Last week I presented this topic to professional women at PWI here in Brussels. It’s called ‘small talk’ because it is not a technical presentation but one for a broader audience, to create awareness on this Big Data trend. The main concept I wanted them to take away is the change in the business arena [...]
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CNIL Conclusions on Google’s privacy policy
Just a few days ago, the European authorities on Google’s respect of the European Directive on Privacy published their conclusion. Basically they indicated that Google failed respecting essential principles of the Directive as limiting the usage of the personal data, minimising the requested personal data and the right to object. There is not enough information on the nature and usage of [...]
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Before, you should consider everything you wrote in Facebook as public. Now with Open Graph, the new application Mark Zuckerberg presented, everything YOU DO in Facebook will be public too. [...] First, Facebook observed that asking people to manually Like, Share, or Comment on content requires an extra step that actually inhibits sharing and interaction. [...]
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Read Robin Cangie in her article Facebook Doesn’t Need Mind Control to Control You She compares Facebook’s new Sponsored Stories application to a panopticon, that is a circular building, originally designed for prisons, that allows outside observers to watch prisoners without their knowing. That creates a “sentiment of an invisible omniscience.”, as Wikipedia puts it [...]
Read the rest of this entry »In UK, Home Office is deciding this 17th Dec. on data interception problem
Here’s an interesting bit from this article: Home Office changes mind on data interception consultation … The deadline for the consultation has now been extended to December 17th, and the meeting with civil rights groups will take place this week.The Home Office is considering giving the Interception Commissioner, who deals with cases where companies have [...]
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