28.1.2008 von admin.

It might of interest to some folks working on information privacy in social network applications that the W3C has started an interest group called PLING (Policy Languages Interest Group). It is an open forum to discuss use cases, languages, and frameworks around information governance policies and serves as a global platform to enable different initiatives to share and exchange ideas about policy interoperability. Part of my PhD work is setting requirements and mechanisms to talk “privacy” to computers. Not an easy task. As we know, for computers the Web is flat. Privacy, however, has many dimensions and depends on various contexts. Therefore, I thought it might be a good idea to join PLING and see how I can contribute with some use cases related to privacy in social network applications. If you are interested in joining the group, please go to http://www.w3.org/Policy/pling/ and join the public mailing list.

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21.1.2008 von admin.

I am currently working on a paper for the PET Symposium trying to build a privacy threat model for social networking applications. The Webb/Butterfield/Smith Model for Social Software seems to be an appropriate way to visualize the main functional elements of social networking apps. Let’s see how this model can be extended to information privacy and the personal data being collected and processed in social networking applications…

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22.12.2007 von admin.

Recommended lessons to privacy-respecting design of social software by Kosmar.

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19.12.2007 von admin.

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23.11.2007 von admin.

When you buy a book or movie online–or make a political contribution–do you want that information automatically shared with the world on Facebook?

Most people would call that a huge invasion of privacy. But this week, Facebook began doing just that. People across the country saw private purchases they made on other sites displayed on their Facebook News Feeds.

Facebook encourages companies to get “word-of-mouth promotion for your business” to “millions” by using the feature that makes this happen. But left behind are the rights of Facebook users.

Let’s get Facebook to stop invading our privacy. Sign the petition at

http://civ.moveon.org/facebookprivacy/?r_by=-8696858-Ebg7DE&rc=confemail

Then join the Facebook group “Facebook, stop invading my privacy!” and tell your friends.

http://www.moveon.org/r?r=3181

Thanks!

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23.11.2007 von admin.

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7.11.2007 von admin.

The Independent Center for Data Protection of the State of Schleswig-Holstein (ULD, see: www.datenschutzzentrum.de) in cooperation with the Technical University of Dresden has just published a very interesting research report on “Linking Digital Identities”. The study was done for the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in order to see and evaluate the possible effects of linking digital identities on society and an individual. For now, the report is only available in German (with an executive summary in English) but parts will be translated soon. The study analyzed the status quo of linkage in the context of public administration, business, and communities.

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6.11.2007 von admin.

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6.11.2007 von admin.

David Recordon from SixApart has just given a great talk at the Web 2.0 Expo in Berlin. Explaining the movement from centralized social networks to a more decentralized world, he mentioned that “enbaling privacy will get harder” but it would still be possible. Glad to hear that there is hope! However, discussions around privacy in social networks at the moment address only the service of providing the user with view settings, meaning the user determines who can view which type of personal data. That is only part of the story. Yes, it gives some control to the user to obvious data he puts on his site but in lots of cases, the user may get some false sense of privacy. Other processes need to be addressed such as making sure the user understands who is using his data (third parties), what the data would be used for (data mining), and where the data is transferred to (cross-border transfers). At the same time, he should be able to specify the purpose his personal data is used for. And this not only about his photos and Email address on the social networking site, it is about all the data the user provides in the context of the service. Visit my presentation on Thursday, November 8 at 09:00 am at the Web 2.0 Expo. I will elaborate on this subject.

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28.10.2007 von admin.

Here is a book recommendation for anyone being interested in privacy on the Internet: “The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet” by Daniel J. Solove.

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