Category Archives: Identity

Topical subjects….

Posted on November 9, 2012 by

I was struck by something yesterday: the things that I research and teach about seem to be becoming more and more topical. What drove it home was the Philip Schofield/David Cameron incident on ITV’s This Morning – happening in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Defamation, Identity, Internet, Privacy | 5 Comments

Will the government ‘get’ digital policy?

Posted on October 26, 2012 by

I had an interesting time at the ‘Seventh Annual Parliament and Internet Conference’ yesterday – and came away slightly less depressed than I expected to be. It seemed to me that there were chinks of light emerging amidst the usually … Continue reading →

Posted in broadband, Copyright, Cyberlaw, Defamation, Digital Economy Act, Facebook, Identity, Parenting, Piracy, Privacy, surveillance | 7 Comments

The myth of technological ‘solutions’

Posted on July 6, 2012 by

A story on the BBC webpages caught my eye this morning: ‘the parcel conundrum‘. It described a scenario that must be familiar to almost everyone in the UK: you order something on the internet and then the delivery people mess … Continue reading →

Posted in data retention, Identity, Parenting, Privacy, surveillance | 8 Comments

Safe…. or Savvy?

Posted on May 5, 2012 by

What kind of an internet do we want for our kids? And, perhaps more importantly, what kind of kids do we want to bring up? These questions have been coming up a lot for me over the last week or … Continue reading →

Posted in Identity, Internet, Parenting, Porn, Uncategorized | 10 Comments

Goo goo google’s tiny steps towards privacy…

Posted on October 20, 2011 by

Things seem to be hotting up in the battle for privacy on the internet. Over the last few days, Google have made three separate moves which look, on the surface at least, as though they’re heading, finally, in the right … Continue reading →

Posted in google, Identity, Nymwars, Privacy | 1 Comment