by Itzel Martinez | Mar 30, 2015 | Blog, Privacy Requires Work, Sharing Releases Control
The following article is the story of an elementary school teacher who used a screenshot of herself to teach her students about privacy on Snapchat. This elementary school teacher wanted to show her students that the pictures that are sent “privately”...
by Itzel Martinez | Mar 16, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Privacy Requires Work
Everyone downloads applications from the app store, but do you know what information you are giving up when you download a new application? Often mobile applications appear to be harmless, but are they? One example of a “harmless” application is the...
by Itzel Martinez | Mar 9, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Privacy Requires Work
Have we reached the era where we are no longer in charge of our privacy? One of the most popular telecommunications companies, AT&T, recently released a “supercookie”, an undeleteable cookie that tracks the web-browsing activity of its subscribers....
by Itzel Martinez | Mar 2, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable
The California Legislature passed a bill in 2014 aimed to ensure student privacy within classrooms that use online resources for learning. The bill tries to limit companies’ use of student data to target those students with other sorts of ads and products. This...
by Itzel Martinez | Feb 16, 2015 | Blog, Privacy Requires Work
The Federal Communications Commission has been working on new rules to regulate the Internet. For the last year, F.C.C. Chairman Tom Wheeler’s goal has been to reach net neutrality, meaning an open Internet. This open Internet order would give the Federal...
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