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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Google, privacy and a new kind of lawsuit
Today is Data Privacy Day – and new lawsuit has been launched against Google in the UK – one which highlights a number of key issues. It could be very important – a ‘landmark case’ according to a report on … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, data protection, google, Privacy, Privacy International, Search Engines
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In praise of regulation….
Travelling back from the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection conference in Brussels, I had a fascinating conversation with someone who was there right at the beginning of data protection. It was a conversation that revealed a great deal to me, … Continue reading
Posted in data protection, Phorm, Privacy
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Children have a right to privacy
The latest proposal from David Cameron’s ‘Advisor on Childhood’, Claire Perry, is that parents should ‘snoop’ on their children’s texts. Apparently it’s ‘bizarre that parents treat youngsters’ internet and mobile exchanges as private’, as reported in the Daily Mail. For … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Rights, Parenting, Privacy
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If you “can’t” leave Facebook…
I’ve been posting a lot about Facebook recently. I gave ‘10 reasons to leave Facebook‘ a few weeks ago – but for many people that seems either to be impossible, or very, very difficult. So, what can you do if … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, Privacy, Search Engines
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Facebook Graph Search: Privacy issues….
I wrote yesterday about Facebook’s new ‘Graph Search’ system – in particular, about the way in which it is intended to convince people to put more and better data onto the system, and to lock them and businesses further into … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, Privacy, Search Engines, Sharing
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Facebook Graph Search: It’s about the data!
The first thing to ask whenever Facebook (or indeed any other business) releases a new product or service is what’s in it for them. In the case of Facebook’s new ‘Graph Search’, as in most things Facebook, the answer’s pretty … Continue reading
Posted in Facebook, Privacy, Search Engines
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It’s about the children…
The Jimmy Savile story has provoked a huge amount of reaction – revulsion, disgust, anger, frustration, and great many attempts to find someone or something to blame. One of the biggest questions being asked is why we didn’t find out … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Rights, Parenting, Savile, Uncategorized
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An uncharitable suggestion…
With the latest absurdity from the Church of England – the idea that gay men in civil partnerships can become bishops so long as they promise to be celibate – could it be time to completely rethink the role of … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
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2012 – how did we do?
At the end of 2011, I made 12 ‘wishes’ for privacy in 2012 – see my blog post here. So how did we do on my 12 wishes? Let’s have a look… 1. That I don’t hear the ‘if you’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Privacy
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