Two books edited by Lisa R. Johnston: “Data are becoming the proverbial coin of the digital realm: a research commodity that might purchase reputation credit in a disciplinary culture of data sharing, or buy transparency when faced with funding agency mandates or publisher scrutiny. Unlike most monetary systems, however, digital data can flow in all too great an abundance. Not only does this currency actually “grow” on trees, but it comes from animals, books, thoughts, and each of us!

Dirk Helbing, Bruno S.

Tydzień Otwartej Edukacji zbliża się wielkimi krokami – rusza dokładnie za miesiąc, bo 27 marca.  My jednak – w  ramach Koalicji Otwartej Edukacji – zaczynamy świętowanie już teraz, bo 1 marca. Właśnie 1 marca w 12 miastach Polski będziemy rozmawiać o otwartej edukacji podczas spotkań TechKlubów organizowanych przez projekt  Nowe Technologie Lokalnie.

Tydzień Otwartej Edukacji zbliża się wielkimi krokami – rusza dokładnie za miesiąc, bo 27 marca.  My jednak – w  ramach Koalicji Otwartej Edukacji – zaczynamy świętowanie już teraz, bo 1 marca. Właśnie 1 marca w 12 miastach Polski będziemy rozmawiać o otwartej edukacji podczas spotkań TechKlubów organizowanych przez projekt  Nowe Technologie Lokalnie.

Blockchain instead of financial institutions and bitcoins instead of loose coins? Is the internet going to be tomorrow’s money bin, and FinTech our new savings bank? And who is going... MORE

Data sharing has come a long way over the years. With open source tools, improvements and new features are always quickly on the horizon. Serah Rono looks at the improvements that have been made to open source data management system CKAN through the course of the ROUTE-TO-PA project. 

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United States

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The Snowden revelations, while dramatic, have done little to amp up public concern about personal surveillance.
After all, thanks to technology, electronic spying is cheap —  so cheap the government can’t afford not to do it.

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United States

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Fears of Aadhar biometric security have been compounded as the government is sprinting towards the next phase of ‘cashless India’ and digitization
Pranesh Prakash and Sunil Abraham have been quoted in this article published by Outlook on February 24, 2017.

 

AGENDA
6TH MARCH 2017: PUBLIC CONFERENCE
9:15 am  Registration commences
Chair: Toshie Takahashi, Professor of Waseda University, Local Organiser
9:45 am  Welcome remarks
Malavika Jayaram, Executive Director, Digital Asia Hub
Prof. Kazuaki Ueno, Director, Research Institute for Letters, Arts and Sciences, Waseda University
10:00 am Opening Keynote:

Shomik Mehnidrata at Transport for Development Blog: “Every day around the world, millions of people rely on buses to get around. In many cities, these services carry the bulk of urban trips, especially in Africa and Latin America.

Web Foundation: “This research, published with Transparency International, measures the progress made by 5 key countries in implementing the

Edward W. Felten: “This paper offers a straight for ward introduction to encryption, as it is implemented in modern systems, at a level of detail suitable for policy discussions. No prior background on encryption or data security is assumed.

 
A prefeitura de São Paulo está buscando passar a gestão do sistema de Bilhete Único do transporte público para a iniciativa privada. Em propaganda oficial da prefeitura [1], afirma-se que o sistema possui 15 milhões de cartões eletrônicos emitidos, e que a privatização é uma oportunidade para a venda da base de dados do sistema. Sendo uma oportunidade de uso para venda cruzada (“cross sale”) com base na análise dos dados dos usuários.

Location

United States

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Location

United States

See map: Google Maps

Teaser

Effective data governance is a prerequisite for successful open data programs. This report codifies responsible privacy-protective approaches and processes that could be adopted by cities and other government organizations that are publicly releasing data.

Publication Date

27 Feb 2017
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This blog was co-written by Franka Vaughan and Mor Rubinstein, OKI Network team.

1. You have the right to find out what personal information organisations hold about you.
It contains six ‘data protection principles’ that organizations must follow when they collect, process, or use your personal data.  One of these principles gives all Hong Kongers the right to access that personal data and to make corrections to it if there are errors.
2. You can exercise this right against individuals and businesses too, not just local government bodies.

Assista à primeira palestra do segundo dia do II Seminário Governança das Redes e o Marco Civil da Internet: Globalização, tecnologias e conectividade, que ocorreu nos dias 26 e 27 de outubro de 2016 na Faculdade IBMEC em Belo Horizonte.
Painel: Propriedade Intelectual e Novas Tecnologias
Participantes: Fabiano Lara, Leandro Novais, Lucas Anjos e Ricardo Ruiz.

Evento organizado por IRIS, GNet, Direito UFMG, IBMEC e FGV Direito SP.