Sell-Buy Tweet Reaping Controversy !

Having previously admitted copying the data users, social networking Twitter to start another controversy. This time sales data at risk Twitter users what they tweet on his account.

This controversy began when two research firm announced it would sell the data they own tweet. Gnip Inc. and DataSift, are two companies that have been licensed from Twitter to tweet the analysis of archived, and general information about the Twitter users, such as geographic location.

DataSift announced this week will release the Twitter data in the package that contains data from two years of activity on Twitter, which can be explored buyers. Whereas Gnip can only be for 30 days back.

"Harvesting of what people say for a year or more will change the game," said Paul Stephens, director of policy and advocacy at Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, San Diego, USA.

Paul Stephen and other privacy protection activists also worry about the business model has negative implications, especially for the privacy of users of social networking.

This business model was questioned by internet security firm. "Twitter social media to grow and evolve, it will become a bigger issue," said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at security company Sophos Ltd..

"The company website online will know what we click, advertising what we see, and we'll see. It even evolved, they also want to know what we think. And that is scary," said Cluley.

Commercial

Actually, in 2010, Twitter has also made a deal with the U.S. Library of Congress, to 'share' tweet data users. Detailed agreement on the data which can tweet publicly accessible on the world's largest library is still in development stage. But there are restrictions, including the tweet data delay for six months back, and prohibition of the use for commercial purposes.

It also makes the company attractive offers DataSift. More than 700 companies reportedly already lining up for a trial offer.

The buyer will be able to see data that tweet in a particular topic and can even look specifically based on geography.

For example, Coca Cola Co. could figure out what people are talking about in Massachusetts about Coke Zero. Another example, Starbucks Corp. can 'overhear' conversations of people in Florida about Starbucks caramel latte made,

Whereas Gnip, which is offering the sale of short-term data, including real-time, said the data could be used during natural disasters. Rescuers will be able to use this data to monitor disease, so the impact on market sentiment.

Twitter declined to comment, and submit questions to DataSift. While DataSift CEO Rob Bailey said there is no access to a private conversation or a deleted tweet. According to Bailey, the company wants the aggregated data, and instead wanted to find out who speaks what to whom.

"The information that we provide is a public category. We do not sell data for targeted advertising. I do not even know how to work it," said Bailey told Reuters. (Adi)

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