Today is the day. It has been talked about for a while, but I think that today is the day that it really starts…
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Information Security
Off to Atlanta – ALA Midwinter 2017
I getting on the plane today from Detroit heading to a talk I am excited to give tomorrow (Saturday) morning on Security & Privacy in…
Uncategorised
Today, I wrote a letter…
Yes, an actual handwritten letter, with paper and ink. And it was wonderful. I normally use pen and paper to edit and markup documents,…
Information
Come See Me Speak at ALAAC16
For those of you that might be attending, I will be speaking at the ALA Annual Conference at the NISO/BISG 10th Annual Forums: The Changing…
General
When is “Opt-In” More Like “Opt-Out”?
I talk a lot about “opt-in” because I believe that consumers (and users of any service or system) deserve to make an explicit choice…
Privacy
CrashPlan has a Privacy Crash & Burn
(Or, why do we accept a world without opt-out?) Earlier this week, I got an email update from CrashPlan notifying me about updates to…
Announcement
Welcome to Even More Cynical
No, this is definitely not a post about all the New Years Resolutions I am (not) making. However, I have been thinking about ways…
Privacy
NISO Library Users’ Privacy Principles
As I mentioned in a blog post in July after our in-person meeting in San Francisco, I have been privileged to be on the…
Information Security
Trust & Transparency in Privacy
TL; DR: It is abundantly important to be transparent and honest about how data is collected, used and shared from the outset of your…
Privacy
The End of Safe Harbour?
Earlier today, the European Court of Justice announced that it was invalidating the US/EU Safe Harbour agreement that has allowed personal data back and…