Privacy and New Technology
« Previous EntriesOnly Your Digital Shadow Knows….
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008Your digital shadow has a life of its own. Literally.
The digital universe — the pile of digital information that includes everything from e-mail to YouTube videos — is growing faster than previously thought, according to a new study from the research firm IDC.
IDC now estimates that, at 281 exabytes, the digital universe in 2007 […]
We Had Privacy a Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away….
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007Donald Kerr, Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence wants us to change the way we perceive privacy.
As Congress debates new rules for government eavesdropping, a top intelligence official says it is time that people in the United States changed their definition of privacy.
Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, the principal deputy director […]
Web 2.0 Reality: Privacy, Anyone?
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007Marc Dautlich and Nick Eziefula of Times Online discuss the myriad ways that Web 2.0 is changing our concept of privacy and copyright.
From “podcast” to “poke”, “wiki” to “weblog”, the internet generation has a language all of its own. But since web guru Tim O’Reilly popularised the phrase “Web 2.0″ in 2004, even those […]
HealthVault and Patient Privacy - The Issue Is Deeper than Data Security
Saturday, October 6th, 2007Who will use Microsoft’s new online health information repository, HealthVault? It is not an idle question. Historically, there has not been an enormous demand for this kind of electronic record keeping from patients. As a recent PCWorld article points out:
Microsoft’s new e-health platform will probably be the largest not affiliated with an […]
Microsoft Launches HealthVault, Online Health Information Repository, with Commitment to Privacy
Thursday, October 4th, 2007Microsoft has just launched HeathVault, and the company asserts its commitment to user privacy:
As the name suggests, the HealthVault site is designed to be an online, encrypted vault, where U.S. users can store and manage their health records without paying a fee. The site will also serve as a repository for health-related articles […]