Category: Misc

A paper by Ann Cavoukian, PhD, the Information & Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, describes the systems and initiatives driving the Personal Data Ecosystem and how they seek to address the challenge of protecting and promoting privacy, while at the same time, encouraging the socio-economic opportunities and benefits of personal information as a new asset class. The…

I’m not in the 1% on wealth. I’m not in the 47% who reportedly don’t pay federal taxes. I am, however, among those who still have no power or light thanks to the incompetence and mismanagement of Long Island Power.  I hope Governor Cuomo and my county do something about LIPA’s ignoring our towns for…

Peter Fleischer writes that we should expect to see more lawsuits in Europe when new privacy regulations come into effect. Until now, most DPA fines or enforcement actions have not been challenged in the courts and most privacy or data breaches do not result in instant class-action lawsuits.  All this will change, however, he writes:…

J. G. Vibes writes: A group of software developers with a history in military intelligence have created a smartphone app that promises to encrypt voice and text messages for private communication. There are already many encryption options in existence but they are unfortunately difficult to use, which is a barrier for those without the skills,…