Category Archives: consent

Privacy for all?

Posted on September 16, 2012 by

The big ‘privacy’ story this week has been that surrounding the Duchess of Cambridge’s breasts. The coverage it’s been given (and will doubtless continue to be given) has been immense – but the issues that it should raise are far … Continue reading →

Posted in consent, Online Behavioural Advertising, Privacy, Snoopers charter, surveillance | 4 Comments

Annoyed by those cookie warnings?

Posted on July 2, 2012 by

…spread your anger! I’m sure you know the warnings I’m talking about – at least you do if you’re in the European Union. Warnings that appear almost every time you look at a new page on the web, telling you … Continue reading →

Posted in consent, Cookies Directive, Internet, Phorm, Privacy | 7 Comments

Privacy is not the enemy…

Posted on December 8, 2011 by

I attended the Oxford Institute event ‘Anonymity, Privacy and Open Data’ yesterday, notable amongst other things for Professor Ross Anderson’s systematic and incredibly powerful destruction of the argument in favour of ‘anonymisation’ as a protection for privacy. It was a … Continue reading →

Posted in consent, Open Data, Privacy | 6 Comments

Opting out of Street View….

Posted on October 21, 2010 by

Nearly 250,000 Germans have ‘opted out’ of having their homes visible when Google’s Street View comes online, though Andreas Türk, Product Manager for Street View in Germany, has admitted that some of those homes will still be visible when the service … Continue reading →

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Consent: a red herring?

Posted on March 23, 2010 by

I asked Peter Fleischer, Google’s Global Privacy Counsel, a question about ‘opt-in’ or ‘opt-out’, in a panel session at the Computers, Privacy and Data Protection Conference in Brussels in January, to which he gave an interesting answer, but one that … Continue reading →

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