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Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about privacy.
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- Department for Constitutional Affairs, United Kingdom - Archive
- Articles and resources about an online toolkit produced by the UK Departmental of Constitutional Affairs in order to help public sector bodies understand the issues around data sharing.
Added: 24 November 2005
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- Privacy issues within government - Canada
- Articles and resources about trends and issues relating to privacy in Canada.
Added: 12 December 2005
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- Privacy issues within government - United Kingdom - Archive
- Articles and resources about trends and issues relating to privacy within the United Kingdom.
Added: 21 December 2005
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- Privacy Resources - Victoria
- Privacy resources relating to the Victorian Government.
Added: 24 November 2005
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- Privacy: Australia, cookies and general articles - Archive
- A selection of privacy resources from Australia as well as general articles and reports, and specific articles about cookies.
Added: 2 December 2005
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- Privacy: overseas - Archive
- A selection of privacy resources from overseas.
Added: 2 December 2005
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- Privacy: United States - Archive
- A selection of privacy resources from the United States.
Added: 2 December 2005
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- The adequacy of protections for the privacy of Australians online - Report and Recommendations
- On 24 June 2010, the Australian Senate referred the matter of the adequacy of protections for the privacy of Australians online to the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee for inquiry and report by 20 October 2010. The report was delivered April 2011.
Added: 11 April 2011
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- Transparency - seeing it through - speech by the UK Information Commissioner
- Marking International Right to Know Day 2011, the UK Information Commissioner, Christopher Graham offers a view on the state of information rights in the United Kingdom: the right to know and the right to privacy.
Added: 3 October 2011
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- Transparent Government, Not Transparent Citizens: A Report on Privacy and Transparency for the Cabinet Office
- The review reached the following conclusions: Privacy is extremely important to transparency; Privacy and transparency are compatible; Discussion about deanonymisation has been driven largely by legal considerations; There are no complete legal or technical fixes to the deanonymisation problem...
Added: 14 September 2011
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- Exposure Drafts of Australian Privacy Amendment Legislation
- Senate Committees Senate Standing Committees on Finance and Public Administration. Includes privacy principles, credit reporting, submissions received, public hearings and transcripts, reports and government responses.
Added: 15 May 2012;
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- Government Response to the Senate Finance and Public Administration Legislation Committee Report: Exposure Drafts of Australian Privacy Amendment Legislation: Part 1 – Australian Privacy Principles - in pdf format (442kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). Parliament of Australia, May 2012. "The following tables summarise the Government's response to the recommendations from the Committee's report. Of the Committee’s twenty nine recommendations: - 4 have been accepted in full; - 14 have been accepted in principle; - 1 has been accepted in part - 6 have been supported; and - 4 have been rejected in full..."
Added: 15 May 2012;
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- Incremental Opt-In: The End of the Privacy Problem
- by Jim Sterne. ClickZ, May 10, 2012. "... Simply put, it is up to you to convince people to hand over the keys to their personal data set. No one expects you to convince everybody to hand over all of their data. At least, not all at once. It would be foolish to even try. Instead, ask them to a provide a little at a time...just like in real life..."
Added: 15 May 2012;
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- Privacy and the Internet: Australian attitudes towards privacy in the online environment - in pdf format (240kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). By Alastair MacGibbon. University of Canberra, The Centre for Internet Safety, April 2012. "The Centre for Internet Safety at the University of Canberra partnered with eBay.com.au to survey eBay users about their attitudes towards privacy and how it affects their actions online. The survey was conducted by The Paradigm Shift Research Consultancy in March 2012 and is comprised of a representative sample of 700 Australians who visited eBay in the past 12 months... Key Findings: - 85% of online Australians believe data breach notification should be mandatory for business; - Australians nominated identity theft (86%) and loss of financial data (83%) as their areas of greatest privacy concern; - The financial sector is most trusted on privacy (42%), followed by government and the eCommerce sectors; - Social media is the least trusted industry on privacy (1%). In fact, 61% of respondents nominated the social media industry as having the worst privacy practices; - Overall, women feel more secure than men online, and younger people (18-29 years old) feel more secure than older people (50+ years old)..."
Added: 3 May 2012;
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- Social media sites could face court for Privacy Act breaches
- Failure to comply with the Privacy Act could result in the Privacy Commissioner taking social media websites to court, by Stephanie McDonald, Computerworld, 2 May, 2012. "Social media websites could find themselves in court if they breach Australia’s Privacy Act now that the Privacy Commissioner has been granted new powers to take breaches to court. The new powers allows the Privacy Commissioner to be able to accept undertakings from companies which can be enforced in court; make a determination in own motion investigations, where a complaint has not been lodged by an individual but the Office of the Australian Information Commission (OAIC) has received third-party information of breaches; seek civil penalties for serious or repeated breaches; and carry out performance assessments on private sector organisations..."
Added: 3 May 2012;
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- Survey Finds Facebook and Google Privacy Policies Even More Confusing Than Credit Card Bills and Government Notices
- Consumer Respondents Reveal Little Understanding of Policies, Answering Only Four Out of 10 Comprehension Questions Correctly. PR Newswire, New York, April 24, 2012. "A new survey released today by global strategic branding firm Siegel+Gale (www.siegelgale.com) revealed confusion and frustration among consumers regarding Facebook and Google privacy policies. The survey of more than 400 respondents found that users have little understanding of how Facebook and Google track and store user information and activity, and how information is shared and with whom. On a scale of 0 to 100 (with a score of 80 indicating good comprehension), respondents who reviewed Facebook's and Google's privacy policies scored 39 and 36..."
Added: 26 April 2012;
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- Big Data age puts privacy in question as information becomes currency
- Exploiting Big Data's opportunities will need a delicate balance between the right to knowledge and the right of the individual, by Aleks Krotoski. guardian.co.uk, Sunday 22 April 2012. "This month, the US chain Walmart bought the startup Social Calendar, one of the most popular calendar apps on Facebook, which lets users record special events, birthdays and anniversaries. More than 15 million registered users have posted over 110m personal notifications, and users receive email reminders totalling over 10m a month..."
Added: 23 April 2012;
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- Computer Ethics in the Social Media Age - in pdf format (76kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). Speech by Ms Helen Versey, Victorian Privacy Commissioner. To Australian Institute of Computer Ethics Conference, Deakin University, 13 February 2012. "Any discussion of computer ethics inevitably includes the discussion about right to privacy, as does any discussion about social media. Today, I am going to endeavour to raise some issues that I hope will contribute to your discussions in this conference... Use of Social networking sites by the public sector - Governments are encouraged to be more transparent with the public. An effective way to get information out to the public is to do so via social networking sites. But there are problems with the public sector using social networking sites, especially if this is not limited to getting information disseminated.22 • The risk of collecting personal information from social networking without that person knowing, These can be summarized as follows: • Collecting more personal information than the organisation needs, • If social networking is used to collect information from individuals, the individual may inadvertently publish the information to the world. This could be highly sensitive information, • Organisational obligations regarding data security and public records, and • Blurring lines between official and personal worlds, for example – young people dealing with teachers. Very use of the word 'friend' can indicate a crossing or blurring of a line..."
Added: 20 April 2012;
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- Privacy Commissioner supports information sharing bill
- By Amelia Romanos. New Zealand Herald, Thursday April 5, 2012. "Privacy Commissioner Marie Shroff today gave her stamp of approval to legislation that would relax the rules around sharing information between public service agencies. Parliament's justice and electoral committee is considering the Privacy (Information Sharing) Bill, which would lower the threshold for sharing of individuals' personal information held by public and private agencies..."
Added: 12 April 2012;
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- FTC releases final consumer privacy report, hosts Twitter chat to discuss recommendations
- by Alex Howard. Gov20.Govfresh, March 26, 2012. "Today, the Federal Trade Commission issued its final report, Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change." The regulatory agency hosted a Twitter chat immediately after the press conference to take more questions on the report. Here's that story..."
Added: 29 March 2012;
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- Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: Recommendations For Businesses and Policymakers - in pdf format (2,427kb)
- (This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). Federal Trade Commission, March 2012. "In today's world of smart phones, smart grids, and smart cars, companies are collecting, storing, and sharing more information about consumers than ever before. Although companies use this information to innovate and deliver better products and services to consumers, they should not do so at the expense of consumer privacy. With this Report, the Commission calls on companies to act now to implement best practices to protect consumers' private information. These best practices include making privacy the 'default setting' for commercial data practices and giving consumers greater control over the collection and use of their personal data through simplified choices and increased transparency. Implementing these best practices will enhance trust and stimulate commerce..."
Added: 28 March 2012;
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- FTC Issues Final Commission Report on Protecting Consumer Privacy
- Agency Calls on Companies to Adopt Best Privacy Practices. Federal Trade Commission, 26 March 2012. "The Federal Trade Commission, the nation's chief privacy policy and enforcement agency, issued a final report setting forth best practices for businesses to protect the privacy of American consumers and give them greater control over the collection and use of their personal data. In the report, "Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: Recommendations For Businesses and Policymakers," the FTC also recommends that Congress consider enacting general privacy legislation, data security and breach notification legislation, and data broker legislation..."
Added: 28 March 2012;
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- FTC's 'Privacy by Design' plan: What you need to know
- by Andrew Couts. Digital Trends, March 26, 2012. "The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has released its final report on how to better protect consumer privacy. Here is a condensed version of everything you need to know. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released today its final report on privacy. An updated and revised version of the preliminary report the FTC released in December 2010, the new report, dubbed 'Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change', outlines laws that are on the books concerning user privacy, and details a framework for how US businesses can better protect user data. While the report does not establish any new rules, it does provide a comprehensive look at how the federal government is attempting to get a handle on privacy in the Web and application era. Rather than making you read through the full report, here's a breakdown of the most important bits that could have an effect on you online life..."
Added: 28 March 2012;
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- How social networks sold your privacy
- by Stewart Mitchell. PC Pro, 23 March 2012. "Stewart Mitchell investigates how sites such as Facebook and Google+ are cashing in on your personal information When Facebook persuaded 800 million users to sign up, few subscribers would have realised they were the raw materials in a multibillion-pound production line, yet this is exactly how the company treats their information. Facebook, Google+ and advertising networks have turned exploiting personal data into an art form – and for the most part, consumers have given the information freely..."
Added: 26 March 2012;
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- The Facebook experiment
- By Stilgherrian, ZDNet Australia, March 23rd, 2012. "Methods used by the world's largest social network have become the de facto standard for trading private information for a convenient service, but privacy experts say it could be a generation before we see how the great Facebook experiment turns out. "Facebook has now become the benchmark by which other technology companies judge themselves when launching similar features. The first question is, 'What do Facebook do?'," said a participant at the Identity and Privacy Workshop hosted by the International Association of Privacy Professionals Australia and New Zealand chapter (iappANZ) in Sydney yesterday..."
Added: 26 March 2012;
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This category last updated: 15 May 2012
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