Great thanks to Dan Solove for his kind words about this blog. PogoWasRight.org is the ‘mother ship’ for my privacy-related blogs. You’ll find coverage of court cases, legislation, human interest stories, and whatever I find as I read the news each day. There are also two companion blogs with specific privacy focuses: phiprivacy.net for medical…
Category: Misc
Should Rachel Maddow Sue Scott Brown?
If you’re a viewer of The Rachel Maddow Show or a reader of The Boston Globe, you’re probably already aware that Maddow has been all over Senator Scott Brown’s use of her name to raise money for his campaign. Brown has reportedly suggested that Maddow might run against him for his seat and that Massachusetts…
Wikileaks Editorial:U.S. must stop spying on WikiLeaks
Julian Assange writes: Over the last few years, WikiLeaks has been the subject of hostile acts by security organizations. In the developing world, these range from the appalling assassination of two related human rights lawyers in Nairobi last March (an armed attack on my compound there in 2007 is still unattributed) to an unsuccessful mass…
Laws are a Necessary but not Sufficient Condition to Protect Privacy in the Future – Enter … Privacy by Design
Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian recently addressed the Stanford University Center for Computers and Law (CODEX) on how laws and regulations are necessary but not sufficient to protect privacy in the future and how Privacy by Design provides the solution. The overheads from her talk can be found here.