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Policy and Internet Journal
Policy & Internet investigates the implications of the Internet and associated technologies for public policy. It is edited by the Oxford Internet Institute for the Policy Studies Organization (PSO).
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Tag Archives: data-sharing
Time for Debate About the Societal Impact of the Internet of Things
Despite the growing ubiquity and connectivity of the consumer devices and other objects that make up the “Internet of Things“, very little is understood about the likely social impacts of the technology. Jeremy Crump is chair of the BCS Internet … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Government, Security / Crime, Society
Tagged business, cybersecurity, data protection, data-sharing, devices, governance, IoT, personal data, privacy, regulation, sensing, smart metering, systems, ubiquitous computing
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eHealth: What is Needed at the Policy Level? (New Special Issue from Policy and Internet)
Rik Crutzen of Maastricht University, Guest Editor (with Gordon Gao, of the University of Maryland) of Policy and Internet’s special issue on eHealth, discusses the policy insights of the papers published in the issue, which cover such issues as the … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged data protection, data-sharing, digital divides, personal data, privacy, trust
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The limits of anonymisation in NHS data systems
In an era of ubiquitous data collection and dissemination, and ever increasing commercialisation of patient data, the risk to data privacy and confidentially is growing significantly. Are policymakers paying sufficient attention to the increasing difficulty of ensuring health patient anonymity? … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged anonymity, data protection, data-sharing, personal data, privacy
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Delete! Listen to Viktor Mayer-Schönberger in conversation re digital technologies and forgetting
Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Director of the Information and Innovation Policy Research Centre, National University of Singapore, has been visiting the OII recently, and gave a talk last night at Blackwells bookshop about his book: ‘Delete’. Listen to: The Virtue of Forgetting [33 min] … Continue reading
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Tagged censorship, data-sharing, identity management, personal data, privacy, regulation, social media
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Social Media Webcasts now online: blogs and news, politics, science and datasharing, impact of social media, and ‘the growth of the corporate blog’
This is the moment I have been slightly waiting for. Having looked forward to the recent Social Media Convention (18 September 2009) for months, I realised fairly late the night before that .. well .. I knew that everything was going … Continue reading
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Tagged campaigning, data-sharing, representation, social media
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