29.1.2008 von admin.

DataPortability - Connect, Control, Share, Remix from Smashcut Media on Vimeo.

An interesting and well-done video on the data portability project done by Michael Pick from Smashcut Media. The project spells out as one of its principles the protection of user rights and privacy. Yet, assigning access rights to certain pieces of personal data will only cover the data protection aspect of privacy but it will not cover the required accountability and self-control over personal data in various contexts. It should be interesting to see how the project work evolves in this respect. Certainly, more work is necessary on enhancing social network users’ privacy especially when their data increasingly gets transferred and exported to other applications.

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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.

What do you need to be able to complete your PhD? My professor at Goethe University, Prof. Dr. Kai Rannenberg, has posted his “7 Ps of Doing a PhD” yesterday at the Chair’s Offsite in Fulda. There are the following:
Phantasy
Persistence
Patience
Perspiration
Passion
Personality
Political Support

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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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