All Blog Posts Tagged 'privacy' (15)

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We increasingly ask our governments to be more open, provide us with data and information on what they are doing, be transparent. How does this conflict with the citizens right to privacy vs he public good?

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Once again, many companies in the telecoms and information and communications technology (ICT) sector are facing the spectre of …… the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)) regulating critically important aspects of the internet........

….in December 2012, the ITU will be holding a major treaty-writing conference in Dubai......(World Conference on International Telecommunications…

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It was like a dream come true…… the 6^th Internet Governance Forum (IGF11) was held in my home town, Nairobi!

 

The relaxed space that is the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) facilities, offered speakers and participants a serene environment for rather hurried discussions on access, development, freedoms and innovation at time-limited…

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Cybersecurity is a growing global concern as critical infrastructure and services including financial, energy, telecommunication and transport increasingly becoming internet-dependent.    Deterring cybercrime is an integral component of a national cybersecurity and critical information infrastructure protection (CIIP) strategy. 

 

The formulation and implementation of a cybersecurity strategy requires a comprehensive approach that involves the adoption of appropriate…

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Cloud computing is said to present numerous advantages including reduced capital costs associated with IT resources and equipment as well as flexibility - the ability to scale up or down IT applications, platform or infrastructure on demand. 

 

Cloud computing services such as Communications-as-a-Service (CaaS) support the “dematerialization” - the replacement of atoms with bits - potentially reduce carbon emissions hence promoting sustainable consumption and development by…

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Do you have a  facebook, gmail, yahoo, twitter, linkedIn or other social network account?

 

You can get all your google mail chats

 

Do you have your cat, dog, niece, nephew as your facebook profile feature: Forget it…..…

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The Public Voice Conference will take place this year in Jerusalem on 25 October 2010. (Information: http://thepublicvoice.org/events/israel10/) This event is held every year during the annual Conference of Privacy and Data Protection Commissioners' in Jerusalem, Israel (more information here: http://bit.ly/ac9z6z).



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Richard Allan from Facebook was present at this years IGF in Vilnius, one of the few representatives from the large social media services being discussed. Continue

During the EuroDIG forum a lot of attention was devoted to the issues of Privacy and Data Protection. Different aspects of these issues were touched upon, mainly human rights protection and the need for strong sanctions against illegal acts of privacy infringement and user's data misuse and violations.…

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To see and not to be seen is the survival principle in nature. The game between predator and prey is as old as nature. Plants and animals try to camouflage and increase chances for survival in spite of the Darwinian predicament of the survival of the fittest. Humans are no different. Since the early days, the key for survival was to see prey and not be seen by predators, and with the development of civilization later on, by other humans. Military history is the history of camouflage and… Continue

The discussion turned out to be active and hot, although there were not many new issues raised. In my opinion, the most interesting part of the discussion was the information about the practices and initiatives that are already in place.



The first part of the debates was dedicated to the role and integrity of social network websites in the life of current generation, especially the youth. It turned out that there were a couple of young people in the audience that did not have… Continue

Maja Lubarda is coming soon to Geneva for the EuroDig meeting and we start with her a series of interviews with the group of twenty people that will be part of the graduation ceremony for the European Capacity Building Programme next week!





DIPLO IGCBP: Maja, you recently took a capacity building programme with Diplo. What was the reason that brought you to explore this field? How was the… Continue

I would like to tell you a story.



Once upon a time, a very long time ago, when I was just a little girl and the internet hadn’t been invented yet, my friend Michael and I were fascinated by the idea of space. Space hadn’t really been invented yet either, so for us in our small country primary school it was a place where anything could be possible. This story begins such an unimaginably long time ago that it even pre-dates television. We listened to the wireless – it hadn’t evolved… Continue