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Great Client Research Department Ideas | RBDR

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January 24, 2018. Today on RBDR:

A nice summary of leading ideas used by 10 client research executives has been prepared by Ray Poynter with support from Vision Critical.

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Hello MR World: What’s Ahead in 2018 | RBDR

January 2, 2018. Today on RBDR:

RBDR host Bob Lederer presents some heady thoughts about what we can or should expect in market research in 2018.

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Google Buys Healthcare Monitoring Technology | RBDR

August 17, 2017. Today on RBDR:

1) Google buys advanced health monitoring company that relies on smartphones to collect individual medical data.

2) The benefit of NOAA/National Weather Service data to improve project retail sales is being offered by Enhanced Retail Solutions to its clients.

3) A patent was awarded to Reveal Mobile for precise locating of mobile phones and prediction of where those devices will appear next.

This week’s RBDR is sponsored by Socratic Technologies, a leader in survey gamification and other cutting-edge engagement techniques.

If your organization is planning a corporate research meeting, consider inviting Socratic Chairman Bill MacElroy to speak to your group for free. Bill has prepared a one-hour, commercial-free seminar on “Modern Engagement Techniques” and will give your team an overview of many new ideas for making your survey work more entertaining and interesting for participants.

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Researchers Advised to Elevate “Smell” in Emotion MR | RBDR

August 9, 2017. Today on RBDR:

1) Understanding the influence of emotion has become an obsession for some. Apparently, the most important and influential element in emotion is “smell.”

2) Voice-activated search and devices are gaining increased importance on a startling scale, causing a shift in marketing and research to track those marketing changes. Find this original story by clicking here.

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Privacy Watchdog Urges FTC to Stop Google’s In-store Tracking

The Washington, D.C.-based Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), a privacy watchdog organization, has announced that it has filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission which urges powerhouse technology company Google (Menlo Park, CA) to halt their consumer tracking of in-store purchases.

EPIC’s complaint asks the FTC to stop Google’s tracking of in-store purchases in order to properly determine whether Google adequately protects the privacy of consumers.

According to EPIC’s website, Google’s practice of collecting of billions of credit/debit card transactions also allow the company to link such personal information to the activities of users of their services. EPIC contends that while Google claims that it takes necessary precautions to protect online privacy of its users, they actively refuse to reveal details of the proprietary algorithm that “de-identifies” consumers while also simultaneously tracking their purchases.

In a 2015 Q3 earnings report, Google touted that the amount of users of their services (such as the Google search engine, Gmail email services, Google Maps navigation, etc.) totals 1 billion. The statistics relating strictly to Google searches total at 3.5 billion queries a day, and 1.2 trillion queries a year.

EPIC’s track record in filing successful complaints to the FTC that have resulted in some kind of action have been notable. The organization’s complaints have resulted in amendments to Facebook‘s privacy preferences, as well as in the launch of Google’s now-defunct social networking platform, Google Buzz.

You can read EPIC’s full FTC complaint by clicking here.