Directory-
Points
of View
Summary:
Organizations that provide
their own take on Privacy issues impacting business, government and
people's lives.
Purpose:
To raise awareness of current thinking and the potential implications
on privacy policy.
Advice:
The concept of personal
privacy is relatively a new concept that evolved in the 1700's in Britain.
Homes and offices shared common space where
people shared living and working areas with each other. For example,
it was normal for a family's sleeping quarters to serve as living areas
during
the
daytime. Offices consisted of halls were managers and workers performed
their duties side by side under close scrutiny. Personal privacy could
be afforded so became linked wealth & social status.
It was not until there
was demand for structures with individual space did the concept
of "privacy" become an important value. Founded in the roots
of democracy, privacy or "the right to be left alone." has
evolved in common law. In a similar fashion to the concept of freedom,
privacy is closed aligned
with the right to express one's opinion, choice of association, gathering,
etc. The issues surrounding the question
of what consists of the right to privacy is clouded by another issue-
publicity. Computers do not appreciate the value of privacy
or publicity- good or bad. It is up to you to take charge of your own
privacy. If not, it can be lost in the blink of an eye.
Before
embarking on any privacy planning is wise to survey and stay current
on what people's views are on privacy and publicity. Implementing
a policy that is contradicts pending legislation,
lobbying or legal precedence is risky. The issues are
receiving more media coverage- everyday. You should
try to anticipate the effect public opinion has on your
organization's reputation, locally & internationally. As a rule of thumb. it is to your to organization's advantage to be viewed as trustworthy- both by your Clients and Staff. It is something that is earned through good & fair policy with no exceptions. Do not anticipate that people do not know the difference between opt in and opt out options. Give them a clear choice. Do not sell or spread their personally identifiable information around to third parties. Our approach is simply not to recommend or list their products.
Points of View
Democracy & Technology (US) Site
Electronic Privacy Information (US) Center
Privacy
Clearinghouse ID Theft
Privacy International (UK & world) Site
Privacy Org (US) Info
Privacy Bytes
Friday, May 21, 2010 - 6:38am - Another Day, Another Social Networking Privacy Breach By Kelly Faircloth* Posted Social networking sites—including Facebook, MySpace—are busted again for breaching user privacy.
The Wall Street Journal says whenever a user clicks on an ad, the sites are sending advertising companies user names and other data that could be used to look up member profiles and obtain valuable personal information. "If you are looking at your profile page and you click on an ad, you are telling that advertiser who you are," says an assistant professor of Internet advertising at Harvard Business School.
Sharing this kind of data without permission is contrary to industry standards, and lawmakers are already considering legislation to regulate sites’ collection and use of member information. Since the Journal first asked about the loophole, Facebook, in particular, has begun to rewrite the offending code.
The New York Times has details about yesterday’s Google TV introduction. The new service will allow audiences to visit Web sites directly from their televisions, while simplifying the process of searching for video. It’ll debut in the fall, built into Sony’s high-definition televisions and Blu-ray players. So far, there are no pricing details available.
Even Google (GOOG) CEO Eric Schmidt acknowledged the challenges—and high failure rate—facing attempts to integrate TV and the Internet: “It’s much harder to marry a 50-year-old technology and a brand-new technology than those of us from the brand-new technology industry thought.”
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