Business input to privacy & security frameworks that deliver: RSA, End to End Trust & the remarks of Microsoft's Scott Charney

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Business is contributing to re-thinking effective privacy frameworks, too. Microsoft's Scott Charney has been developing his thinking on 'End to End Trust' for a couple of years now and returned to the theme at the RSA Conference 2010.

EC thinking on privacy definitely on the move...

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The European Commission (EC) and its partners hosted aconference on “Trust in the Information Society” in Spain 10-11 February where the winds of change became even more apparent.

Ahead of the Curve? Recent trans-Atlantic thinking on privacy that sounds familiar

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The US Federal Trade Commission and the European Trade Commission have both revealed a recent change in their thinking on privacy protection best practice that shifts the focus from choice to trust.  This development is consistent with some work we’ve been doing here in Australia, and talking about here on Open Forum, for some time now.

Cloud Computing Made Simple

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There is a lot of fluff surrounding Cloud Computing and it starts with the terminology. One dangerous consequence is very poor identification of the new levels of risk that might be created: who makes the decisions and who bears the consequences. But help is at hand.

Empowering individuals to control their personal information

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A privacy paper from the UK tells only part the story of ‘context specific authentication’ and leaves at least two questions unanswered.

When Less is More

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Without any expectation that privacy statements should be able to be read and understood by the average person, how is it reasonable to expect the average person to accept full responsibility for the disclosure of their personal private information?