Foursquare commits to not sharing raw user location data with third parties
Blake Shaw · Blake Shaw, Foursquare // Data Driven NYC 20 // Nov 2013 · Dec 5, 2013 · at 15:08
Blake Shaw, data scientist at Foursquare, addresses user privacy concerns during a Q&A session at Data Driven NYC.
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“We're not going to share your data with anybody without, you know we're just not going to share your data.”
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