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.
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.
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.
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?
A person-controlled e-health record is not only the most speedy and cost effective solution for the national e-Health strategy, but it is also the approach with the best chance of achieving widespread consumer acceptance.
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin: both powerful advocates of a right to privacy; both choosing how little and how much of their private lives that they wanted to reveal.
What is happening in the global debate on how to make it safe for individuals to share personal information (or have it shared), otherwise known as "information privacy"? What about a significant part of this discussion, developing identity management arrangements for the 21st century that respect the individual, otherwise known as "user centric identity management"?
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