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Mobile and internet privacy

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

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

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

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

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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Yours trulyHi there! Thanks for dropping by. I'm Eoin O'Dell, and this is my blog: Cearta.ie - the Irish for rights.

"Cearta" really is the Irish word for rights, so the title provides some sense of the scope of this blog. In general, I write about private law, free speech, and cyber law; and, in particular, I write about Irish law and education policy.

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