Mobile and internet privacy
In honour of European Consumer Day today, and World Day Against Cyber-censorship earlier this week, two privacy reports have caught my eye. Privacy is concerned as much with what we wish to keep Continue Reading
Privacy from Birth to Death and Beyond
The image on the left is a detail from a poster advertising a symposium on Friday 8 March 2013 in NUI Galway on: Privacy from Birth to Death and Beyond: European and American Perspectives The Continue Reading
I will always know what you did last Summer, Mr Cowen
The image is a thumbnail of an apology printed in yesterday's Irish Mail on Sunday; click through for a full-size twitpic by David Cochrane. It is headed "Brian Cowen", and it consists of four Continue Reading
I still know what you did last Summer, Mr Cowen
This image, by Corey Seeman on Flickr, is the Monument to your Future Collaborators, on the pavement outside the Knight Management Center in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, Continue Reading
I know what you did last Summer, Mr Cowen
I know what you did last Summer, Mr Cowen, and in fact we all know what you did last Summer, Mr Cowen, because the the Irish Mail on Sunday reported on your enrollment in the Executive Education Continue Reading
Santa’s Privacy Policy (via McSweeney’s)
On McSweeney's: Santa’s Privacy Policy By Laurence Hughes At Santa’s Workshop, your privacy is important to us. What follows is an explanation of how we collect and safeguard your Continue Reading
On Ars Technica: How one law student is making Facebook get serious about privacy
According to Facebook's "About" page, millions of people use the site everyday "to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people Continue Reading
Fighting anonymity with anonymity: open justice and cyberbullying
Say you are a 15-year old girl. What would you do if you find a fake Facebook profile which contains a photograph of you, a slightly modified version of your name and other particulars which Continue Reading
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