Pandia Search Engine News reports that the Norwegian Data Inspectorate, whose role is to protect persons from violation of their right to privacy through the processing of personal data, is investigating Google's information collecting practices. From Pandia's report: “Why do…
Month: January 2007
Recursive Surveillance
While we're all too familiar with how surveillance cameras are becoming ubiquitous, they are now also becoming recursive: CCTV to safeguard speed cameras
TrackStick: Amateur Surveillance
I just received a (spam) e-mail asking me if I'm interested in becoming a reseller of the TrackStick or TrackStick Pro. Um, no. TrackStick is a GPS tracking device featuring software integrated with Google Maps to enable tracking of oneself…
NYU Colloquium on Information Technology & Society Spring 2007 Schedule
The spring 2007 schedule for the Information Law Institute (NYU Law School) Colloquium on Information Technology & Society has been announced. I'm excited about the opportunity to moderate the panel on "A Discussion about Privacy in Web-Search" featuring Ramsey Homsany,…
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Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Others to Address Human Rights Violations
An important press release came out this week regarding a coalition of Internet companies, IT providers, human rights organizations, and academics joining forces to address human rights violations enabled by technologies and practices by some of the member organizations, such…
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Google’s Recent Evil Doings
Nathan Weinberg outlines some recent actions by Google which arguably flow against their "Don't be evil" mantra: They ran “tips” above search results, basically ads for Google services on any remotely related search, ones that no one could compete with…
Cyber-shaming, Limited Privacy, and Contextual Integrity
I've been meaning to blog about the discussion at Concurring Opinions regarding the rise of "cyber-shaming" - the act of posting online elements of seemingly private conversations or events that you happened to overhear or witness. Examples include the posting…
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RFID in Libraries
Inspired by a presentation by Olivia Nellums at the Identity & Identification in a Networked World symposium, one of my post-dissertation research projects will be on the privacy issues related to increased use of RFID tags in libraries. Luckily, Don…
Forget Neutrality — Keep Packets Private
Daniel Berninger argues that more than just neutrality is at stake with the "net neutrality" debate - its also a matter of privacy: Never mind net neutrality, I want my privacy. As in packet privacy. The telcos say they need…
2006 Privacy Year in Review
Both CNet and EPIC have released their Privacy Year in Review for 2006. Some highlights from CNet's 2006: A privacy and surveillance year in review: Gonzales: NSA may tap 'ordinary' Americans' e-mail (February 6, 2006): During Senate hearing, attorney general…
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