Big Brother Obama is watching you on-line despite his claims to want to protect your privacy.  Dave Levinthal of Politico reports on Team Obama's vast efforts to tap people's on-line behavior to gin up votes and money for his campaign : President Barack Obama wants companies like Google and Facebook to reform their privacy practices. But that's not stopping his reelection campaign from tapping the rich data Internet companies hold on millions of potential voters. Obama for America has already invested millions of dollars in sophisticated Internet messaging, marketing and fundraising efforts that rely on personal data sometimes offered up voluntarily - like posts on a Facebook page- but sometimes not. And according to a campaign official and former Obama staffer, the campaign's Chicago-based headquarters has built a centralized digital database of information about millions of potential Obama voters. It all means Obama is finding it easier than ever to merge offline data, such as...(Read Full Post)