Category Archives: Social Networking
It’s not too late for privacy
Have you heard the news? “Privacy is dead!” The message is urgent. It’s often shouted...
Facebook’s lab rats
It’s long been said that if you’re getting something for free online, then you’re not...
Three billion was a Snap
June 2, 2014 The latest Snowden revelations include the NSA’s special programs for extracting photos...
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The strengths and weaknesses of Data Privacy in the Age of Big Data
This is the abstract of a current privacy conference proposal. Synopsis Many Big Data and...
The Snapchat data breach
Yesterday it was reported by The Verge that anonymous hackers have accessed Snapchat’s user database...
Facebook’s challenge to the Collection Limitation Principle
Dec 25, 2013 Facebook’s challenge to the Collection Limitation Principle An extract from our chapter...
What’s really happening to privacy?
This article was first published as Wilson, S. (2013). What happened to privacy?”. Issues, 104,...
Classic Facebook stalking horse
Dec 19, 2012 Yesterday Instagram made its first move towards delivering the real value in...
Don’t mix business and pleasure
At the recent Gartner Identity & Access Summit, analyst Earl Perkins spoke of the potential...
If Facebook were honest
The first and foremost privacy principle in any data protection regime is Collection Limitation. A...