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 9, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Privacy Requires Work, Sharing Releases Control
Facebook’s new privacy policy was implemented on January 30, 2015. Concerns have been raised in Europe by Johannes Caspar, the privacy regulator in Hamburg, Germany, that this new Facebook privacy policy might breach the German Data Protection Law....
by Itzel Martinez | Feb 5, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Privacy Requires Work, Someone Could Listen
President Obama has proposed a $14 billion budget to spend on cybersecurity in fiscal year 2016. Obama stated in his proposal that “No foreign nation, no hacker, should be able to shut down our networks, steal our trade secrets or invade the privacy of American...
by Itzel Martinez | Jan 29, 2015 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Privacy Requires Work
The next big threat to our privacy may come from the way we consume electricity, through smart grids installed in our homes. Electricity consumption data has become a goldmine, not only for electric companies but also for entrepreneurs deciding to open up stores in...
by Julia Bernd | Dec 11, 2014 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, You Can't Escape, You're Leaving Footprints
Amid concerns about potential use of excessive force by police (focused most recently on the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner), police departments are being encouraged by the U.S. Department of Justice to equip officers with small body-mounted cameras. Some...
by Julia Bernd | Oct 9, 2014 | Blog, Information Is Valuable, Sharing Releases Control, You're Leaving Footprints
What can a computer figure out about a human? Not just where you are and how you spend your money, but what kind of person you are. One intriguing study last year showed correlations between what people Liked on Facebook and various demographic factors, personal...
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