Core Identities and Personal Data Stores
I just finished reading an intriguing white paper, “Towards a Trustworthy Digital Infrastructure for Core Identities and Personal Data Stores,” written by Thomas Hardjono, Dazza Greenwood, and Alex...
View ArticleIoT: A Market Landscape
Today I read an informative paper published by GigaOM Research entitled, “The Internet of Things: A Market Landscape.” I find The Internet of Things to be the most interesting area of technology and...
View ArticlePrivacy by Design Ambassador
It was an honor today to be announced as a Privacy by Design Ambassador by the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, Canada: Privacy by Design Ambassadors are an exclusive, but growing,...
View ArticlePrivacy and Security by Design: An Enterprise Architecture Approach
Today, we are pleased to announce publication of a paper entitled “Privacy and Security by Design: An Enterprise Architecture Approach,” which I co-authored with Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D., Information &...
View ArticleVideo: Privacy and Security by Design: An Enterprise Architecture Approach
In the following video, Dr. Ann Cavoukian describes the paper I was privileged to co-author with her. More information and a download link is available here.
View ArticlePrivacy and Security by Design: Foundational Principles
To prepare for my first meeting with Ann Cavoukian earlier this year, I drafted a brief table which proposed a set of principles for Security by Design that aligned with the well-know foundational...
View ArticleGreat Book – Age of Context: Mobile, Sensors, Data and the Future of Privacy
This evening, I finished reading a fascinating book, “Age of Context: Mobile, Sensors, Data and the Future of Privacy,” by Robert Scoble and Shel Israel. Scoble and Israel propose that we are in the...
View ArticleProtect Privacy to Build Trust in the Age of Context
My recent post about the book, “Age of Context: Mobile, Sensors, Data and the Future of Privacy,” by Robert Scoble and Shel Israel, began to explore the benefits that might accrue from converging...
View ArticleVideo: Ann Cavoukian – Privacy and Security by Design: An Enterprise...
The following video features Ann Cavoukian, Ph.D., Information and Privacy Commissioner, Ontario, Canada, discussing the paper I co-authored with her, “Privacy and Security by Design: An Enterprise...
View Article$1,000 per Record?
Today, I read of at three separate instances where class-action lawsuits have been filed on behalf of people whose personal information had been breached at a healthcare company. The largest lawsuit,...
View ArticleWill the Government Micromanage Online Privacy?
I currently publish two blogs: “Discovering Identity” (this one) and “I Love Freedom.” Usually, the information I publish on these blogs doesn’t overlap, but this subject certainly does, and is posted...
View ArticleObama Eyeing Internet ID for Americans
Obama Eyeing Internet ID for Americans – Tech Talk – CBS News. Do we really want the President – or any federal official – establishing our personal Internet ID’s? Sounds like government over-reach to...
View ArticleHigh Court Rules Against Corporate Privacy Rights
The Wall Street Journal reported today: The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that personal-privacy rights don’t apply to corporations under the Freedom of Information Act. Tuesday’s ruling was a defeat...
View ArticleDave Kearns and Dictionary.Com on Privacy
Triggered by Dave Kearn’s article today, “What is Privacy, Really,” I spent a few minutes this afternoon with my good friend dictionary.com. It is amazing what one can learn about word meanings by...
View ArticleBeing part of the honored 2% isn’t so gratifying
On April 4th, I received apology letters from my bank, a major retailer, a large pharmaceutical chain, and three hotel companies. All of the apologies were similar, but I’ll share just one: Dear...
View ArticleDear Kroger: Did You Forget to Tell Me?
My last post highlighted the well-publicized Epsilon data breach that affected so many consumers like me. But what if a company forgets to tell its customers? That may have happened to me. Our family...
View ArticleWhen Can I Pay for Stuff with my iPhone?
I am anxious for the time when I can buy groceries or pay for a meal with my iPhone. According to Juniper Research, that time may be be closer than you would think. As reported by GigaOM, Juniper...
View ArticleHey Steve! Why are you tracking me?
I first read the news about Apple’s secretive location tracking capability in the Kaspersky Labs Threat Post article, “Secret iPhone Feature Tracks Owners’ Whereabouts“: Security researchers have...
View ArticleNational Strategy For Trusted Identities In Cyberspace – My Take
When I hear a message that begins, “We’re from the government, and we’re here to help,” I am naturally suspicious. My political philosophy, based on personal freedom, individual responsibility and...
View ArticlePrivacy Site: ApplicationPrivacy.org – Implement Trustworthy Data Practices
ApplicationPrivacy.org is a project of the Future of Privacy Forum intended to provide application developers with the tools and resources needed to implement trustworthy data practices. The Future of...
View ArticlePrivacy Site: Future of Privacy Forum – Advancing Responsible Data Practices
The Future of Privacy Forum (FPF) is a Washington, DC based think tank that seeks to advance responsible data practices. The forum is led by Internet privacy experts Jules Polonetsky and Christopher...
View ArticleFellow Facebook Users: We are the product Zuckerberg sells.
In my recent post, I made this observation: [Facebook and Google] are essentially advertising channels, whose real customers are not those of us who visit their sites, but the advertisers who pay them...
View ArticleLife Management Platforms: Informed Pull and Controlled Push
I have been intrigued by the potential emergence of “Life Management Platforms” as described in the Kuppinger-Cole advisory note, “Life Management Platforms: Control and Privacy for Personal Data.”...
View ArticleOrwell was a Prophet
I read a chilling article in the Wall Street Journal this evening, entitled, “U.S. Terrorism Agency to Tap a Vast Database of Citizens.” Yep … that means you and me – data about us law abiding citizens...
View ArticleBig Data is Watching You
Nishant Kaushik’s tweet today prompted some paranoid thoughts about the use of big data analytics. Scary #Privacy News Day: Raytheon RIOT – http://t.co/FB4dsnjv AND Equifax selling Employer shared...
View ArticlePrivacy and Security by Design: A Convergence of Paradigms
In the Oracle Information InDepth newsletter I just received, a new white paper, “Privacy and Security by Design: A Convergence of Paradigms,” was announced. The paper is a collaboration of Ann...
View ArticleReport: Unlocking the Value of Personal Data
An interesting new report came to my attention today, “ Unlocking the Value of Personal Datra: From Collection to Usage,” published by the World Economic Forum, prepared in collaboration with The...
View ArticleStrong Alignment: Privacy and Security by Design
Today I had the privilege of having lunch with Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario, Canada, along with Jack Crail, Oracle Director of Security Sales Consulting for the...
View ArticlePrivacy by Design – Principles or Requirements?
After reading the white paper, “Privacy and Security by Design, A Convergence of Paradigms,” this week, I pinged a couple of associates on Twitter to see what they thought about Privacy by Design....
View ArticleForget Me, Please!
On today’s @OracleIDM / @embedprivacy #PrivQA Tweet Chat, much was said about the right of individuals to control how their data was being used. I posted the following statement: Privacy is freedom to...
View ArticleMammoth – Will it be my Personal Cloud?
The most intriguing thing to hit my desk today was the announcement of the new Mammoth service to “save links, add notes, and selectively grab content from multiple webpages into a single, shareable,...
View Article#PrivQA Chat Archive
Last Thursday, I participated in the Privacy Tweet Chat led by @OracleIDM, featuring Dr. Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario Canada, tweeting as @embedprivacy. The #PrivQA...
View ArticleGigabytes of Personal Data
Now, in honor of my post about Personal Clouds – the philosophy of Frank & Ernest:
View ArticleOracle White Paper: Helping Address GDPR Compliance
May 25, 2018 is bearing down on us like a proverbial freight train. That is the date when the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes binding law on all companies who store or...
View ArticleIdentity – Critical for GDPR?
How critical is Identity and Access Management to GDPR Compliance? The somewhat radical, but underlying philosophy of GDPR is that enterprises must enable individual data subjects (EU citizens) to...
View ArticleCan YOU choose how your personal data is used?
This little exchange highlights the essence of an individual’s right to privacy – Individuals should have control over how their personal data is used. Do you have control? Should you? If you can’t...
View ArticleTime for a Federal Data Breach Law in the US?
Recently, I have given several presentations about the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). A common question that arises is whether we should expect a similar data protection...
View ArticleBermuda Personal Information Protection Act
When I give a presentation about the Global Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), someone usually asks how long it will be before the United States has a similar regulation? I really don’t know, but the...
View ArticleKeep your Personal Data Safe Online
In the wake of the US Senate grilling Mark Zuckerberg about the Cambridge Analytics scandal, and as we move ever so quickly towards the May 25th date when the EU will begin enforcing the General Data...
View ArticleEveryone is a spidergram now
Has mis-use of surveillance and analytics technology become ingrained in our culture? Not long ago, it was the NSA surveillance scandal the rocked our sensibilities. Now Facebook and and Cambridge...
View Article5 stages of data privacy grief
Do you want some tasty ice cream? I think Tom Fishburne nailed the essence of why people put up with social media intrusion into their personal space.
View ArticleGDPR: A Cost vs. Benefit Analysis
With the May 25th enforcement date for GDPR looming before us, it is easy to focus on the huge investment companies are making in efforts to comply. However, an Information Week article authored by...
View ArticleGDPR Regulators Not Ready?
I find it incredibly ironic that EU regulators may not be ready to enforce GDPR when scheduled on May 25th. A Reuters Business News article, European regulators: We’re not ready for new privacy law,...
View ArticleGDPR Enforcement – What Will Happen Now?
Here we are, four days beyond May 25th – the date when enforcement of the Global Data Protection Regulation was to begin. So far, no planes have fallen from the sky (remember dire Y2K warnings?) and...
View ArticleState by State Data Breach Map
Where data breach regulations are in force in your state? Check out the Snell & Wilmer interactive, state by state Data Breach Map.
View ArticlePersonal Data: To Share or Not To Share?
We talk a lot about restricting what personal data we share on line, but is that sharing all bad? Tom Fishburne nails the issue with this week’s Marketoonist post. We’re in a marketing catch-22....
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