Michael Zimmer, PhD, is a digital privacy and data ethics scholar at Marquette University
This week, at the Center for Information Policy Research, I launched a new project on Privacy and Cloud Computing in Public Libraries: Public libraries are increasingly turning to cloud computing solutions to satisfy their technological needs in order to best…
Read More New Project on Privacy and Cloud Computing in Public Libraries (and some aftermath)
On Friday October 12, 2012, I will be delivering the keynote address at the Virginia IRB Consortium Conference at the University of Virginia. My talk is "Research, the Cloud, and the IRB" (slides are below). While the presentation shares some…
Read More Virginia IRB Consortium Presentation: “Research, the Cloud, and the IRB”
Pew Internet and American Life project released a new study revealing that 69% of online Americans rely on "cloud computing" for many of their communication and productivity needs, including web-based email, online data storage and file sharing, or software programs…
Read More Use of cloud computing increasing, despite privacy concerns
"Computing in the cloud" has been described as a paradigm shift where data processing and other computer activities are moved away from personal computers or an individual server to a “cloud” of computers on the Internet. Examples include Yahoo Mail…
Read More Computing in the Cloud? I’ll Keep my Data, Thank You
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