Look! Something Redeeming about “White Chicks”
#WritingFromIsolationWard
Month: June 2012
- I could really go for some smarties right now; the ones from the UK not local ones #
- I wonder if Elizabeth will ever grow up enough to enjoy "The Commitments" #
- RE: robopocalypse & Amped | Not very challenging but quick and entertaining. Nick would have been a better villain. #
- Yay heavy rain and street celebrations; I'm never leaving the office! #
Powered by Twitter Tools
Insurers’ interest in data mining will only grow, says Kevin Pledge, the boss of Insight Decision Solutions, an underwriting-technology consultancy based near Toronto…. Insurance firms will also analyse grocery purchases for clues about policyholders, he predicts. But that raises some sticky questions about privacy. Mr Pledge himself has begun to forgo his supermarket loyalty-card discount on junk food and pay for his burgers in cash. Promising as data mining is, much will depend on how regulators, and consumers, react.
Insurers’ interest in data mining will only grow, says Kevin Pledge, the boss of Insight Decision Solutions, an underwriting-technology consultancy based near Toronto…. Insurance firms will also analyse grocery purchases for clues about policyholders, he predicts. But that raises some sticky questions about privacy. Mr Pledge himself has begun to forgo his supermarket loyalty-card discount on junk food and pay for his burgers in cash. Promising as data mining is, much will depend on how regulators, and consumers, react.
Scare Quote for your Saturday – http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120619/04094319383/data-mining-exec-pays-burgers-cash-to-keep-his-insurance-company-knowing-his-bad-diet-habits.shtml
Schilling also defending himself against charges of hypocrisy from some commentators who say Schilling’s outspoken criticism of government handouts and programs goes against his acceptance of hefty state funding to support his game studio. “I’m not sure where my stance and opinion in that we need a smaller government—I’m not sure how that correlates to this,” he said. “The program was there for local businesses to use. … That money was literally coming out of the budget into our company, going right back into the local economy.”
Like all domestic spending
Schilling also defending himself against charges of hypocrisy from some commentators who say Schilling’s outspoken criticism of government handouts and programs goes against his acceptance of hefty state funding to support his game studio. “I’m not sure where my stance and opinion in that we need a smaller government—I’m not sure how that correlates to this,” he said. “The program was there for local businesses to use. … That money was literally coming out of the budget into our company, going right back into the local economy.”
Like all domestic spending
