My Digital FootPrint

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Report in full is here .....However, like our current dependence on fossil fuels, Big Data’s current use of  personal information is unsustainable, increasingly resulting in “pollution” via privacy infringement. At the moment, individuals have little, if any, control over their information’s use and disclosure in Big Data analytics. In addition to a host of privacy concerns, this lack of informational self-determination gives rise to an uneven exchange of the economic value. While the owners of Big Data algorithms profit from their use and disclosure of personal information, the individuals the personal information relates to do not—at least not directly. If not properly addressed, the privacy and economic concerns raised by Big Data threaten to decrease individuals’ willingness to share their personal information3—in effect, cutting off the flow of the “oil” on which the analytic “machinery” of Big Data runs. In order to make the interactions between Big Data and indi

Somewhere out there, there is a copy of your data.  Once created and you have shared it  publicly  it will be there - somewhere outside of your control.  Just because you have removed it from your places, it doesn't mean that it has been removed from everywhere….. The only  truly  private place is what happens in your mind and never shared. Everything else is based on trust.

By   NATASHA SINGER Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/technology/personal-data-takes-a-winding-path-into-marketers-hands.html The essence of this is article is that we don't know how or why something's happen in a digital world. Our data can go anywhere and is not in our control – nor is what others imply about us based on our data.  When it adds value we love it, when it does not we find it creepy

If data is…. My transaction data. Data from any, all and every transaction – spending, investment, bills, gifts, selling and free – www.mint.com Environment Data.  Where you are, what your environment is like, wind speed, temperature, gas usage, petrol consumption – everything.   www.efergy.com , www.theowl.com www.eco-eye.com www.diykyoto.com  :   Quantified self . Sensor Data from Google Glass , Nike+ sportwatch , Zeo sleep manage , Omron blood pressure monitor , Accu-Check blood glucose meter ,  Fitbit Flex wristband , Sportline heart rate monitor , MoodScope log and 1,000’s of sport apps on your smartphone.  Should the data be in silo or under my control or both? Routes and Routine data.   All your geo data www.waze.com , https://foursquare.com Content Data.   All data about how you create, use, consume, generate, recommend, share, about you, generate for any and all types of media and content – too many to mention Medical data. You and your

Source: https://www.unboundid.com/blog/2013/05/29/unlocking-the-value-of-personal-data/ this is a Katie O’Brien post on UnBounded ID and she brings up the “shift from controlling data collection to focusing on data usage.” The reason for this blog is that I am an advocate of users being able to know where there data is.  I cannot subscribe to user controlled data as it is just not practicable and I cannot subscribe to personal lockers as this becomes the weakest point. However, I do subscribe to an idea that a user should know where their data is, be able to correct it if it is wrong and be able to say that some data is a primary source and other places are copies.  Control does not exist and rights may only be granted in some instances. I don’t want to store my data, I just want the link to where the data is. Obviously this becomes more difficult if an agency is intercepting my data on route and storing it off line. #NAS #PRISON The issue being that if I do have some cont

Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF)   has recently released   a new report   about which companies protect their users' digital data/ identities. Download the complete   Who Has Your Back? 2013   report as   a PDF from here. Executive Summary When you use the Internet, you entrust your conversations, thoughts, experiences, locations, photos, and more to companies like Google, AT&T and Facebook. But what do these companies do when the government demands your private information? Do they stand with you? Do they let you know what’s going on? In this annual report, the Electronic Frontier Foundation examined the policies of major Internet companies — including ISPs, email providers, cloud storage providers, location-based services, blogging platforms, and social networking sites — to assess whether they publicly commit to standing with users when the government seeks access to user data. The purpose of this report is to incentivize companies to be transparent about how da

The   World Economic Forum  has published its 3rd report on personal data: Rethinking Personal Data:   Unlocking the Value of Personal Data: From Collection to Usage . The other reports are on the WED site Rethinking Personal Data   The report says we must solve simplicity and elegance of design for usability so people can see the data generated by and about them. The last part of the executive summary calls for "stakeholders to more effectively understand the dynamics of how the personal data ecosystem operates. A better coordinated way to share learning, shorten feedback loops and improve evidence-based policy-making must be established." The second chapter covers the context of data use, where everything surrounding data use affects people's privacy expectations and the choices of institutions using their data. It's great seeing this level of nuance brought to a general business audience. This report is notable for highlighting the role of the   persona

Source :Report on the Second Personal Cloud Meetup | Respect Network http://respectnetwork.com/2013/03/13/report-on-the-second-personal-cloud-meetup/

Are you more honest than a banker? Under what circumstances would you lie, or cheat, and what effect does your deception have on society at large? Dan Ariely, one of the world's leading voices on human motivation and behaviour is the latest big thinker to get the RSA Animate treatment.  Taken from a lecture given at the RSA in July 2012 . Watch the longer talk here 

Who hasn’t sent a text message saying “I’m on my way” when it wasn’t true or fudged the truth a touch in their online dating profile? But Jeff Hancock doesn’t believe that the anonymity of the internet encourages dishonesty. In fact, he says the searchability and permanence of information online may even keep us honest. Jeff Hancock studies how we interact by email, text message and social media blips, seeking to understand how technology mediates communication.

Companies have disaster recovery plans for data back-up, storage, and recovery. When thinking about identity fraud and in the aftermath of hurricane Sandy, do we need a personal disaster recovery plan and what would it look like? Whilst most certificates you can get again there is some personal items and data you cannot get back and a quick document scan stored in a secure way or a picture will save a lot of time later...... Personal data that CAN be recovered but it takes time and a little thought will save you a lot of pain. Certificates for you and your family : Birth, death, marriage, school exams, degree and professional Medical data for you, your family and your pets – #numbers, medication, illnesses, injuries, drugs, reactions, allergies Financial data, bank accounts, credit cards, stocks and shares, insurance (house, car, life), and recent tax returns Loyalty and reward cards Your contacts for friends and family Websites and Passwords Personal data that CANNOT be

Source : https://privacyfix.com/start Instantly check your privacy settings across Facebook, Google and the other websites and companies collecting your data. Get to the fix with one click. Know when policies change. they don't collect any data from your use of Privacyfix….

I have been doing some thinking about what real time means and I hope that this blog explains some thoughts. In the old world of data we collected lots of data and put in all into big databases and stored it. We then wrote cleaver algorithms to run over the data as analysis which gave insights such as context, feedback, fraud, behaviour and personalisation.   In my world I describe this as my rear view mirror. We collected data that we had just seen and then provided feedback on what had just happened. More recently we have dropped the store bit and instead use the real-time data feed to bring about immediate input what we are looking at based on sentiment, signals and intent. In my world I describe this as my head up display. We collected data that we had just seen (in the rear view now as passed it) but provide insights on what is happening. ---- The next point is a bit of a mind shift as it requires real time that is not generated by me, but could impact me. (Sensor data)  In

Google’s Zero Moment of Truth (ZMOT), Why consumers buying behaviour has changed forever. Up until now, leading brands have been the ones who consistently win at two ‘moments of truth’ for their consumers: The 1st moment is the consumer experience when they’re about to buy something; standing in front of a shelf with hand on the product The 2nd moment is what happens when they use it for the first time; opened the package and using the product Google argue that the ability to create and share your own content about brands has given birth to a new moment, the Zero Moment of Truth (ZMOT). Consumers can now discover a great deal about you before making a purchase; without going anywhere near your marketing or sales. Their research found that people now look at over 10 different sources of online information before making a purchase.  This means that as marketers we need to understand how to win at ZMOT and to explain this, work through your own model Step 1: what do I want to

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