems to be an obvious invasion of privacy?
Fredric Paul
Fredric Paul is Managing Editor for ReadWrite. An award-winning journalist, editor, publisher and Web business consultant, he's been covering business and technology for longer than he cares to admit. Paul has held high-level positions AllBusiness.com, TechWeb's EnterpriseEfficiency.com, InformationWeek SMB, CNET, Electronic Entertainment, PC World, PC/Computing, and High Technology Business among others. He's also been a contributing editor to the MIT Sloan Management Review and consulted for companies ranging from dot.com startups to global banks.
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