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Design is one of the most important but overlooked factors that determines people’s privacy. Social media apps, surveillance technologies, and the Internet of Things are all built in ways that make it hard to guard personal information. And the law says this is okay because it is up to users to protect themselves ― even when the odds are deliberately stacked against them.

En esta columna publicada el domingo 2 de diciembre en El Mercurio, el Rector Ennio Vivaldi, hace hincapié en la importancia de estos ámbitos para el desarrollo del país, y el papel estratégico de las instituciones de Educación Superior a la hora de tomar decisiones basadas en evidencia, y que promuevan el bien común.

The newly charted ISOC Botswana Chapter is set to spread the Internet Society mandate in Botswana through engagement with relevant stakeholders. The diverse team of technical, communications, and policy practitioners will venture into impact initiatives to complement the Internet Society mission and mandate. As a Beyond the Net 2018 beneficiary, the local chapter is embarking on a project titled: “Internet for Development of Rural Botswana: Empowering Village Development Committees Through Use of the Internet.”

Youth and privacy in the Americas: Head and Hands/À deux mains, Canada How do youth allies promote young people’s critical thinking on privacy, in informal learning contexts in the Americas? This blog post is part of a series showcasing the work of different organizations at the intersection of youth development, digital rights, and online safety. Quick facts Who: Andrea Clarke from Head & Hands/À deux mains What: Medical, legal and social services Mission/vision: To work […]

The Public Interest Registry (PIR) is the non-profit operator of the .ORG, .NGO and .ONG domains. If you or someone you know has the interest and qualifications to help guide the future of PIR, the Internet Society invites you to consider a seat on the PIR Board of Directors.

Über das Programm finanzierte Lehrangebote soll gesellschaftliches Engagement von Studierenden gefördert werden, um ihnen so einerseits zu ermöglichen, persönliche Wertvorstellungen und ein staatsbürgerliches Verantwortungsgefühl zu entwickeln. Andererseits soll über die enge Kooperation mit Praxispartnern der Übergang in den außerakademischen Arbeitsmarkt durch eine enge Anbindung der Lehre an Transferaktivitäten erleichtert werden.

Millions of records stolen: Marriott International, one of the world’s largest hotel chains, has reported a data breach affecting up to 500 million customers, the Washington Post reports. The breached database includes information on guests staying at Sheraton, Westin and St. Regis hotels. The 500 million records lost makes it the second largest data breach reported.

Die Fortbildung soll sich an Ärztinnen und Ärzte aus gynäkologischen, reproduktionsmedizinischen, andrologischen, urologischen, internistischen, pädiatrischen und onkologischen Praxen und Kliniken, Biologinnen und Biologen sowie Interessierte richten und einen breiten und bewussten Zugang zum sensiblen Thema Fertilitätserhalt in der Routine vermitteln.

Psychosen zählen trotz aller Behandlungsfortschritte weiterhin weltweit zu den schwersten Erkrankungen und sind bereits bei Jugendlichen ein Hauptgrund für die sogenannten mit Behinderung gelebten Jahre. Da Psychosen sich oftmals schleichend über Jahre entwickeln und eine frühzeitige Behandlung ihre Prognose deutlich verbessert, rücken seit Mitte der 1990er Jahre Bemühungen um ihre frühzeitige Erkennung und Behandlung zunehmend in den Fokus von Forschung und Praxis.

Graag nodigen wij je uit voor het evenement: ‘Het internet genezen’!
Filosoof en internetpionier Marleen Stikker is te gast bij HvA Debatcentrum FLOOR. Zij richtte de Waag Society op, een instituut voor technologie en samenleving dat pioniert op het gebied van opkomende technologieën. Marleen kijkt kritisch naar technologieën en tools die internetgiganten ons aanbieden. Zij zal ons meenemen in de online wereld en wellicht het internet genezen!
Datum en tijd
Donderdag 6 december 2018
17:00 – 17:45 uur – Marleen Stikker

In 1983, a right-wing mayor was elected in Grenoble. His administration was marked by corruption and the power he gave to large corporations in the management of public services. Elected officials and environmental activists mobilised in the 1980s and 1990s to prove that corruption was involved in many deals, and set up an alternative, municipal entity to take back and run the water utility.

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What if the entire progress of society depends on the future energy system? At least that’s how visionaries like Jeremy Rifkin argue. The list of challenges posed by the energy system transformation is extensive – first and foremost globally agreed climate targets with the urgency of minimizing CO2 emissions. Policymakers and business leaders in particular…
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VFS Global, an international visa outsourcing and administration company, will spend about 3 million euros on migrating data of Indians from the UK and Germany if the Indian government mandates data localisation in the country.
The article was published in ET Tech on November 19, 2018. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.

Amazon’s Comprehend Medical platform uses a new HIPAA-eligible machine learning service to process unstructured medical text and information such as dosages, symptoms and signs, and patient diagnosis.
The article by Kul Bhushan was published in the Hindustan Times on November 28, 2018.

Originally published on The Climate Lemon

Something amazing is happening in American politics. Wow it felt good, and weird, to type that sentence. Not sure if you noticed, but it’s been kind of a hellish shitshow recently.

This article was adapted from Shareable’s latest book, “Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban Commons.” Download your free pdf copy today.

Centre for Policy Research supported by Omidyar Network organized this event in New Delhi on November 29, 2018. Amber Sinha was a speaker on the first panel on privacy and its tradeoffs.
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