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Discuss: Is Privacy a 20th Century concept?
May 6, 2011
3:07 pm
martinc
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Facilitator: Martin Cocker, Executive Director, NetSafe

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Does the increasing popularity of social networking sites and the ability for individuals to publish a variety of personal information online (either on purpose or by ignorance) mean that the concept of privacy is fundamentally changing? Is Mark Zuckenburg changing the privacy landscape or does Facebook simply reflect current attitudes?

This session explores whether or not people are still concerned with protecting their privacy. What is it that people still consider private? Are there logical categories, groupings, or rankings of “private” personal information? If there is a shift in the notion of privacy – how does that change (if at all) the responsibility of organisations holding personal information?

 

June 25, 2011
3:33 pm
Ross Hughson
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The World Economic Forum recently published a paper that is very relevant to this topic and well worth the read.  The paper is called “Personal Data: The Emergence of a New Asset Class”. 

www3.weforum.org/.../WEF_ITTC_PersonalDataNewAsset_Report_2011.pdf

The paper presents what I think is a very good summary of
where things are at in regards to personal information.  The Google’s and Facebook’s of this world are “built on the economics of personal data”.

The paper encourages a view that the individual needs to see themselves as part of an ecosystem and have to take more of an active role in protecting their own information.

The paper also proposes that by looking at personal information as an asset class, new opportunities for untapped socioeconomic growth can follow.

In answer to Martins question regarding if there are logical categories, groupings, or rankings of “private” personal information – the paper presents a definition of volunteered data, observed data and Inferred data?

Rather than summarise the paper here, I strongly encourage you to take the time to read this paper before the NetHui as it has concepts and thoughts that will enrich our discussion.

June 26, 2011
7:33 am
Ross Hughson
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Continuing with the theme that individuals are wanting to, and should, take more ownership of their personal information, I am seeing the emergence of organisations to assist with this. One such organisation (which I
need to declare that I have recently joined), is the Personal Data Ecosystem Consortium (PDEC).

http://personaldataecosystem.org/

As is often the case, organisations form based around beliefs and principles, and at the core of this group is the belief that an individual is the only ethical integration point for their own data from different sources. This way people can have more control over what information they share and how they manage their own privacy concerns.

One of the members of this consortium, MYDEX, recently held a conference in the UK.  Here is a link to their site where there is a short video that I think is very relevant to this topic.  It also includes Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of Google, stating that “individuals should own their own data”

 http://t.co/aQoXT5a

June 28, 2011
9:57 am
Rick Shera
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Ross Hughson said:
The World Economic Forum recently published a paper that is very relevant to this topic and well worth the read.  The paper is called “Personal Data: The Emergence of a New Asset Class”. 

www3.weforum.org/.../WEF_ITTC_PersonalDataNewAsset_Report_2011.pdf

 

The link does not seem to work Ross, or at least may be to some internal resource.  Could you check and repost if its not too much trouble.  The report sounds interesting.

June 28, 2011
10:42 am
Mishon8
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I'm not sure whether the shift is in the notion of privacy, or simply in the ease of sharing data. It would depend on whether people posting personal data to social networking sites are making conscious decisions to relax their privacy or whether they are relying on some governing or protecting body to ensure it isn't abused.

It always amazes me when people are surprised that their boss-friend reacts badly to their boasting on facebook of pulling a sicky. Do these people really think through their privacy issues?

I think the shift is an inevitable consequence rather than an intentional reduction in concern. It's all fun until someone gets it in the eye. 

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