Andy Greenberg of Forbes discusses the initial concerns and reactions of privacy advocates to Obama’s cybersecurity plan. Concerns kicked into higher gear last week with news about NSA involvement in monitoring government traffic on private sectors and the Einstein 3 program. Greenberg reports: While the concerns over privacy and the NSA are valid, they could…
What does “sensitive data” mean?
Douglas MacMillan blogs about the definition of “sensitive data” over on BusinessWeek. As pointed out previously, at least some privacy advocates have noted that the online behavioral advertising industry’s proposal for self-regulation does not go far enough in restricting what types of information would not be collected and used. The definition in the self-regulatory program…
31st Intl. Conference on Data Protection and Privacy
Location: Madrid Throughout the three days of the 31ST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF DATA PROTECTION AND PRIVACY there will be an appraisal of some of the issues that are currently being discussed not only by the guarantors of privacy and data protection but by society at large, given the relevance for citizens of the decisions that…
Can Libraries Refuse to Disable Filters?
In the first legal challenge to Internet filtering practices enacted by relatively few libraries, the Washington Supreme Court is weighing whether the North Central Regional Library (NCRL), Wenatchee, can refuse to turn off filters at the request of adult patrons seeking constitutionally protected material. At issue in Bradburn v. North Central Regional Library, which was the…