My Digital FootPrint

Source: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2012/12/kidsapp.shtm Kids' Data Still Collected, Shared without Parents' Knowledge, Consent The Federal Trade Commission issued a new staff report, “ Mobile Apps for Kids: Disclosures Still Not Making the Grade ,”   examining the privacy disclosures and practices of apps offered for children in the Google Play and Apple App stores.  The report details the results of the FTC’s second survey of kids’ mobile apps.  Since  FTC staff’s first survey of kids’ mobile apps in 2011 , staff found little progress toward giving parents the information they need to determine what data is being collected from their children, how it is being shared, or who will have access to it.  The report also finds that many of the apps surveyed included interactive features, such as connecting to social media, and sent information from the mobile device to ad networks, analytics companies, or other third parties, without disclosing these practices to par

Source : http://chucksblog.emc.com/chucks_blog/2012/12/why-there-shouldnt-be-a-single-version-of-the-truth.html An interesting post from a long line of good posts from Chuck – and it hits home about leadership, management, learning and creation.  However, most companies are discovering that they need both old and new methods at the same time as old supports the cow (efficiency and effectiveness drivers) and new the stars (agile, flexible, bets efforts) . The bottom line is that CEO’s need new skills in how to manage both at the same time.

Source : http://chucksblog.emc.com/chucks_blog/2012/12/why-there-shouldnt-be-a-single-version-of-the-truth.html An interesting post from a long line of good posts from Chuck – and it hits home about leadership, management, learning and creation. However, most companies are discovering that they need both old and new methods at the same time as old supports the cow (efficiency and effectiveness drivers) and new the stars (agile, flexible, bets efforts) . The bottom line is that CEO’s need new skills in how to manage both at the same time.

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

By the end of this talk, there will be 864 more hours of video on YouTube and 2.5 million more photos on Facebook and Instagram. So how do we sort through the deluge? At the TEDSalon in London, Markham Nolan shares the investigative techniques he and his team use to verify information in real-time, to let you know if that Statue of Liberty image has been doctored or if that video leaked from Syria is legitimate. The managing editor of Storyful.com, Markham Nolan has watched journalism evolve from the pursuit of finding facts to the act of verifying those floating in the ether

Sources: http://www.economistgroup.com/leanback/new-business-models/moving-from-mobile-first-to-touch-first/ http://www.mckinsey.com/client_service/high_tech/iconsumer “We’re seeing fundamental changes in the way people are interacting with digital media” McKinsey and Company’s research into how consumer digital behavior is changing across platforms, activities and geographies The emergence of the smartphone and tablet computing experience — it is changing where and how computing devices are used. Smaller format screens don’t just mean changing column widths, they mean rethinking the business model. Companies need to have a “mobile first” mindset when developing new content. In the early years of web browsers, there was so much angst about whether print media was doomed that newspapers didn’t know whether to dive into digital editions. Although business models are still evolving, all publishing titles have some form of website now. But a site scaled for desktop monitors isn’t the optim