Tony Plohetski reports: Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo says he and some of his officers have been harassed, lied about and had their identities falsely used in online blogs and in reader comment sections on local media Internet sites. They’ve had enough. In a meeting this month with department brass, Acevedo and the group discussed…
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FTC to Host Public Roundtables to Address Evolving Consumer Privacy Issues
The Federal Trade Commission will host a series of day-long public roundtable discussions to explore the privacy challenges posed by the vast array of 21st century technology and business practices that collect and use consumer data. Such practices include social networking, cloud computing, online behavioral advertising, mobile marketing, and the collection and use of information…
Designing the personal data stream: Enabling participatory privacy in mobile personal sensing
The Abstract from Designing the Personal Data Stream: Enabling Participatory Privacy in Mobile Personal Sensing by Katie Shilton, Jeffrey A. Burke, Deborah Estrin, Ramesh Govindan, Mark Hansen, Jerry Kang, and Min Mun: For decades, the Codes of Fair Information Practice have served as a model for data privacy, protecting personal information collected by governments and…
Treatment of Alan Turing was “appalling” – PM
UK Prime Minister released a statement concerning the treatment of mathematician and code-breaker Alan Turing, who following WWII was convicted of a homosexual relationship and forced to choose between prison and chemical castration. Turing committed suicide two years later. In recent months, a public petition called upon the government to apologize for the way Turing…