22.12.2007 von admin.

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

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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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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.

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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