Privacy
The interplay between IT, security and privacy is complex and non-obvious to policy generalists and technology specialists. Legislation and policy tells us WHAT needs to be done to meet privacy obligations, but Lockstep's research helps show HOW to make privacy happen.
Privacy op-ed in Sydney Morning Herald
Stephen had an opinion piece published by the broadsheet Sydney Morning Herald on 17 Feb 2010.
Public yet still "private"
A column for Online Banking Review that dispels the myth that information in the public domain is not subject to the Privacy Act.
Google’s wifi misadventure, and the gulf between IT and Privacy
An article for the iappANZ, examining what Google's carelessness with data collection tells us about technologists' appreciation of privacy.
Health Identifiers and Patient Privacy
An article for the iappANZ, exposing the "grim myth" that clinical efficacy and privacy are at odds.
Anonymity & Pseudonymity in eResearch
A peer reviewed poster paper presented at a major annual e-research conference in 2009.
"Privacy Engineering"
We coined the term “privacy engineering” in order to raise consciousness that more can be done to design privacy in at every point in the development lifecycle.
Inaugural iappANZ Privacy Conference
Stephen spoke on the Technologists Panel at the first conference of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, A-NZ Chapter, in Sydney, 27 August 2008.
Privacy & Security presentation - ID Summit 2008
Stephen's closing address at the ID Summit, 12 March 2008 in Sydney, discussed the wrong headed tension between security & privacy, and illustrated how we can (indeed, must) protect both at the same time, using techniques such as Lockstep Technologies' "Stepwise".
Lockstep transaction de-identification
Lockstep Technologies R&D has led to a unique de-identification solution, which could decentralise personal identifiers, and quarantine the information flowing to government agencies, banks, healthcare providers and so on.
Privacy Engineering Guidelines Presentation
A presentation to the Australian Information Security Association annual seminar day 2007.
Patient Privacy and Security , Not a zero sum game!
An invited paper in a special edition of "Australasian Epidemiologist" on ethics and privacy.
Submission to the 2005 Senate inquiry
Lockstep made a detailed submission to the 2005 Senate inquiry into the Privacy Act, focussing on smartcards and biometrics.
Submission to Dept of Health & Ageing on the National Health Privacy Code
Stephen Wilson wrote a detailed submission on the Department of Health and Ageing's draft privacy code in 2003.
Mapping Privacy requirements onto the IT function
A detailed examination of the relationship between privacy and the enterprise IT function.
Don't let privacy take IT by surprise
Technologists and e-security specialists can misjudge privacy as 'merely a business issue' and so underestimate how the IT function can impact privacy compliance.
Submission to the Spyware Inquiry
Lockstep made a written submission to the recent public inquiry into spyware by the Department of IT, Communications and the Arts