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Category: Misc
FTC “Internet of Things” Workshop Explores Privacy Risks and Benefits
Richard Santalesa writes: The Federal Trade Commission’s long awaited “Internet of Things” public workshop was held Nov. 19, 2013, and webcast live (with presentations, transcripts and videos to be archived for ready access at http://www.ftc.gov/video) to explore a wide range of potential privacy and security issues associated with Internet-connected devices everywhere – at home, work and in the car. Read…
Google’s Top Futurist Says Your ‘Privacy May Be An Anomaly’
Jim Edwards reports: One of Google’s top futurists, Vinton Cerf, said yesterday that “privacy may be an anomaly” and “it will be increasingly difficult for us to achieve privacy.” They are scary words, coming from a man whose official job title at Google is vp/chief internet evangelist. Cerf is also known as the “father of…
FTC Names Latanya Sweeney as Chief Technologist; Andrea Matwyshyn as Policy Advisor
From the FTC: Federal Trade Commission Chairwoman Edith Ramirez announced the appointments of Latanya Sweeney as the agency’s Chief Technologist and Andrea Matwyshyn as a Senior Policy Advisor on privacy and data security issues. Dr. Sweeney is a professor of government and technology at Harvard University and the founder and director of Harvard’s data privacy…