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The Three Goals and Five Functions of Data Stewards

Medium Article by Stefaan G. Verhulst: “…Yet even as we see more data steward-type roles defined within companies, there exists considerable confusion about just what they should be doing. In particular, we have noticed a tendency to conflate the roles of data stewards with those of individuals or groups who might be better described as chief privacy, chief data or security officers. This slippage is perhaps understandable, but our notion of the role is somewhat broader.

The role of corporations in addressing AI’s ethical dilemmas

Darrell M. West at Brookings: “In this paper, I examine five AI ethical dilemmas: weapons and military-related applications, law and border enforcement, government surveillance, issues of racial bias, and social credit systems. I discuss how technology companies are handling these issues and the importance of having principles and processes for addressing these concerns. I close by noting ways to strengthen ethics in AI-related corporate decisions.

HHU-Nostalgia - Queen Elizabeth besucht die Heinrich-Heine-Universität, 2004

Die Bildergalerie "HHU-Nostalgia" stellt interessante Archiv-Motive vor und wird kontinuierlich ausgebaut und ergänzt: Viel Spaß! 
Hier geht es zur kompletten Galerie (Übersichtsseite).
Haben Sie vielleicht auch noch ein interessantes "historisches" Foto der HHU? Die HHU-Bildredaktion freut sich über jede Einsendung: Dieter Joswig, Tel. +49 211 81-14861E-Mail senden

Reconciling Copyright with Cumulative Creativity: The Third Paradigm

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Author(s): Giancarlo FrosioPublication Date: June 1, 2018Publication Type: BookReconciling Copyright with Cumulative Creativity: The Third Paradigm examines the long history of creativity, from cave art to digital remix, in order to demonstrate a consistent disparity between the traditional cumulative mechanics of creativity and modern copyright policies. 
 

Google, T-Mobile Tackle 911 Call Problem

Sarah Krouse at the Wall Street Journal: “Emergency call operators will soon have an easier time pinpointing the whereabouts of Android phone users.

New Website!

It’s here! We’ve redesigned our website with you in mind. The UMB Data&Society Lab is proud to launch our newly redesigned website, dsl.fpvmv.umb.sk

'What Security Breach?' The Unchanging Tone of UIDAI's Denials

This week brought with it another instance of Aadhaar déjà vu. The narrative is now eerily familiar to people with even a passing acquaintance with the matter.
The article by Karan Saini was published in the Wire on September 12, 2018

Meeting of Information Systems Security and Biometrics Sectional Committee

Gurshabad Grover attended the 14th meeting of the Information Systems Security and Biometrics Sectional Committee (LITD 17) of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), which was held at the BIS office in New Delhi on 14 September 2018.

'Why should we talk to Dunzo?' State regulators fume at liquor delivery

In 2016, the Chandigarh police ordered thirty bottles of liquor on getTalli, an online liquor ordering platform.
The blog post by Aroon Deep was published in Medianama on September 7, 2018

Learning by Doing: Have You Heard of the Suusamyr Community Network in Kyrgyzstan?

Last week, the Internet Society together with our Kyrgyz chapter and the wider local community held discussions about Internet connectivity in remote areas in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Approximately 35% of the Kyrgyz population use the Internet (ITU data, 2017) and most users are located in cities and urban areas.

Hiring: Gobo Lead Developer

Are you worried about the power of social media platforms? They’ve increasingly centralized and have radically altered the idea of the “web” for hundreds of millions around the globe. Black-box algorithms govern what users see on platforms like Facebook and Twitter, with no mechanisms or accountability for their real world impacts. This has led to waves of backlash against these platforms, with the media and policymakers pursuing them with pitchforks. It doesn’t have to be […]

We hold people with power to account. Why not algorithms?

Hannah Fry at the Guardian: “…But already in our hospitals, our schools, our shops, our courtrooms and our police stations, artificial intelligence is silently working behind the scenes, feeding on our data and making decisions on our behalf.

Prof. Dr. Axel Bücher zum W3-Professor in der Mathematik ernannt

Der gebürtige Hagener (geb. 1982) schloss 2008 an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum sein Diplomstudium in der Mathematik mit einer als herausragend prämierten Arbeit ab. Bücher promovierte ebenfalls in Bochum zum Thema „Statistical Inference for Copulas and Extremes“ mit Prädikatsexamen Summa cum Laude.

Licensing needs for Truly P2P Software

Software licenses are about USAGE constraints of software — Do you have a right to run it, copy it, distribute it, for how many people, under what conditions, etc… However, in a new era of decentralized software, I believe we must also uncover an assumption buried into past licenses that a licenses also implicitly includes ownership of data and user accounts created by the software.

What on earth is the Catalan Integral Cooperative

This summary of our in-depth report on the Catalan Integral Cooperative was originally published in Outgrowing Capitalism.

Gender and Privacy: Countering the Patriarchal Gaze

Ambika Tandon participated in a workshop on privacy and gender which was organized by Privacy International in United Kingdom on September 13 and 14, 2018. Ambika was part of a panel on reproductive rights and privacy in India. She also recorded a podcast on the same topic, as part of a series on privacy and gender being hosted by Privacy International.
Read the Agenda here

Illuminating GDP

Money and Banking: “GDP figures are ‘man-made’ and therefore unreliable,” reported remarks of Li Keqiang (then Communist Party secretary of the northeastern Chinese province of Liaoning), March 12, 2007.

Stanford Internet and Society Lab - Intermediary Liability

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Internet platforms like Facebook and Twitter play an ever-increasing role in our lives, and mediate our personal and public communications. What laws govern their choices about our speech? Come discuss the law of platforms and online free expression with CIS Intermediary Liability Director Daphne Keller.
October 16, 2018Stanford Law School

Stanford Internet and Society Lab - Smart Cities: Why You Might Want to Move to a Dumb City

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Smart cities, smart buildings, and sensors everywhere are creating a web of surveillance and data collection that threaten privacy on a massive scale. It's not too late to change the dynamic. We just have to be smart about it.
October 2, 2018Stanford Law School

Government Digital: The Quest to Regain Public Trust

Book by Alex Benay: “Governments all over the world are consistently outpaced by digital change, and are falling behind.