Chronicles of Dissent reports the story of librarian Brenda Biesterfeld, who says she was fired after alerting authorities that a patron was viewing child pornography on library computers. Apparently she notified her supervisor (Hill) who told her merely to give…
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Imagine you have been keeping a LiveJournal diary for a long period of time, amassing hundreds of posts about various details of your personal life. You have always been an open individual, so you naturally made all of your posts…
On the heels of growing public awareness of how "large Web companies are learning more about people than ever from what they search for and do on the Internet, gathering clues about the tastes and preferences of a typical user…
Read More Proposed NY Law to Limit the Web Tracking also Requires Access to Data Collected
As I've been saying... To Aim Ads, Web Is Keeping Closer Eye on You, New York Times, March 11, 2008 ...A new analysis of online consumer data shows that large Web companies are learning more about people than ever from…
The German Constitutional Court, ruling on the constitutionality of secret online searches of computers by government agencies, has created a new "basic right to the confidentiality and integrity of information-technological systems" as derived from the German Constitution. The AP reports:…
Google has provided some more information about their beta eHealth product, including this claim regarding privacy and security: Privacy and Security - Due to the sensitive and personal nature of the data that will be stored in Google Health, we…
The call for papers for the 2008 Computers, Freedom & Privacy conference has been released. This year's theme is "Technology Policy '08". Details below: COMPUTERS, FREEDOM, AND PRIVACY: TECHNOLOGY POLICY '08 http://cfp2008.org/ 18th Annual CFP conference May 20-23, 2008 Omni…
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Google announced the start of a pilot project to test its own electronic health records storage platform. The same privacy concerns that arise when considering Microsoft's HealthVault solution apply here: How is the data stored? Is it encrypted? Who can…
Read More Google Tests its eHealth Platform, Privacy Promised
Similar to my recent probes and interactions with the designers of the social networking site Moli, I recently enjoyed the opportunity to discuss privacy-related design issues with the product manager for Microsoft's HealthVault platform. HealthVault is Microsoft's attempt to provide…
Earlier this week, Technology Review ran a piece discussing the social networking site, Moli, which allows users to manage multiple identities through a common login, controlling who gets to see what aspect of their lives. I was quoted in the…
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