Two Takes on the Right to be Forgotten
Last month saw important developments in the discourse around the right to be forgotten. Two high courts, Gujarat and Karnataka, delivered judgments on separate pleas to have particular judgments either removed from online repositories and search engine results or have personal information redacted from them. The Gujarat High Court dismissed the petition, holding that there […]
LinkedIn will help people in India train for semi-skilled jobs
Microsoft has launched Project Sangam, a cloud service integrated with LinkedIn that will help train and generate employment for middle and low-skilled workers.
The article by John Ribeiro of IDG News Service was mirrored on CIO blog on February 21, 2017. Sunil Abraham was quoted.
Public Health Echo Chambers in a Time of Mistrust & Misinformation - Digital Health @ Harvard, February 2017
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with Berkman Klein fellows Natalie Gyenes and Brittany Seymour
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Data Disrupts Corruption
Carlos Santiso & Ben Roseth at Stanford Social Innovation Review: “…The Panama Papers scandal demonstrates the power of data analytics to uncover corruption in a world flooded with terabytes needing only the computing capacity to make sense of it all. The Rousse impeachment illustrates how open data can be used to bring leaders to account.
Measuring the openness of government data in southern Africa: the experience of a GODI contributor
The Global Open Data Index (GODI) is one of our core projects at Open Knowledge International. The index measures and benchmarks the openness of government data around the world. As we complete the review phase of the audit of government data, we are soliciting feedback on the submission process. Tricia Govindasamy shares her experience submitting to #GODI16.
The Pervasive Technologies Project
Digital Asia Hub and the United Nations University Institute on Computing and Society (UNU-CS) co-hosted a team from the Center for Internet and Society(CIS), Bangalore, on February 23, 2017 at JMSC, HKU, to share insights from their Pervasive Technologies Project.
Hyperloop Law: Autonomy, Infrastructure, and Transportation Startups
In 2013, Elon Musk proposed an "open source transportation concept" of levitating vehicles zooming passengers through vacuum tubes at 760 miles an hour. It would be weatherproof, energy-efficient, relatively inexpensive, have autonomous controls. Its impact on urban and inter-city transport could reshape economies and families.
March 8, 2017Stanford Law School
Stellenausschreibung: Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin / Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter – DFN
Am Institut für Informations-, Telekommunikations- und Medienrecht, Zivilrechtliche Abteilung, sind ab dem 1. Juli 2017 zwei zunächst bis zum Ende des Jahres befristete Stellen als
wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter / wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
(Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L)
zu besetzen. Eine Verlängerung der Befristung wird grundsätzlich angestrebt. Die Arbeitszeit beträgt derzeit 19 Std. 55 Min. wöchentlich (Hälfte der regelmäßigen Arbeitszeit).
Fellow da Direito Rio tem artigo publicado em periódico
O Fellow da FGV Direito Rio Ivar Hannikainen teve seu artigo “A deterministic worldview promotes approval of state paternalism” publicado no “Journal of Experimental Social Psychology” da editora ELSEVIER. O trabalho foi escrito em parceria com Gabriel Cabral, Edouard Machery e Noel Struchiner, que juntos representam as Escolas de direito da FGV e da PUC-Rio e o Departamento de História de Filosofia da Ciência da University of Pittsburgh (EUA).
The Data Protection Convention that We All Need
Once upon a time, in a faraway land (Europe), some countries decided that it would be worth setting in stone (in an international treaty) the protection of persons when information on them were being used (automatically processed by computer).
Saving Face 2.0: 8 Simple Rules for Surviving China’s New Rating System
While China’s new surveillance policy purports to be a “credit system,” it in fact considers nearly every aspect of public and private behaviour in determining each citizen’s social score. These data points are not random, and have historical and cultural significance to the Chinese people, including the concept of “saving face,” or maintaining a good reputation.
Big and open data are prompting a reform of scientific governance
Sabina Leonelli in Times Higher Education: “Big data are widely seen as a game-changer in scientific research, promising new and efficient ways to produce knowledge. And yet, large and diverse data collections are nothing new – they have long existed in fields such as meteorology, astronomy and natural history.
Data Privacy about more than Privacy
It is often forgotten that laws concerning data privacy serve purposes other than protecting privacy alone. Research conducted by this writer in New Zealand over the last decade has conclusively established in the first place that the vast majority (around 80% in one study) of litigation brought under the Privacy Act 1993 (the Act) was connected with a pre-existing dispute between the parties unrelated to privacy which spilt over into a privacy dispute.
Data protection: How are attitudes to disclosure changing?
As more of our personal data is held in centralized, remote storage, it has become a tempting target for law enforcement and intelligence agencies. Through various investigatory powers, these government agencies can demand that social media companies, e-mail providers, ISPs, and other intermediaries turn over sensitive records and message content. Are governments abusing their investigatory powers?
Supreme Court considers installation of CCTV units in courts – but will it regulate what happens next?
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court heard a petition seeking directions to ensure audio-visual recording of the proceedings in trial courts. The reasoning behind the request was that recording proceedings would enhance the fairness of trials. The Supreme Court decided to limit the question to whether CCTV (video only) cameras may be installed at various […]
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