Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

I suspect that this is to cover privacy issues. They don't want a repeat of what happened with the Netflix Prize. The Netflix Prize 2 was canceled because of the privacy issues involved with the data set (http://blog.netflix.com/2010/03/this-is-neil-hunt-chief-prod...).

The FAQ states that participants will be randomly audited to ensure that they are satisfying data privacy standards.



Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: