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.
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
Thumbnail Image: External Links: Download from DASH
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.
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 […]
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.
Subtitle
with Berkman Klein fellows Natalie Gyenes and Brittany Seymour
Teaser
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.
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.
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.
