Jathan Sadowski writes: … Privacy should have a deeper purpose than the one ascribed to it by those who treat it as a currency to be traded for innovation, which in many circumstances seems to actually mean corporate interests. To protect our privacy, we need a better understanding of its purpose and why it is…
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Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board Meets March 5. Can You Find Your Invitation?
Jim Cook writes: Because President Barack Obama has not bothered to open a web page for the underfunded, unstaffed and unchaired Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, the only way for members of the public to know about its activities is to pay close attention to this website maintained by the Federal Registry. Despite federal law, the Board did…
Alan F. Westin, privacy scholar, dies at 83
Emily Langer has this obituary of Alan Westin, one of the most influential privacy scholars of our lifetime. At a time when our society is grappling with issues of domestic surveillance and wide-scale invasions of our privacy by government and businesses, his voice and thoughtful commentaries will be sorely missed, but his work will continue…
Don Quixote
Peter Fleischer writes: Re-read Don Quixote as you follow the debate about revising Europe’s privacy laws. Is it more noble to pursue the glory of fantasy over the indignities of the real world? Do we want to defend an obsolete chivalric code, while the rest of the world looks on with derision? Do we want a strong privacy…