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Frederik Kortbæk
Søren Duus Østergaard
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Kåre Kjelstrøm
Sune Skadegaard Thorsen
Center for Democracy and Technology
- P3P and the Future of PETs 11. november 2009I will be speaking on Thursday at the European Commission’s Workshop on the Economic Benefits of Privacy-enhancing Technologies in Brussels. With many calling for a revamping of ideas using metadata to help protect privacy, I felt that it was important to use the occasion to write a short paper entitled “Looking Back at P3P: Lessons [...]Ari Schwartz
Electronic Frontier Foundation
- EFF to Represent Yes Men in Court Battle Over Chamber of Commerce Action 11. november 2009San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, will defend the Yes Men and other activists in a lawsuit filed against them by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce over political criticism of the Chamber's stance on climate change legislation. In mid-October, the activists staged a "press conference" in which t […]rebecca
Office of the Privacy Commissioner
- Lavapies – one neighbourhood battles surveillance 5. november 2009I had the chance earlier this week to attend The Public Voice, a conference in Madrid to help civil society groups share their work and their points of view on important privacy issues. One presentation highlighted un barrio feliz – a community led project to protest and undermine the closed circuit surveillance cameras slowly rolling out [...]Colin McKay
Privacy.Org
- Nation's School Districts are Failing to Protect Children's PrivacyA Fordham Law School study found that state educational databases across the country ignore key privacy protections for the nation’s school children. The study reports that at least 32% of states warehouse children’s social security numbers; at least 22% of states record student pregnancies; and at least 46% of the states track mental health, ill […]EPIC
Compliance and Privacy – Your portal for specialist security news
- Saving Money With SFTP - Wick Hill 9. april 2009Everyone is looking to cut costs in the recession, but there is one solution which many companies don't realise has the potential to save money for minimal investment and minimal disruption, which also can provide fast ROI. A lot of organisations still have legacy systems and are happy to live with them, given the huge upheaval and potential expense whi […]
Privacy & Information Security Law Blog
- Der er opstået en fejl - feedet er sikkert nede. Prøv igen senere.
Bruce Schneier
- Hacking the Brazil Power GridWe've seen lots of rumors about attacks against the power grid, both in the U.S. and elsewhere, of people hacking the power grid. President Obama mentioned it in his May cybersecurity speech: "In other countries cyberattacks have plunged entire cities into darkness." Seems like the source of these rumors has been Brazil: Several prominent inte […]schneier
The Privacy Place
- The Evolution of Internet Users’ Privacy Concerns 29. juli 2009The Privacy Place is proud to announce the release of a new technical report by Dr. Annie I. Antón, Dr. Julia B. Earp, and Jessica D. Young detailing the evolution of Internet users’ privacy concerns since 2002. This research has been submitted to IEEE Security and Privacy Magazine, but you can read the detailed [...]Aaron Massey
Computerworld Privacy News
- A Practical Approach to Protecting Trade Secrets 11. november 2009Trade secrets are increasingly becoming a company's most valuable assets, and not surprisingly, threats to those assets have increased concomitantly. The greatest threat to company data is, of course, not outsiders but a company's own employees A company's ability to protect against rogue employees (as well as against unintentional harm) is go […](Russell Beck and Matt Karlyn)
- iPhone security problems bring new risks 11. november 2009In just four days, not one but two worms targeting the iPhone have emerged. Both of the worms target the same vulnerability, a default password in the SSH server that is installed on jail-broken iPhones. While one worm is a mostly a nuisance, the second siphons personal information from the iPhone, which makes it a serious identity theft threat.(Andreas M. Antonopoulos)
- Worldwide online ad spending drops slightly in Q3 11. november 2009Global online advertising spending fell slightly in the third quarter, but there are signs that the market may be recovering and could start growing again soon, according to market research firm IDC.(Juan Carlos Perez)
- Eight indicted for $9 million hack 10. november 2009A grand jury in Atlanta has indicted eight people related to hacking into a computer network operated by credit-card processing vendor RBS WorldPlay and stealing $9 million.(Grant Gross)
- Microsoft to release security guidelines for Agile 9. november 2009Microsoft will release on Tuesday guidelines for developers building online applications and for those utilizing the Agile code-development process.(Jeremy Kirk)
Datonomy
- Online Behavioural Advertising 9. november 2009The survey commissioned by the Internet Advertising Bureau and Olswang LLP into consumer attitudes towards online behavioural advertising or "interest based advertising" has been out for a little while now but interest in the field shows no sign of abating. In addition to the OFT's market study the All Party Parliamentary Communications Group […]marc.dautlich@olswang.com (Marc)
- Telecoms package adopted - including new data breach and cookie provisions 5. november 2009In the small hours of this morning, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers reached agreement on the new EU Telecoms Package. This wide-ranging set of reforms is of particular interest to data protection practitioners because it will introduce mandatory notifications for personal data breaches. It will also amend the rules on the use of cookies, […]noreply@blogger.com (Claire Walker)
- All a Man's Privacy 3. november 2009This is Henry D Thoreau in his diary on July 10, 1840:“ All a man’s privacy is in his eye, and its expression he cannot alter any more than he can alter his character. So long as we look a man in the eye, it seems to rule the other features, and make them, too, original. When I have mistaken one person for another, observing only his form, and carriage, and […]noreply@blogger.com (Roger)
- Better than buying votes? 2. november 2009Times Online reported last week ("BNP leader ‘paid for UKIP member list'") that British National Party leader Nick Griffin is to be investigated following an accusation that he paid for a database containing the names and addresses of thousands of members of the rival UK Independence party for just £500. The list was reportedly used for fund-r […]noreply@blogger.com (Jeremy)
OUT-LAW News
- Credit card firms order change to wireless security in shops 19. oktober 2009
- Data protection guidance for pension trustees 20. august 2009
- Suicide pictures cleared by press watchdog 14. august 2009
- Staff have rights to see job references, says privacy chief 14. august 2009
International Service for Human Rights
- UN expert: human rights defenders face more restrictions on freedom of association in all regions 12. november 2009On 23 October 2009, the Special Rapporteur on the human rights defenders, Ms. Margaret Sekaggya (Uganda), called on States in the Third Committee of the General Assembly to do away with laws that required NGOs to register before they could operate. She was concerned that States were increasingly using security and counter-terrorism laws or more ‘subtle […]
Institut for Menneskerettigheder
- Argentina i forsoning med brutal fortidArgentina har oprettet sit første menneskerettighedscenter. Dermed viser landet tegn på forsoning med det brutale diktatur, der kostede tusinder af mennesker livet.
Retspolitisk Forening
- Offentlig møde om PET-kommissionen og registreringer 15. oktober 2009Retspolitisk Forening inviterer tirsdag den 3. november kl 17 til offentligt møde om PET-Kommissionens beretning om registreringer på det politiske område i perioden 1968-89. Oplægsholderne er tidligere Chef for PET, Ole Stig Andersen, forhenværende justitsminister Ole Espersen, aktuel sagsøger mod PET Per Clausen (MF) og Retspolitisk Forenings formand Bjørn […]Webredaktør
Samfundsansvar.dk
- UN PRI annoncerer forskningspris 9. november 2009De seks priser går til de bedste forskningsartikler om emnet, mainstreaming af ansvarlige investeringer. Prisuddelingen vil foregå ved PRIs årlige konference som finder sted i København i Maj 2010. Projektet er finansieret af Erhvervs- og Selskabsstyrelsen. Læs mere om forskningsprisen på PRI's hjemmeside
- Global Compact-principper ind i ny dansk-vietnamesisk handelsaftale 6. november 2009De ti principper i FN's Global Compact indgår i en aftale, som Dansk Erhverv netop har indgået med det vietnamesiske handelskammer (VCCI). Aftalen skal blandt andet ses i lyset af, at Dansk Erhverv tidligere på året tilsluttede sig Global Compact. Læs mere på Dansk Erhvervs hjemmeside
- NGO'er afholder seminar om CSR, børnearbejde og den gode historie 3. november 2009Den 20. november fylder FN's Børnekonvention 20 år. I den anledning afholder en række NGO'er et seminar om børnearbejde og fokuserer blandt andet på formidlingen af "den gode historie". Læs mere om arrangementet
The Corporate Social responsibility Newswire
- Live Positively: Our commitment to making a positive difference in the world. 11. november 2009
- Transurban Sustainability Report 2009 9. november 2009
- Great River Energy 2008 Social Responsibility Report 15. oktober 2009
- Doing the Right Things 5. oktober 2009
Computerworld om digital sikkerhed
- Data-razzia på vej til sønderjyderne 11. november 2009I denne uge er Datatilsynet på udkig efter både offentlige og private virksomheder, der ikke overholder persondataloven. 27 virksomheder i Region Syddanmark kan forvente besøg.Nicolai Devantier
- Apple retter hele 58 fejl 10. november 2009Apple sender en kæmpeopdatering på gaden men får igen på puklen for at være for langsom.Gregg Keizer
- Mange flere sårbarheder i Firefox end i IE 10. november 2009Der findes langt flere sårbarheder i Firefox end i markedets øvrige browsere. Det betyder dog langt fra, at Firefox er en dårlig browser, siger en dansk ekspert.Nicolai Devantier
Reuters: Top World News
- Obama and war council weigh Afghan troop boost 12. november 2009WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama and his war council weighed final options for a new Afghanistan strategy on Wednesday, as a proposed 30,000-plus troop increase gained favor among top advisers, officials said.
- Fort Hood probe spotlights Web-savvy preacher 11. november 2009LONDON (Reuters) - A radical Muslim preacher linked by U.S. intelligence to a gunman who killed 13 people at a U.S. Army base is an influential voice in English-language Internet forums increasingly used by militants unfamiliar with Arabic.
- Abbas resists U.S. pressure to resume peace talks 11. november 2009RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The Palestinian president on Wednesday resisted U.S. pressure for a resumption of peace talks with Israel, repeating his demand for a complete halt to West Bank settlement building before negotiations.
- Get ready, America: Here comes Sarah Palin 11. november 2009WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Get ready, America. Like her or not, Sarah Palin is coming to a city near you.
- North Korea warns South it will pay for clash 12. november 2009SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said the South will pay "an expensive price" for firing at Pyongyang's retreating patrol boat on Tuesday, keeping up its saber rattling two days after a naval gunfight raised tension between the rivals.
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