<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Bob,<div><br></div>I am very aware of the differences in privacy protections between US and other countries (Canada, Europe, ...). My note was just a reminder for all of us to be even more vigilant. We can’t take back data that is already out there, but we don’t need to provide additional personal data (especially about our behavior).<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfMessage"><div><br></div><div>I, for one, have been very careful of what data I provide to whom. So the LinkedIn article reminded me that protecting my data is even more difficult than it used to be. I thought that it included a good demonstration on how quickly personal data spreads from just one source.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for the additional reading recommendation,</div><div>Olga</div><div><br></div><div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Feb 22, 2026, at 2:52 AM, Robert Primak <bobprimak@yahoo.com> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div><div class="ydpf6de95ccyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div id="ydpf6de95ccyiv5393334618" style=""><div style=""><div style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="ydpf6de95ccyiv5393334618ydp411ded0dyahoo-style-wrap"><div style="font-size: 13px;"></div>
<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font size="3">Olga,</font></div><div dir="ltr" style=""><font size="3"><br clear="none"></font></div><div dir="ltr" style=""><font size="3">I'm sorry you don't understand the difference between someone living in the EU and someone living in the USA. In the USA (where LinkedIn is headquartered) what happened is standard operating procedure. The person complaining lives in the EU, which has different privacy laws from the USA. </font></div><div dir="ltr" style=""><font size="3"><br clear="none"></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3">In the EU, privacy is taken much more seriously than in the USA. You have in many EU countries, protections against having your personal data shared with third parties. EU laws protect biometric and national ID data much more than USA laws. In many EU countries, you have the Right to Be Forgotten, whereby you can delete your personal data from public-facing web sites. The USA does not have these protections.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3">LinkedIn did what is legally required under many State and federal laws in the USA to verify age and/or identity. Nothing they or Persona did was in any way illegal or unusual.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3">I have volunteered with the Scouts, and I went through the MA SORI/CORI process. If you think LinkedIn did a thorough background check, just try going through a real background check. The Scouts had every right to share anything in that report with their partners, including private investigating companies, if they were using them. </font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3">Just to pay my rent at my old apartment, a company in Florida and an online fintec app, both of which have advertising partners, had access to my financial, personal and credit data (including rent payment records). There was no other way to pay the rent. It was also paperless with automatic withdrawals from a bank account. They would not accept checks from a Trust Fund account. </font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font size="3">None of this is new. The same type of collecting and retaining of personal data has been going on since before electronic record keeping began. Banks and other financial institutions have Know Your Customer requirements, so they keep and share a tremendous amount of personal data. Even email services like this one collect, share and retain information gleaned by scanning all unencrypted email messages. These data are being used by advertising partners (hundreds of them) and in AI training. </font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font size="3">Don't get me started about the sharing of medical and insurance data. Did you know that many cars have Black Boxes which record your driving behaviors? Police and insurance companies can subpoena that data. </font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3">Nothing is new about any of this. It's just much easier to find out what's being collected and how it's being shared in the Internet Age. A good read about all of this is</font><div class="ydp75f859c6pasted-link"><div id="ydp75f859c6titleblock_feature_div" class="ydp75f859c6celwidget" data-feature-name="titleblock" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-csa-c-content-id="titleblock" data-csa-c-slot-id="titleblock_feature_div" data-csa-c-asin="1610395697" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row="false" data-csa-c-id="w3ylb1-b50aga-qxyzqw-jxgvs5" data-cel-widget="titleblock_feature_div" style="color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div class="ydp75f859c6a-section ydp75f859c6a-spacing-none" style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><h1 id="ydp75f859c6title" class="ydp75f859c6a-spacing-none ydp75f859c6a-text-normal" style="padding: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font size="3"><span id="ydp75f859c6productTitle" class="ydp75f859c6a-size-large ydp75f859c6celwidget" data-csa-c-id="7q3o1o-cg4yc4-tbeaqe-f62szk" data-cel-widget="productTitle" style="line-height: 32px !important;">The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: </span></font></h1><h1 id="ydp75f859c6title" class="ydp75f859c6a-spacing-none ydp75f859c6a-text-normal" style="padding: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px !important;"><font size="3"><span class="ydp75f859c6a-size-large ydp75f859c6celwidget" data-csa-c-id="7q3o1o-cg4yc4-tbeaqe-f62szk" data-cel-widget="productTitle" style="line-height: 32px !important;"><i style="font-weight: normal;">The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of</i><span style="font-weight: 400 !important;"> <i>Power </i></span></span></font></h1><h1 id="ydp75f859c6title" class="ydp75f859c6a-spacing-none ydp75f859c6a-text-normal" style="padding: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 36px; margin-bottom: 0px !important; font-weight: 400 !important;"><font size="3"><span id="ydp75f859c6productSubtitle" class="ydp75f859c6a-size-medium ydp75f859c6a-color-secondary ydp75f859c6celwidget" data-csa-c-id="26f4mv-pz5cxu-42pgo8-fvl5a4" data-cel-widget="productSubtitle" style="line-height: 24px !important; color: rgb(86, 89, 89) !important;">January 15, 2019</span></font></h1></div></div><div id="ydp75f859c6bylineInfo_feature_div" class="ydp75f859c6celwidget" data-feature-name="bylineInfo" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-csa-c-content-id="bylineInfo" data-csa-c-slot-id="bylineInfo_feature_div" data-csa-c-asin="1610395697" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row="false" data-csa-c-id="hju9tk-ym2ebz-z1bafs-abl4no" data-cel-widget="bylineInfo_feature_div" style="color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><div id="ydp75f859c6bylineInfo" class="ydp75f859c6a-section ydp75f859c6a-spacing-micro ydp75f859c6bylineHidden ydp75f859c6feature" data-cel-widget="bylineInfo" style="margin-bottom: 0px;"><font size="3">by <span class="ydp75f859c6author ydp75f859c6notFaded" data-width=""><a class="ydp75f859c6a-link-normal" href="https://www.amazon.com/Shoshana-Zuboff/e/B001H6O73W/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1" style="color: rgb(33, 98, 161);" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shoshana Zuboff</a></span></font></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style=""><font size="3">-- Bob Primak</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="font-size: 13px;"><br></div><div style="font-size: 13px;"><br clear="none"></div>
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On Saturday, February 21, 2026 at 12:11:36 PM EST, OLGA P GUTTAG via LCTG <lctg@lists.toku.us> wrote:
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You should read the following story that describes why happenes to the data you provide to LinkedIn to give you that little blue check mark:<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px;"><div><div style="display:block;"><div style="display:inline-block;" data-url="https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/" class="ydp88b07775yiv5393334618ydp82f027d1yiv6381286482apple-rich-link"><a shape="rect" dir="ltr" style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;width:300px;text-decoration:none;" href="https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/" class="ydp88b07775yiv5393334618ydp82f027d1yiv6381286482lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:300px;background-color:#8F8F8F;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="300" class="ydp88b07775yiv5393334618ydp82f027d1yiv6381286482lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1"><table bgcolor="#8F8F8F" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="300" style="table-layout:fixed;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgba(143, 143, 143, 1);" class="ydp88b07775yiv5393334618ydp82f027d1yiv6381286482lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;" class="ydp88b07775yiv5393334618ydp82f027d1yiv6381286482lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px;" class="ydp88b07775yiv5393334618ydp82f027d1yiv6381286482lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack"><div style="font-weight:500;font-size:12px;text-align:left;" class="ydp88b07775yiv5393334618ydp82f027d1yiv6381286482lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading"><a shape="rect" href="https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/" style="text-decoration:none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font color="#FFFFFF" style="color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 1);">I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here's What I Actually Handed Over.</font></a></div><div style="font-weight:400;font-size:11px;text-align:left;" class="ydp88b07775yiv5393334618ydp82f027d1yiv6381286482lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading"><a shape="rect" href="https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/" style="text-decoration:none;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font color="#FFFFFF">thelocalstack.eu</font></a></div></div></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="padding:6px 12px 6px 0px;" width="30" class="ydp88b07775yiv5393334618ydp82f027d1yiv6381286482lp-rich-link-captionBar-rightIconItem"><a shape="rect" href="https://thelocalstack.eu/posts/linkedin-identity-verification-privacy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span id="cid:ca5a734a-3053-70b3-9700-f481a64891bf@yahoo.com"><favicon.ico></span></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br clear="none"></div><div>I expect that other companies treat your info similarly, so READ the fine print before you provide more info about yourself than you think the company collects.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Technology is getting to be a REAL pain - SIGH,</div><div>Olga</div></div></div>===============================================<br clear="none">::The Lexington Computer and Technology Group Mailing List::<br clear="none">Reply goes to sender only; Reply All to send to list.<br clear="none">Send to the list: <a shape="rect" href="mailto:LCTG@lists.toku.us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LCTG@lists.toku.us</a> Message archives: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/pipermail/lctg-toku.us/</a><br clear="none">To subscribe: email <a shape="rect" href="mailto:lctg-subscribe@toku.us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lctg-subscribe@toku.us</a> To unsubscribe: email <a shape="rect" href="mailto:lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">lctg-unsubscribe@toku.us</a><br clear="none">Future and Past meeting information: <a shape="rect" href="http://lctg.toku.us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://LCTG.toku.us</a><br clear="none">List information: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/listinfo.cgi/lctg-toku.us</a><br clear="none">This message was sent to <a shape="rect" href="mailto:bobprimak@yahoo.com." rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bobprimak@yahoo.com.</a><br clear="none">Set your list options: <a shape="rect" href="http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/bobprimak@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://lists.toku.us/options.cgi/lctg-toku.us/bobprimak@yahoo.com</a><br clear="none"></div></div><div id="ydpf6de95ccyiv5393334618ydp82f027d1yahoo_quoted_1922850775" class="ydpf6de95ccyiv5393334618ydp82f027d1yahoo_quoted">
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