#PrivChat 2011
Back to PrivChatDecember 20, 2011(Transcript)
Featured Speaker: Berin Szoka, President, TechFreedom (biography).- Q1: Is Privacy a Fundamental Right, a Property Right or Something Else?
- Q2: How Can Privacy Conflict with Free Speech?
- Q3: What Other Trade-offs Follow from Privacy Regulation?
- Q4: So How Should Government Protect Privacy?
December 13, 2011(Transcript)
Featured Speaker: Jules Polonetsky, Co-Chair and Director, Future of Privacy Forum (biography).- Q1: When is Express Consent Not Necessary?
- Q2: Data Minimization? Data Maximization? Or Data Optimization?
- Q3: Kids are on Socnets, often with Parental Approval, but Not Legal Consent. Kick Them Off? Is there a Path Forward?
- Q4: CPOs Today: Corporate Shill or Privacy Evangelist?
December 6, 2011 (Transcript)
- Q1: Privacy By Design: Diaspora Privacy FAQ, a work in Progress (background available at Pirate Pad: Working Draft of the Diaspora Privacy Framework)
- Q2: Facebook and the FTC: What Comes Next? (background available at Washington Post: Facebook settles FTC privacy complaint, agrees to ask users’ permission for changes)
- Q3: The Expansion of Surveillance Technology, CarrierIQ and Way Beyond (background available at Reuters: Tech wrap: AT&T, Sprint admit using monitoring software and Washington Post: Trade in surveillance technology raises worries)
- Q4: What Do You Think Is The #Privacy Story Of 2011? (background available at Survey: What Do You Think Is The Privacy Story Of The Year (2011) ? (Nominations))
November 29, 2011 (Transcript)
- Q1: License Plate Readers as a Threat to Privacy? (background available at Washington Post: License plate readers: A useful tool for police comes with privacy concerns)
- Q2: What is in the Future for Facebook? (background available at Mashable: EU Set to Slap Facebook With Privacy Sanctions, CIO: Facebook Privacy Tip: How to Disable Sharing in Social Reader Apps, LTN: No Reasonable Expectation of Privacy on Facebook, Pa. Judge Says, and Abine: Parents, Lies, and Facebook)
- Q3: The Privicons Project (background available at ComputerWorld UK: Privicons project expresses email privacy expecations)
- Q4: Is there a "Just in Case" for Recording Conversations in Taxicabs? (background available at BoingBoing: Oxford city council: every cab must have a CCTV to record riders' conversations)
November 22, 2011 (Transcript)
Featured Speaker: Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D., Ontario Information and Privacy Commissioner (biography). Comm'r Cavoukian joins #PrivChat to discuss Privacy by Design.- Q1: Why Is Making Privacy The Default So Important?
- Q2: How Can We Improve Privacy In Legacy Systems?
November 15, 2011 (Transcript)
Guest Moderator: @JamieXML from OASIS- Q1: Facebook's imminent FTC settlement (background available at Wall Street Journal: Facebook Retreats on Privacy )
- Q2: Court Order to Twitter to Turn Over Wikileaks' Folks' Location Data (background available at Wall Street Journal: Feds Can Get Twitter Users’ Data Without Warrant, Judge Says)
- Q3: Too Much Social Networking Could Lead to Big Brother Fears (background available at CIO: Too Much Social Networking Could Lead to Big Brother Fears, Agency Says)
November 8, 2011(Transcript)
Featured Speaker: Rob Shavell, Co-Founder, Abine (biography available at Abine: Team and CrunchBase: Profile of Rob Shavell). Rob Joins PrivChat to Lead a Discussion and Answer Questions on Four Big Privacy Topics!- Q1: Why are Privacy Add-ons Confusing for Users, & What Can Be Done About it? (background available at Carnegie Mellon: Press Release: Carnegie Mellon Report Finds Internet Privacy Tools Are Confusing, Ineffective for Most People)
- Q2: APIs and Their Privacy Risks (background available at X.Commerce: PayPal Access, Forbes: EBay's PayPal Access Brings Identity--And Payments--Across The Web, Gigya: Identity Management Platform, and TechCrunch: Gigya Launches Platform To Give Businesses Access To Users’ Complete Social Identities)
- Q3: Why Are Investors Investing in Privacy (background available at PCMag: Social Networking Startup Unthink Aims to Topple Facebook)
- Q4: Facial Recognition: It's Scary, It's Spreading, and No One Really Knows What Should be Done About it (background available at PCWorld: Why Facebook's Facial Recognition is Creepy)
November 1, 2011 (Transcript)
- Q1: Is There a Way to Fix Facebook? (background available at The Daily Beast: Lydia Cacho Blasts Facebook and IT World: Your new Facebook friend could be a bot)
- Q2: The Role of Anonymization in Medical / Health Data (background available at Fox News: Facebook Building 'Shadow Profiles' of Non-Members, Experts Allege and PogoWasRight.org: Why Klout risks losing clout in the privacy community)
- Q3: A Discussion: Privacy Act Modernization for the Information Age Act (background available at OMB Watch: Update of Key Transparency Law Would Better Protect Americans' Privacy)
- Q4: Getting to the Source: Can we Trust our Journalists? (background available at New York Times: When Secrets Aren’t Safe With Journalists)
October 25, 2011 (Transcript)
- Q1: Can a Victor be Declared in the NymWars? (background available at JWZ.org: EFF declares premature victory in Nymwars and TechDirt: Google Realizing That Its Real Names Policy Is Excessive)
- Q2: The Role of Anonymization in Medical / Health Data (background available at Forbes: How Can Cities Feast On Data Without Devouring Privacy? and Harvard Gazette: You’re not so anonymous)
- Q3: What are the Costs (or benefits?) of Ignoring Privacy by Design? (background available at Information Week: Data Miners Urged To Dig Carefully)
- Q4: Have We Mis-Valued the Role of Defaults? (background available at New York Times: The Default Choice, So Hard to Resist)
October 18, 2011 (Transcript)
- Q1: Will Your ISP Protect Your Privacy? (background available at CSO Online: Will Your ISP Protect Your Privacy? and Wall Street Journal: The Little ISP That Stood Up to the Government)
- Q2: Facebook Evolution: Like, Hate, and the Question of Law? (background available at The Register: Facebook accused of violating US wiretap law and All Facebook: 6 Privacy Problems In Facebook’s Updates: Infographic)
- Q3: What Are the Larger Implications of the Frostwire Settlement? (background available at PC World: FTC: P-to-P Software Shared Personal Info From Smartphones)
- Q4: A Discussion on #PrivChat and Diaspora* (background available at Liminal States: Road trip! Bringing the #privchat community to Diaspora*)
October 11, 2011 (Transcript)
- Q1: What is the Role of Privacy in Our Electronic Culture? (background available at Business Insider: Privacy is for old people says LinkedIn founder and SMP: Profiled - Hibe.com - The privacy focused social network)
- Q2: The Machine: Is Mass Data Collection Justified By Threat Assessment? (background available at CNET: Homeland Security moves forward with 'pre-crime' detection, New York Times: Government Aims to Build a ‘Data Eye in the Sky’, and California Watch: CSU police official calls for colleges to monitor students online)
- Q3: Are Innovation and Privacy Mutually Exclusive? (background available at Abine: How Encryption Can Keep Facebook From Snooping in Your Chats and PC World: How to Stop Facebook, Google+, and Twitter From Tracking You and Plus Headlines: Google+ Adds New Sharing Options)
- Q4: Privacy Politics: What Should We Expect in 2012? (background available at Tech President: How Campaigns' Use of Facebook Data Might Change the 2012 Election and Mother Jones: The Democrats' Voter Privacy Fail)
October 4, 2011 (Transcript)
- Q1: Is the "Internet Public Records Reports" Business Model in Need of Regulation? (background available at Consumers Union: Get control over reports about you! and Abine: TrueRep, AKA Intelius, creates your privacy problem; now you pay them to fix it)
- Q2: Kindle and the Cloud: Does the Service Justify the Data Collection? (background available at MSNBC: Kindle Fire: Tablet heats up privacy debate)
- Q3: The Continual Problems with Facebook: Liking, Data, and Cookies (oh my?) (background available at Nik Cubrilovic: Facebook Re-Enables Controversial Tracking Cookie and New York Times: As ‘Like’ Buttons Spread, So Do Facebook’s Tentacles and ITWorld: What’s in your Facebook file? More than you think.)
- Q4: What Do You See in the Future for Technology and Privacy? (background available at Gigaom: How will we design products for the Internet of Things? and TED Talks: When Games Invade Real Life (Jesse Schell))
September 27, 2011 (Transcript)
- Q1: Keeping Track: Reactions to the OnStar Business Model (background available at Gothamist: Chuck Schumer: OnStar Knows You Blast Creed In Your Ride)
- Q2: Are Facebook and its Partners Changing the Meaning of Privacy (Again)? (background available at Washington Post: Privacy advocates oppose Facebook changes and Evolver.fm: Spotify Defends Facebook Requirement as ‘Good and Simple’ (Updated))
- Q3: Rotten Cookies: What Should We Learn From Facebook's Persistent Tracking? (background available at Nik Cubrilovic: Logging out of Facebook is not enough)
- Q4: Overwriting Privacy Protections in the VPPA: What Should be Considered? (background available at Wired: Federal Law Blocks Netflix, Facebook Integration -- But Should It?)
September 20, 2011 (Transcript)
Featured Topic: Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule Review, a conversation with Mamie Kresses and Phyllis Marcus, Senior Attorneys, @FTCgov.Background available at FTC: Proposed Rule and Request for Public Comments and FTC: FTC Seeks Comment on Proposed Revisions to Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule.
- Q1: Speech and Anonymity: Should Section 230 be Revisited? (background available at Chicago Tribune: 'Remove anonymity in attacks by cyberbullies')
- Q2: What is in Store for EU/US Privacy Laws? (background available at House Energy and Commerce: Internet Privacy: The Impact and Burden of EU Regulation and USA Today: Critics say privacy hearing skewed against consumers)
September 20, 2011
- Featured Topic: Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule Review, a conversation with Mamie Kresses, Senior Attorney, Division of Advertising Practices, @FTCgov (background available at FTC: Proposed Rule and Request for Public Comments and FTC: FTC Seeks Comment on Proposed Revisions to Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule)
- Q1: Speech and Anonymity: Should Section 230 be Revisited? (background available at Chicago Tribune: Remove anonymity in attacks by cyberbullies)
- Q2: What is in Store for EU/US Privacy Laws? (background available at House Energy and Commerce: Internet Privacy: The Impact and Burden of EU Regulation and USA Today: Critics say privacy hearing skewed against consumers)
September 13, 2011 (Transcript)
- Q1: How do we counter the post-9-11 culture of fear that continues to result in assaults on privacy and other civil liberties? (background available at Stories from the Heartland: Some Real Shock and Awe: Racially Profiled and Cuffed in Detroit and USA Today: 'No Charges for 3 Detained at Detroit Airport')
- Q2: Do we really care about our online privacy? (background available at Tech News: Do We Really Care About Our Online Privacy)
- Q3: What are the prospects for Diaspora and other open-source FB alternatives? (background available at Techeye.net: Diaspora Still Trying to Reinvent Social Networks with Open Source)
- Q4: What are the main concerns associated with increased adoption of facial recognition technology? (background available at PCWorld: Why Facebook's Facial Recognition is Creepy)
September 6, 2011 (Transcript)
- Q1: How do You Set Boundaries and Uses for Personal Data? (background available at Wolfram Data Summit 2011:Data Feast, Privacy Famine: What Is a Healthy Data Diet?)
- Q2: Thoughts and Reactions Following Glik v. Cunniffe (background available at Citizen Media Law Project: A Victory for Recording in Public!)
- Q3: Security Forgery: Discussion of SSL Loopholes and Alternatives (background available at Schneier on Security: Forged Google Certificate)
- Q4: MyLife.com: Unfair and Deceptive? (background available at Abine: MyLife.com sued for deception; were you duped?)
August 30, 2011 (Transcript)
- Q1: Google, NSTIC, and the NYMwars: What is the Future for Identity? (background available at WebProNews: Google’s Open Web Advocate Talks White House Web ID Plan and Google+: Transcript of Eric Schmidt's Comments at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International TV Festival)
- Q2: Can a Winner be Declared in Facebook's War on Privacy? (background available at ReadWriteWeb: Facebook Wants Your Comment on Its Privacy Policy Changes)
- Q3: Being Pro-Active: Sharing Tips to Stop Behavioral Tracking (background available at CIO: Browsing and Privacy: How to Not Get Tracked)
- Q4: Is a Private Right of Action the Only Solution for Privacy? (background available at The Register: comScore sued over 'sinister' data collection methods)
August 23, 2011 (Transcript)
- Q1: Weighing Interests: The Right to be Forgotten (background available at New York Times: Just Give Me the Right to Be Forgotten)
- Q2: Social Change: Actions Against The Creators / Distributors of Technology Used for Repression (background available at Bloomberg: Torture in Bahrain Aided by Nokia Siemens)
- Q3: Geolocation and Privacy: Are We Going the Right Way? (background available at Vector 1 Media: Geolocation and Privacy: Are We Going the Right Way?)
- Q4: Innovation, Social Media, and Privacy: The On-Going Debate (background available at MacWorld: 'Glassboard takes social networking private')
August 16, 2011 (Transcript)
- Q1: How is Privacy Endangered by Computer Manufacturers, and What Can We Do? (background available at Privacy International: OEM computer vendors creating privacy risks)
- Q2: COPPA Enforcement with Mobile App Developers: How to Encourage Compliance? (background available at Columbia University: Mobile Devs Fined $50,000 for Violating Children's Privacy)
- Q3: The Growing Use of Facial Recognition: A Biometric Like no Other? (background available at Gizmodo: Police Used Facial Recognition Software To ID Suspects in UK Riots )
- Q4: Mubarak as a Verb?: The Problem with SFBart (background available at Digital Trends: S.F. BART snuffs cell phone service in anticipation of police protests)
August 9, 2011
- Q1: Internet Advertising: Self Regulation and the Impact of Do Not Track (background available at Ask CDT: 'Do Not Track' with Erica Newland and Proponents of Online Self-Regulation Disadvantaged by Inability to Regulate Themselves)
- Q2: Real Name Policies: Where is the Harm? (background available at Nymwars! Part 3 of Google+ and Diversity and Scientists warn face recognition searches pose 'ominous' privacy risk)
- Q3: Telematics and Car Insurance: Risks and Incentives (background available at State Farm Unveils In-Drive, Offers Discounts To Good Drivers)
- Q4: EHR: Patient Data and Control (background available at Give Patients Complete Access To Their Data)
August 2, 2011
- Q1: Data Retention, HR 1981, and ECPA Reform (background available at http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-20084939-281/house-panel-approves-broadened-isp-snooping-bill/)
- Q2: Internet Identity, Anonymity, and Pseudonymity: The Social Media Impact (background available at https://plus.google.com/115324919838980591640/posts/5DSx1sZqHcC)
- Q3: The High Stakes of Facial Recognition Software (background available at http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/01/7218343-facial-recognition-software-can-id-your-ssn)
- Q4: Background Checks: What the EEOC Proposal will Mean for Privacy (background available at http://www.fastcasual.com/article/182854/EEOC-proposal-bans-employee-background-checks)
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