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Privacy Norms in the Bio-Digital World
What is the penalty when public information is situated outside of its original format and mashed-up with other data sources? What happens when we correlate data to ‘map’ it? Continue reading
Posted in Geolocation, Privacy, Technology, Thoughts
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Rendering CCTV (Somewhat) More Transparent
In a conversation with Prof. Andrew Clement this summer we got talking about the ever-increasing deployment of CCTV cameras throughout Canada. The conversation was, at least in part, motivated by the massive number of cameras that are being deployed throughout … Continue reading
Posted in Privacy, Surveillance, Technology, Thoughts
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Google Dashboard – Does It Need Another Name?
While my complaint might be seem a bit trivial – call Google Dashboard something distinctive – I really think that for the end-user it is critical for distinctive feature sets to hold distinctive names. Why not call it ‘Global Data and Privacy Settings’ or something along those lines? At least then you’d find it as the top hit on a Google search… Continue reading
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Thinking About a ‘Privacy Commons’
I’ve been bothered by some of the models and diagrams used to express the ‘privacy commons’ because I think that while they’re great academic pieces, they’re nigh useless for the public at large. When I use the term ‘public at large’ and ‘useless’ what I am driving at is this: the creative commons is so good because it put together a VERY simple system that lets people quickly understand what copyright is being asserted over particular works. A privacy commons will live (or, very possibly, die) on its ease of access and use. Continue reading
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