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Source: http://ashkansoltani.org/2013/06/14/prism-solving-for-x/ This is presented by Ashkan Soltani who is an independent researcher and consultant focused on privacy, security, and behavioural economics. The entire post is worth reading as it just tries to put some sense out about what is possible….

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Customer Commons have presented a research paper:  Lying and Hiding in the Name of Privacy http://customercommons.org/2013/05/08/lying-and-hiding-in-the-name-of-privacy/ Abstract A large percentage of individuals employ artful dodges to avoid giving out requested personal information online when they believe at least some of that information is not required. These dodges include hiding personal details, intentionally submitting incorrect data, clicking away from sites or refusing to install phone applications. This suggests most people do not want to reveal more than they have to when all they want is to download apps, watch videos, shop or participate in social networking. Keywords :  privacy, personal data, control, invasion, convergence Download a   PDF of the paper here . They surveyed 1704 people showing that 92% of the people do something:  hide, lie, click away or refuse to install an app.. in order to control their data and create some kind of privacy.   I

Source: http://www.privacysurgeon.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/PS-future-issues-full-report.pdf   Global survey of experts predicts the biggest privacy issues for 2013as mobile apps, mobile geo-location and data aggregation “Predictions for Privacy”, which surveyed more than 180 regulators, legal experts and privacy professionals from 19 countries identifies the key trends and major issues that are likely to emerge over the coming year. The report was compiled by the Privacy Surgeon and has been published by LSE Enterprise, the commercial and professional arm of the London School of Economics. It warns of a possible crisis of confidence over online privacy. The report warns that the exploitation of personal information by governments and corporations has tested the limits of public tolerance. The aim of the project was to establish a framework to identify the likely trends and events that would shape public policy and media reporting in the privacy realm over the

What Privacy Is For? Julie E. Cohen   Georgetown University Law Center November 5, 2012 Harvard Law Review, Vol. 126, 2013   Abstract:          Privacy has an image problem. Over and over again, regardless of the forum in which it is debated, it is cast as old-fashioned at best and downright harmful at worst — anti-progressive, overly costly, and inimical to the welfare of the body politic. Yet the perception of privacy as antiquated and socially retrograde is wrong. It is the result of a conceptual inversion that relates to the way in which the purpose of privacy has been conceived. Like the broader tradition of liberal political theory within which it is situated, legal scholarship has conceptualized privacy as a form of protection for the liberal self. Its function is principally a defensive one; it offers shelter from the pressures of societal and technological change. So characterized, however, privacy is reactive and ultimately inessential.   In fact, the liberal self who i

    Overall if you read this lot – your data (digital footprint) remains as relatively worthless … whilst the inconvenience, annoyance and frustration of losing you data or identity is not added as a cost item. Real harm, as measured in financial terms is low as all wider impacts are ignored, such as time wasted on the phone, unintended consequences, the cost of rectification, unable to get pictures or content back.... etc How much are you worth to a cyber-criminal? How Much Your Stolen Data Is Worth to Scammers How Much Are You Worth To Mark Zuckerberg? The plummeting price of stolen personal data How much are you worth to Google? How Much is Your Data Worth? How much is your online data worth? How much is your data worth? Why Your Identity Is Worth $5,000  How much is your personal identity worth? Your ID Price Tag: The Cost of a Stolen Identity    

Euro Security Experts Deem 'Right to be Forgotten' Impossible by  Justin Brookman December 4, 2012 Full version is here and worth reading: https://www.cdt.org/blogs/0412euro-security-experts-deem-right-be-forgotten-impossible ENISA comes to the same conclusion that we have: that a universal Right to be Forgotten is technically impossible on an open internet. It is simply not feasible to track down and erase all copies of factual information that had previously been made public. This is a welcome development, and hopefully will serve as a reality check against  magical thinking  that the Right to be Forgotten can easily be shoehorned onto the internet. ….. The Right to Erase Instead of a broad and impractical power to erase all iterations of controversial information, we’ve proposed instead that the Right to be Forgotten be reformulated as a more limited Right to Erase — if you choose to host or store data with a particular service provider (such as a cloud email service or a s

Source : http://www.privacysurgeon.org/blog/incision/people-arent-conflicted-about-privacy-they-just-appear-that-way/ This is a cut and paste of the intro - you need to read the full article on Simon’s blog People often ask me to explain why privacy seems such a incongruous concept. Why is it that people who proclaim to love privacy will sometimes cheerfully give it away? Why do some people who oppose ID cards because they are instruments of government intrusion, contemporaneously support national security powers that are an embodiment of government intrusion? I’ll make an attempt to explain – and please forgive me if this starts off a little simplistically. It’s a surprisingly complex question and I want to tread cautiously. The family is an ideal microcosm to begin exploring the dynamics. Imagine the family unit as a miniature nation state. The parents have a protective role, and the children – while dependant – assert certain rights and freedoms. The equation between the two is deli

Source: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/en/code-eu-online-rights As part of the Digital Agenda for Europe actions, the Code of EU online rights compiles the basic set of rights existing in EU legislation and related to the digital environment. The objective of the Code is to find simple explanations of their legal rights and obligations, set out in a transparent and understandable way. As foreseen in the Digital Agenda for Europe, this list of online rights and principles will be an important tool for inspiring trust and confidence among consumers and contribute to promote greater use of online services. These basic rights protect citizens and consumers for instance when using online services, buying goods online, and in case of conflict with their providers of these services. https://ec.europa.eu/digital-agenda/sites/digital-agenda/files/Code%20EU%20online%20rights%20EN%20final%202.pdf Personal Comment : just concerns me about who is managing the balance between real benefit for

So this is the email from Facebook and above are the results on 5th December - however I expect that the vote is slow low that FB will ignore them facebook Facebook, Inc. and Facebook Ireland Ltd., which together operate the Facebook service worldwide, recently posted some proposed updates to our Data Use Policy and our Statement of Rights and Responsibilities for your review and feedback. Those updates provided more detailed information about our practices, reflected changes to our products, and modified how we conduct our site governance process. The period for submitting your comments has ended, but you can still provide feedback on those proposals by taking part in our site governance vote. To learn more about our proposed updates (which include additional clarifications based on your comments) and the vote, please visit our Site Governance Page . Voting will end on 10 December 2012 at 12 (PST) / 10 December 2012 at 20 (GMT). We encourage you to review and vote on the proposed v

http://privacybydesign.ca/ http://www.ipc.on.ca/english/Privacy/Introduction-to-PbD/ http://www.ipc.on.ca/english/About-Us/About-the-Commissioner/ pbd-pde.pdf

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….

Source : http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20121010201716-2259773-do-young-people-care-about-privacy by Daniel J. Solove is the John Marshall Harlan Research Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School, the founder of  TeachPrivacy , a privacy/data security training company, and a Senior Policy Advisor at Hogan Lovells.  Do Young People Care About Privacy? “A common argument I hear is that young people just don't care about privacy.  If they cared about privacy, why would they share so much personal data on Facebook?  Why would they text so much?  Why would they be so cavalier about their privacy?  Privacy will be dead in a generation, the argument goes.  This argument is wrong for several reasons.  Studies show that young people do care about privacy.  A few years ago, a  study by Chris Hoofnagle and others  revealed that young people's attitudes about privacy didn't differ much from older people's attitudes.   A more  recent study spons

Source : http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20121010201716-2259773-do-young-people-care-about-privacy by Daniel J. Solove is the John Marshall Harlan Research Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School, the founder of  TeachPrivacy , a privacy/data security training company, and a Senior Policy Advisor at Hogan Lovells.  Do Young People Care About Privacy? “A common argument I hear is that young people just don't care about privacy.  If they cared about privacy, why would they share so much personal data on Facebook?  Why would they text so much?  Why would they be so cavalier about their privacy?  Privacy will be dead in a generation, the argument goes.  This argument is wrong for several reasons.  Studies show that young people do care about privacy.  A few years ago, a  study by Chris Hoofnagle and others  revealed that young people's attitudes about privacy didn't differ much from older people's attitudes.   A more  recent study spons

Source : http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20121010201716-2259773-do-young-people-care-about-privacy by Daniel J. Solove is the John Marshall Harlan Research Professor of Law at George Washington University Law School, the founder of  TeachPrivacy , a privacy/data security training company, and a Senior Policy Advisor at Hogan Lovells.  Do Young People Care About Privacy? “A common argument I hear is that young people just don't care about privacy.  If they cared about privacy, why would they share so much personal data on Facebook?  Why would they text so much?  Why would they be so cavalier about their privacy?  Privacy will be dead in a generation, the argument goes.  This argument is wrong for several reasons.  Studies show that young people do care about privacy.  A few years ago, a  study by Chris Hoofnagle and others  revealed that young people's attitudes about privacy didn't differ much from older people's attitudes.   A more  recent study spons

Dan Ariely is professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University. He is a founding member of the Center for Advanced Hindsight, and author of "Predictably Irrational."

This USA  study released Sept 12 by the Government Accountability Office suggests that the government could do more to protect consumer privacy when it comes to mobile device location data. The report, which was requested by Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), concludes wireless companies are not fully explaining how they use location data culled from mobile phones. What GAO Found Using several methods of varying precision, mobile industry companies collect location data and use or share that data to provide users with location-based services, offer improved services, and increase revenue through targeted advertising. Location-based services provide consumers access to applications such as real-time navigation aids, access to free or reduced-cost mobile applications, and faster response from emergency services, among other potential benefits. However, the collection and sharing of location data also pose privacy risks. Specifically, privacy advocates said that consumers: (1) are generally

This USA  study released Sept 12 by the Government Accountability Office suggests that the government could do more to protect consumer privacy when it comes to mobile device location data. The report, which was requested by Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), concludes wireless companies are not fully explaining how they use location data culled from mobile phones. What GAO Found Using several methods of varying precision, mobile industry companies collect location data and use or share that data to provide users with location-based services, offer improved services, and increase revenue through targeted advertising. Location-based services provide consumers access to applications such as real-time navigation aids, access to free or reduced-cost mobile applications, and faster response from emergency services, among other potential benefits. However, the collection and sharing of location data also pose privacy risks. Specifically, privacy advocates said that consumers: (1) are generally

What can governments learn from the open-data revolution? In this stirring talk, Beth Noveck, the former deputy CTO at the White House, shares a vision of practical openness -- connecting bureaucracies to citizens, sharing data, creating a truly participatory democracy. Imagine the "writable society" ...