Golda Meir Library, West Wing, 4th Floor Conference Center University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Free and open to the public Topics to be discussed include: * What innovative online tools and services are libraries bringing to users, and what are the potential impacts on patron privacy? * Are there privacy considerations for providing or controlling access to…
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Educational web game by Nestlé sparks privacy concerns
A German educational foundation for reading faced criticism on Thursday for allowing food company Nestlé to collect information on children via an online learning game. But the group claims it was unaware of the practice. […] The game directs young players on a treasure hunt through ancient pyramids as they solve riddles about good nutrition….
Google Italy & Privacy: Not What You Might Think
Ryan Calo writes: Reading through Italian news coverage of the Google Italy case, another picture emerges. User privacy may well be at issue, but not in the way you probably think. I grew up in Italy and now research and teach Internet law in the United States. When I heard about the verdict against three…
States give inmates access to personal data of others
Peter Eisler reports: Prisons in eight states let convicts work in jobs that give them access to Social Security numbers and other personal information for the public, despite years of warnings that the practice should end, a federal audit finds. Most of the prisoners hold jobs processing public records for federal, state and local governments,…