Young people today are sophisticated users of the Internet, using this medium with ease and enthusiasm. It is important that they understand the impact that these technologies can have on their privacy, and that they have the tools and information they need to make smart decisions. That’s why the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities (APPA) forum, [...]
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The New York Times gives tips on how to make it more difficult to track your Internet activities. Here’s the context of why you’d want to cloak your Internet trail: There are no secrets online. That emotional e-mail you sent to your ex, the illness you searched for in a fit of hypochondria, those hours [...]
Accountability matters when it comes to privacy. As a business, though, you may not always find it clear what accountability really means when it comes to personal information protection. Accountability is the first fair information principle in the federal Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). This reflects its importance—it is the bedrock of [...]
To recap: In 2010, Google came under fire for its Street View product, where the online services giant photographed homes and other buildings in numerous countries as part of its online mapping service, as individuals said the photos invaded their privacy. Then, in 2010, Google announced that, for more than three years — in more than 30 countries — it had been [...]
On Thursday, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano visited Canberra, Australia, to celebrate the 70th Anniversary Commemoration of the Battle of the Coral Sea (related to World War II). She also came to sign agreements, including one to “improve information sharing between the United States and Australia.” During her trip, she spoke at [...]
Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass), co-chairman of the House caucus on privacy, has sent letters (Markey page; archive pdf) to nine major wireless communications companies – U.S. Cellular, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile USA, Leap Wireless Inc./Cricket Communications, MetroPCS, Verizon Communications, AT&T, C Spire Wireless and TracFone Wireless — and asked “each about its policies and practices for sharing [...]
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Some entrepreneurs regard Intellectual Property Rights as irrelevant to what they are aiming to achieve, while others are overly mindful of IP rights, even to the point of treating them as an end in themselves. Acquiring rights that a business doesn’t really need is an unnecessary expense that should definitely be avoided. Every business does, [...]
In March, the Federal Trade Commission started a new technology blog and Twitter account for FTC Chief Technologist Ed Felten. Recently, Felten wrote two posts concerning the issues of anonymity and privacy. In the first, he discusses “hashing” as a poor technique for “anonymization.” (We’ve discussed problems with anonymization and de-anonymization before.) Felten writes: What is hashing [...]
NPR takes a look at tensions between Europe and technology companies in the United States concerning privacy rights: America’s big technology companies are negotiating the details of a new privacy system called “Do Not Track,” to let people shield their personal data on websites. There’s no deal yet, but people inside the talks say the [...]