Via Politics on the Hudson, I learned that Richard Brodsky, one of the Democrat candidates running for New York State Attorney General, has issued a policy paper on privacy. Privacy White Paper_final A whole policy paper? Hot damn. That’s more than what President Obama provided us with when he was a candidate for President. I…
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Ca: Information commissioner warns concept of privacy in danger
Vito Pilieci reports: The world has less than a decade to make the protection of personal information and online privacy a priority before the two concepts are lost forever, according to Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner. Speaking at a conference held at the University of Ottawa, Ann Cavoukian said Tuesday that information is already flowing…
Using Transparency As A Mask
Jeff Jonas writes: As mankind deploys increasing numbers of sensors, and makes more sense of this data, more of our secrets are revealed. In a world of greater transparency, will you be able to be you? Or will you feel obligated to mask who you are, drawn to the safety of the center of the…
Did we pronounce privacy dead this week?
Caroline McCarthy reports: Does privacy exist anymore? Do we even know what it is? A conversation between digital academics Jeff Jarvis and Danah Boyd on Friday morning at the Supernova conference capped off a week in which many peoples’ perceptions of the tension between public and private data online were shaken (and stirred). “We have…