This originally aired on Channel 4 in the UK: My transcript: Hi, and Merry Christmas. I’m honored to have a chance to speak with you and your family this year. Recently, we learned that our governments, working in concert, have created a system of worldwide mass surveillance, watching everything we do. Great Britain’s George Orwell…
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Pointer: The Biggest Privacy Stories of 2013
Over on Forbes, Kashmir Hill writes: Forget “twerking” and “selfies.” Dictionary.com dubbed “privacy” the word of the year in 2013. Here at The Not-So Private Parts, it feels a little like the unknown indie band we’ve been obsessed with for years just won best album at the Grammys. So why did the plight of our personal data achieve Arcade…
Event of Note: The New Frontiers of Privacy Harm
This sounds like a not-to-be-missed event. Wish I could get there to attend, but I’ll have to console myself with watching the live stream. Friday, January 17, 2014; 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM @ University of Colorado Law School, Room 101 Live Stream: to view, click here What harms are privacy laws designed to prevent? How are…
Article: Social Data (Hartzog)
From a recent article by Woodrow Hartzog in Ohio State Law Journal, Vol. 74, p. 995, 2013 : Abstract: As online social media grow, it is increasingly important to distinguish between the different threats to privacy that arise from the conversion of our social interactions into data. One well-recognized threat is from the robust concentrations of…