Babak Siavoshy writes: The most vexing failure of privacy scholarship, in my opinion, is that “privacy advocates” have failed to articulate in simple terms (to the public or any other audience) the value of privacy and the harm from undermining it. I’m not suggesting I can solve this problem, but I have some thoughts about…
Category: Misc
Letting Down Our Guard With Web Privacy
Somini Sengupta has a great piece on Alessandro Acquisti’s research on the behavioral economics of privacy in the New York Times. If you’re not familiar with Alessandro’s research, this is a great opportunity to get an overview of his major findings and its significance as we consider policy and regulations.
Study warns on mobile location data privacy
Jason Palmer reports on a new study, “Unique in the Crowd: The privacy bounds of human mobility:” Individuals can be uniquely identified with just four points of location data, a study of mobile phone records shows. Countless mobile applications make use of location data, and such information is increasingly used to tailor both services for…
Commerce Department to Host Data Privacy Seminar on March 25th
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration (“ITA”) will host a data privacy seminar in Waltham, Massachusetts, on Monday, March 25 from 8:30 – 11:30 a.m. EST. Seminar participants will hear from a number of Commerce privacy experts who will discuss the Obama Administration’s privacy blueprint and provide updates on significant international developments involving the U.S.-European…