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America’s Most Trusted Companies in Privacy
Traverse City, Mich. and San Francisco – September 16, 2009 – Comprehensive analysis of the privacy practices of America’s largest brands found eBay, Verizon and the U.S. Postal Service to be the winners of the 2009 Most Trusted Companies for Privacy Award, commissioned by Ponemon Institute, an information security research company, and TRUSTe, the most widely recognized privacy trustmark company on the Web.
The Ponemon Institute and TRUSTe conducted a two-stage survey to gauge the privacy policies and practices of leading consumer brands. First, the companies were rated as “most trusted” in an unaided survey of 6,486 adult-aged U.S. consumers. Second, an expert review panel at the Ponemon Institute judged the companies based on rigorous criteria, including the clarity and readability of privacy statements, notice, access to account information, cookie management, in- and out-of-network data sharing practices, as well as the availability of customer service staff.
According to the 2009 survey results, eBay is the Most Trusted Company for Privacy, proving that the e-commerce site can protect consumer privacy, all while handling massive volumes of sensitive data across the globe. Verizon earned the ranking as the second most trusted company, while the U.S. Postal Service, WebMD, and IBM rounded out the top five.
Verizon and the U.S. Postal Service became the very first telecommunications and government organizations, respectively, to crack the top three. Also of note, Facebook made its first ever appearance in the top 10, despite a tumultuous year for the social network’s privacy practices. This jump signifies Facebook’s commitment to implementing privacy practices that are approved by both their user community and privacy experts.
The rankings reflect a picture of today’s uncertain but evolving consumer reality, with long-standing brands making a strong showing alongside newer online properties, which ultimately comprised four of the top-ranked companies. IBM’s continued presence on the list shows the power and durability of its brand with both business and consumers.
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2009 Award Winners
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| 1 eBay | 6 Procter & Gamble |
| 2 Verizon | 7 Nationwide |
| 3 US Postal Service | 8 Intuit |
| 4 WebMD | 9 Yahoo! |
| 5 IBM | 10 Facebook |
“Year in and year out our Most Trusted Companies for Privacy study is a fascinating snapshot of public sentiment toward business, and the overall drop of financial services organizations in 2009 continues that trend,” observed Dr. Larry Ponemon, chairman and founder, Ponemon Institute.
“With the banking industry at the center of a national financial crisis, it’s no surprise to see a loss of trust reflected in the rankings of even those top performers on this list. Meanwhile, the continued strong showing of e-businesses such as eBay, WebMD, Yahoo!, and Facebook seems to demonstrate consumers’ growing comfort with doing business online.”
“We are honored to learn that TRUSTe and the Ponemon Institute have recognized our leading practices for privacy, security and trust – all qualities we feel are synonymous with our brand,” said Scott Shipman, CPO of eBay, Inc. “At eBay, we constantly and carefully listen to customer feedback and respond with program enhancements to improve the high level of trust and satisfaction our members enjoy.”
“We are honored to be named one of the most trusted companies for privacy. Privacy is a key priority at Verizon, because we know consumers will only use the full capabilities of our communications networks if they trust that their information will remain private,” said Kathy Zanowic, Chief Privacy Officer for Verizon. “We are gratified that Verizon’s privacy policy and practices have been found to give our customers the high standard of privacy they deserve.”
“All of the top 20 companies deserve recognition as privacy leaders,” said Fran Maier, CEO of TRUSTe. “We are proud to spotlight their commitment to innovating in privacy.”
TRUSTe and Ponemon Institute will host a Webinar to discuss the Most Trusted Companies for Privacy awards on September 24, 2009 at 11 a.m. PST. Larry Ponemon and TRUSTe CEO Fran Maier will present. To RSVP for the Webinar, please email webinar@truste.com with the subject “Most Trusted Company for Privacy Award.”
About Ponemon Institute
The Ponemon Institute© is dedicated to advancing responsible information and privacy management practices in business and government. To achieve this objective, the Institute conducts independent research, educates leaders from the private and public sectors and verifies the privacy and data protection practices of organizations in a variety of industries.
About TRUSTe
TRUSTe Privacy Seals help consumers click with confidence by guiding them to trustworthy Web sites. Thousands of Web sites rely on TRUSTe industry best practices to help them make the right decisions about privacy and protecting confidential user information. Half of the top fifty Web sites are certified to TRUSTe’s leading practices including, Disney, eBay, Facebook, Intuit, Microsoft and Yahoo. To find out more about privacy, visit http://www.truste.com.
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Data Mining the Mint.com Demographic
Data Mining the Mint.com Demographic
BY Chris DannenWed Sep 30, 2009 at 3:50 PM
The most significant: Mint is now aggregating data from its 1.5 million users and mining it for personal spending trends. To demonstrate the concept, Mint launched its Trends page three weeks ago with some teaser data, like graphs about the decline of the newspaper industry and the most frugal cities in America. Read more
QB 2010
Go under the hood and explore the top features your peers are most excited about:
Expanded! Client Data Review
Similar to spell check for your clients’ QuickBooks files, Client Data Review helps you find and fix client entry errors with 4 new tools in Premier Accountant 2010.
- Reclassify hundreds of transactions, or write off multiple invoices, statement charges, and financial charges from a single window
- Identify items with negative inventory in two clicks, then fix them directly in Client Data Review
- Identify and make adjustments to incorrectly set up items, including “one-sided items”
- Automatically fix incorrectly recorded Sales Tax Liability payments
- From Premier Accountant 2010, you can use Accountant’s Copy to fix and send back client files from QuickBooks Pro and Premier 2009
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About the Author: Charlie Russell is the founder of CCRSoftware. He’s been involved with the small business software industry since the mid 70′s, focusing on inventory and accounting software for small businesses. He is a Certified Advanced QuickBooks ProAdvisor and participate extensively in the QuickBooks Community user forums under the ID of CCRussell.
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Intuit is starting to announce the features that are available in QuickBooks 2010. The first two announced features are a Documentation Management program and Rapid List Entry/Edit.I have a preliminary copy of the program and I have a longer list of features, but I’m not allowed to talk about things until Intuit announces them. Keep your eye on this blog for more information as it is announced!
Documentation Management
When you create an invoice do you have a customer PO? Would you like to be able to see that document when you go back to look at the invoice? Use a Document Management System to “attach” documents to transactions in QuickBooks. Please note that this is expected to be an added fee service that you subscribe to (fees haven’t been announced at this time).
There are a number of these kinds of programs that work with QuickBooks, but this is the first one that Intuit is providing (well, not the first, they had one a year ago but withdrew it from the market very quickly). To use the Intuit version you must have QuickBooks 2010. This will compete with products like PaperSave Plus (reviewed here) and SmartVault (which I reviewed here).
There are some very interesting features here, but also a few things that I think need to be improved on. Note that this will store your documents offline (like SmartVault), rather than on your computer like (PaperSave Plus).
Rapid List Entry/Edit
This is a method of entering a large number of records to certain lists in QuickBooks. You have a spreadsheet-like form that lets you enter information directly, rather than one “edit” window at a time. This can replace Excel imports in many cases. Initially this will support customers, vendors, service items, inventory parts and non-inventory parts. Superior data entry and error checking features when compared to the Excel imports.
More coming soon, as Intuit releases information!
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D.C. Government Trades Spreadsheets for Transparency and Accountability
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D_C_ Government Trades Spreadsheets for Transparency and Accountability Presentation [PPT]
Cost Effective QuickBase Solves Big Application Development Challenges
“The agile application approach we chose, enabled us not only to meet the big business challenges, but also to create fast solutions for hundreds of little business problems from every agency and every office,” said interim District Chief Technology Officer Chris Willey.
The Challenges: •District Government agency transparency and accountability unattainable with spreadsheet-based data •Limited technical resources available for custom application development •Limited financial resources available for custom application development, especially during 2008-2009 recession •Custom application development too costly and time-consuming given only niche needs for applications
The Solution:
•Cost effective, customizable web-based solution gives agencies timely access to critical data
•Agile applications solve big challenges and hundreds of little business problems at agencies
•Secure, online database streamlined workflow processing, reduced data errors and compliance reporting
•Dashboards, email notifications, and roles & permissions enable District agencies to securely manage business processes and relevant data
The Results:
•OCTO deployed 155 custom applications across 11 agencies in 10 months with only one technical resource
•OCTO saved $7.51 million in application development and deployment costs
•OCTO eliminated processing errors previously caused by data inaccuracy and lack of transparency
•OCTO reduced costs and strain on IT resources with agency users customizing the new custom apps
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Chris Willey
D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer
Biography Chris Willey Interim Chief Technology Officer, District of Columbia Government
Chris Willey brings to the role of interim Chief Technology Officer (CTO) more than 17 years of IT experience in senior management and web development.
Willey most recently served as the Deputy CTO of Infrastructure Services for the Government of the District of Columbia. Among his duties were managing DC’s Information Technology (IT) infrastructure (desktop computers, servers, mainframes, networks and data centers) and leading the District’s public Wi-Fi initiative, which offers free Wi-Fi hotspots in government locations throughout the city. As Deputy CTO, Willey led a diverse staff of over 200 serving the District’s 500,000+ residents and 80 DC government agencies and departments.
Before joining the District, Willey served as the CTO for the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (CoG) for over three years. In this capacity, he developed the organization’s first IT strategy plan and aided Chief Information Officers around the National Capital Region to envision and implement regional technology solutions, such as deploying wireless broadband and fiber-based networks for emergency communications. Previously, Willey was the CTO for One Economy, a digital divide-focused nonprofit that provides computers, Internet access, and content to low-income families in the US and abroad. At OneEconomy, Willey was responsible for the IT budget, policies and all organizational and partner websites.
Willey holds an MBA from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. He earned Bachelor of Art degrees in English and comparative literature from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Chris Willey resides with his wife in Southeast DC.
