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International privacy organisations: Don't let corporations strip citizens of their right to privacy

International privacy organisations: Don't let corporations strip citizens of their right to privacy

privacyinternational.org –

This report features new analysis by privacy experts of proposed amendments to the draft Data Protection Regulation. It reveals how many of these amendments threaten to critically undermine the privacy of EU consumers and citizens. Together, the amendments are an effort to strip EU citizens 'naked' by making it almost impossible for them to control who sees their personal information and even how it is used. Over 3,000 amendments to the Regulation are currently being considered by the LIBE more...

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D C on May 8, 2013

The tension between knowledge creation and knowledge protection

The tension between knowledge creation and knowledge protection

virgo.unive.it –

This paper analyzes the MNC subsidiaries' trade-off between the need for knowledge creation and the need for knowledge protection, and relates it to the extent of knowledge outflows generated within the host location. Combining research in International Business with Social Theory, we find that subsidiaries that extensively draw on external knowledge sources are also more likely to generate knowledge outflows to local firms. We argue that this may be explained by the subsidiaries willingness to more...

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D C on April 18, 2013

European Parliament committees threaten wholesale destruction of privacy and data protection rights

European Parliament committees threaten wholesale destruction of privacy and data protection rights

privacyinternational.org –

Just over a year ago, vitally important reforms to European privacy and data protection laws were proposed. Now these reforms, which will affect the rights of half a billion Europeans, are being watered down in their passage through various European parliamentary committees as MEPs succumb to an unprecedented industry lobbying onslaught. There is now irrefutable evidence of the impact of this lobbying, thanks to a technology-powered research method comparing corporate lobby documents with the more...

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D C on April 16, 2013

The Internet could crash. We need a Plan B

The Internet could crash. We need a Plan B

In the 1970s and 1980s, a generous spirit suffused the Internet, whose users were few and far between. But today, the net is ubiquitous, connecting billions of people, machines and essential pieces of infrastructure -- leaving us vulnerable to cyber-attack or meltdown. Internet pioneer Danny Hillis argues that the Internet wasn't designed for this kind of scale, and sounds a clarion call for us to develop a Plan B: a parallel system to fall back on if -- or when -- the Internet crashes.

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D C on March 26, 2013

Security and Privacy: Global Standards for Ethical Identity Management in Contemporary Liberal Democratic States

Security and Privacy: Global Standards for Ethical Identity Management in Contemporary Liberal Democratic States

epress.anu.edu.au –

This study is principally concerned with the ethical dimensions of identity management technology – electronic surveillance, the mining of personal data, and profiling – in the context of transnational crime and global terrorism. The ethical challenge at the heart of this study is to establish an acceptable and sustainable equilibrium between two central moral values in contemporary liberal democracies, namely, security and privacy. Both values are essential to individual liberty, but they come more...

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D C on March 21, 2013

Cyber Governance without Government?

Cyber Governance without Government?

cyberdialogue.ca –

Even though Internet enabled cyberspace is roughly a quarter century old, we continue to gather at international fora to debate the proper role of government in its governance. Unfortunately, this intellectual task has taken on greater urgency in recent years as an increasing number of states partake in actions that reduce traditional Internet freedoms. Within the International Relations discipline, there are a variety of competing theoretical framework/schools of thought that can be used to more...

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D C on March 19, 2013

Intellectual Property Commercialization: Policy options and practical instruments

Intellectual Property Commercialization: Policy options and practical instruments

Innovation is the key driver of economic growth and development in the medium to long term. It can be defined as the process of introducing new products, services and production processes into the market place and to create new profitable enterprises and higher-paying jobs on this basis. A well-balanced, affordable and reliable system of intellectual property rights has an important role to play in this process. Intellectual property rights serve to protect the - often large and highly risky - more...

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D C on February 13, 2013

Child Safety Online: Global challenges and strategies

Child Safety Online: Global challenges and strategies

unicef-irc.org –

Expanding Internet access for all children and young people without discrimination and exclusion in all parts of the world, together with promoting digital citizenship and responsibility, ought to be critical objectives for policymakers concerned with enhancing opportunities for children. The study primarily addresses two issues: child sex abuse recorded in images; and the grooming of young people for sex. A third issue, cyberbullying, emerging from much research as an issue of particular more...

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D C on February 12, 2013

Understanding Open Licensing – a free online workshop

Understanding Open Licensing – a free online workshop

openlicensing.eventbrite.co.uk –

Open access publishing is rapidly growing in popularity, while materials for re-use in education and training are increasingly being sourced free from the web. This workshop will equip participants to use open licensing with confidence when they make knowledge available on the Internet, and to understand the key issues for reusing open licensed materials published by others. It will provide a simple “how-to” guide to the Creative Commons licensing framework, the international standard more...

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D C on February 7, 2013

Controlling Knowledge: Freedom of Information and Privacy Protection in a Networked World

Controlling Knowledge: Freedom of Information and Privacy Protection in a Networked World

Digital communications technology has immeasurably enhanced our capacity to store, retrieve, and exchange information. But who controls our access to information, and who decides what others have a right to know about us? In Controlling Knowledge, author Lorna Stefanick offers a thought-provoking and user-friendly overview of the regulatory regime that currently governs freedom of information and the protection of privacy. Aiming to clarify rather than mystify, Stefanick outlines the history more...

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D C on February 5, 2013

AfDB’s New Disclosure and Access to Information Policy - Shift to Larger Openness and Transparency

AfDB’s New Disclosure and Access to Information Policy - Shift to Larger Openness and Transparency

The African Development Bank (AfDB)’s new Disclosure and Access to Information (DAI) Policy, which is intended to enlarge public access to information, entered into effect on February 3, 2013. The document replaces the previous Policy of 2005, and is based on the principle that the Bank Group, as a public and development institution, should be open and transparent in its operations. Under the policy, all the information held by the Bank can be shared with the public unless it falls under more...

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D C on February 5, 2013

Sustainable development of China's electronic information industry: Green challenges and solutions

Sustainable development of China's electronic information industry: Green challenges and solutions

eprints.whiterose.ac.uk –

China’s electronic information industry has quickly become an essential part of the country's national economy. However, pollution and environmental challenges emerge at different stages throughout the lifecycle of information and communication technology (ICT) products, from their design, development, manufacturing to use and disposal. Evidence shows that little effort has been made to address these challenges and environmental issues have not received much attention from industrial more...

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D C on February 4, 2013

Global survey on Internet privacy and freedom of expression

Global survey on Internet privacy and freedom of expression

unesdoc.unesco.org –

This publication seeks to identify the relationship between freedom of expression and Internet privacy, assessing where they support or compete with each other in different circumstances. The book maps out the issues in the current regulatory landscape of Internet privacy from the viewpoint of freedom of expression. It provides an overview of legal protection, self-regulatory guidelines, normative challenges, and case studies relating to the topic. With this publication UNESCO aims to provide more...

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D C on January 21, 2013

UNESCO provides feedback on Draft of future International Telecommunication Regulations

UNESCO provides feedback on Draft of future International Telecommunication Regulations

Welcoming the invitation extended by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) for stakeholders to share views about the Draft of the future International Telecommunication Regulations (ITRs), UNESCOꞌs Division of Freedom of Expression and Media Development has submitted comments about the document. The public consultation process was launched through ITUꞌs website. You can access the contribution made by the Division of Freedom of Expression and Media Development here. UNESCO’s more...

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John Daly on October 5, 2012

Senate Committee Backs Multistakeholder Net Governance Model

Senate Committee Backs Multistakeholder Net Governance Model

broadcastingcable.com –

Follows full House passage last month of similar resolution; Senate expected to follow suit The Democrat-led U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee has passed a resolution in support of a multistakeholder modal of Internet governance. The full Senate it expected to follow suit. The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives last month approved a similar resolution, one of the few things Republicans and Democrats can agree on these days. The White House and the FCC are also solidly more...

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John Daly on October 4, 2012

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