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Showing posts with label Privacy. Show all posts
November 2, 2012
Faster Than A Speeding "Click"-The Loss of Your Privacy
© 2012 Cary J. Calderone, Esq.
December 12, 2011
Churchill Club Presents The Big Data Effect
Is Big Data being over-hyped? "I certainly hope not" was Ping Li's heartfelt response to moderator Michael Chui's question to the panel (bios below). Li's firm, Accel Partners, made a splash in the news recently by announcing the creation of a 100 million dollar fund for investments in Big Data. The Churchill Club panel members each gave their own interpretations of the Big Data Effect. They emphasized that Big Data was not just about the volume of data, but how it could be researched, extracted, and analyzed.
October 18, 2011
New Facebook Privacy Settings-Are You Now A Publisher Or A Public Figure?
Copyright © 2011 Cary J. Calderone
This calls for a quick overview of Libel Law 101. A publisher has standards for accuracy or else they can be sued for defamation and other things (see Description at Student Press Law Center). There are things you can do to limit your exposure to legal action, by following certain protocols and guidelines. For example, you have heard the phrase, "the truth is an absolute defense." This may save you from a legal action for libel. But, unfortunately, sometimes publishing the "truth" can expose you to other legal claims, like invasion of privacy. This is especially so when the items published are, in fact, true, and perhaps, a tad unsavory. However, there may be a defense for that too, if you happen to publish these unsavory truths about a public figure. Public figures are pretty much considered fair game, or, at least at a level where even if you publish something about them, even with some non-truths or inaccuracies, you will be held to a more lenient standard. At this point you may be a bit confused by this area of law and are thinking that you would never consider yourself a publisher anyway? You don't even have a blog. So why worry? No reason, unless you happen to be on Facebook or another Social Media site and have a lot of friends, followers, or the newly created category of "Subscribers."
This calls for a quick overview of Libel Law 101. A publisher has standards for accuracy or else they can be sued for defamation and other things (see Description at Student Press Law Center). There are things you can do to limit your exposure to legal action, by following certain protocols and guidelines. For example, you have heard the phrase, "the truth is an absolute defense." This may save you from a legal action for libel. But, unfortunately, sometimes publishing the "truth" can expose you to other legal claims, like invasion of privacy. This is especially so when the items published are, in fact, true, and perhaps, a tad unsavory. However, there may be a defense for that too, if you happen to publish these unsavory truths about a public figure. Public figures are pretty much considered fair game, or, at least at a level where even if you publish something about them, even with some non-truths or inaccuracies, you will be held to a more lenient standard. At this point you may be a bit confused by this area of law and are thinking that you would never consider yourself a publisher anyway? You don't even have a blog. So why worry? No reason, unless you happen to be on Facebook or another Social Media site and have a lot of friends, followers, or the newly created category of "Subscribers."
February 21, 2011
Location and Privacy. Say what you do and do what you say
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by Cary J. Calderone
I had the pleasure of attending an event sponsored by the Churchill Club on Location and Privacy, Where Are We Headed? The panel members (listed below) represented a diverse group of very knowledgeable people connected to privacy law. They ranged from attorneys and privacy officers working for location based social networking companies, to a representative from the FTC concerned with regulating the players. After listening to the very interesting discussion can I provide a quick summary of the law for you? Not really. This is because the law is in flux and not very settled. Here is a video of part of the discussion on finding a balance between usefulness and safety.
Even the FTC has requested comments on its Proposed Framework for Businesses and Policymakers because they realize they may need more information to determine how technology can help or hurt their efforts to inform and protect consumers. With constant innovations to location-based technology, it will be even more challenging, but there are things you can do to be better prepared.
by Cary J. Calderone
I had the pleasure of attending an event sponsored by the Churchill Club on Location and Privacy, Where Are We Headed? The panel members (listed below) represented a diverse group of very knowledgeable people connected to privacy law. They ranged from attorneys and privacy officers working for location based social networking companies, to a representative from the FTC concerned with regulating the players. After listening to the very interesting discussion can I provide a quick summary of the law for you? Not really. This is because the law is in flux and not very settled. Here is a video of part of the discussion on finding a balance between usefulness and safety.
Even the FTC has requested comments on its Proposed Framework for Businesses and Policymakers because they realize they may need more information to determine how technology can help or hurt their efforts to inform and protect consumers. With constant innovations to location-based technology, it will be even more challenging, but there are things you can do to be better prepared.
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