Developing Consensus on the Ethics of Data Use
Information is power, as the saying goes, and big data promises the power to make better decisions across industry, government, and everyday life. Data...
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Joe Jerome
Truthout Publishes My Thoughts on Big Data's Image Problem
Happy to report that Truthout today published my quick op-ed entitled “Big Data’s Big Image Problem.” Not only does this piece expand on comments the...
Read MoreAverage Folks and Retailer Tracking
Yesterday evening, I found myself at the Mansion on O Street, whose eccentric interior filled with hidden doors, secret passages, and bizarrely themed rooms, seemed...
Read MoreRecapping EPIC's Failing the Grade Educational Privacy Event
The arrival of new technologies in the field of education, from connected devices, student longitudinal data systems, and massive open online courses (MOOCs) present...
Read MoreFuture of Privacy Forum Releases US-EU Safe Harbor Report
Today, some four months after we first announced it, my organization put out our Safe Harbor Report on the effectiveness of the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor...
Read MoreEphemeral Communication and the Frankly App Podcast
My former coworker was utterly enamored with Snapchat, on the grounds that she liked being able to express herself in ways that were not...
Read MoreIdealism Lost: From The West Wing to Scandal
Televised depictions of the cities in which I’ve lived have always captured my imagination — Law & Order gave me a taste of New York City...
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