Thursday, January 31, 2013

Acquitted in Italy, finally

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Finally, after 6 years of criminal prosecutions and appeals, my colleagues and I have been acquitted of a “privacy crime” in Italy .   Thi...
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

My Resolutions on Privacy Day

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January 28 is Privacy Day .   I love the privacy profession.  Privacy Day is a good day to reflect a bit, and January is the time for n...
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Thursday, December 6, 2012

My Italian Appeal

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My Google colleagues David Drummond, George De Los Reyes (now retired) and myself were convicted in Milan, Italy in 2010 for violating Ita...
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Monday, November 26, 2012

Should you cover your tracks from government snooping?

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Most of us store a lot of stuff in the cloud.  For example, most of us keep lots of old emails in the cloud, since storage is free, the...
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Book Burning, updated for the Digital Age

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We're so much more enlightened than prior Book Burning Generations, aren't we?  Book burning has a long and inglorious histor...
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Monday, November 5, 2012

The Marketplace of Privacy Compliance Programs

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The data protection establishment, worldwide, has been inventing a lot of new privacy compliance programs.  All these different, well-intent...
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Friday, November 2, 2012

Greece: protecting freedom of expression

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You may have read about the widely-reported case of the  Greek journalist  who published the list of 2000 Greeks with Swiss...
Monday, October 29, 2012

Singapore passes a modern privacy law. Cheers!

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Singapore is the latest in the long list of countries that have recently passed privacy laws.  It's joining other Asian coun...
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Friday, October 26, 2012

Privacy-litigation: get ready for an avalanche in Europe

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The US has long been a litigious country.  What's true in general in the US, is also true for privacy.  The US has a vibra...
Thursday, October 25, 2012

Microsoft's brilliant master class on how to change a privacy policy

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Privacy professionals are often asked how to change or update a Privacy Policy.  There are really just two basic choices:  openly or qui...
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Privacy Professionals peregrinate to Punta

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Today in Punta del Este, Uruguay, is the annual conference of the world's data protection commissioners.  It also brings together a l...
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Monday, October 8, 2012

Groupthink

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There's an entire, vibrant privacy conference business.  There are privacy conferences somewhere in the world every week of the year.  ...
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Thursday, September 20, 2012

The algorithm decided not to hire you: is that legal?

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I spend a lot of time thinking about privacy and algorithms.   The Wall Street Journal carried an interesting story " Meet the Ne...
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

August in Paris: has everyone left?

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A VIP friend of mine, Monsieur Banal, rang me up Mr Banal:  Bonjour, Pierre.  Sorry to interrupt you with a phone call in August, b...
Thursday, August 16, 2012

It's time for a "lead regulator" in Europe

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Who's in charge in Europe?  That's a common conundrum for those of us who work in the privacy field in Europe.  When I was at a...
Wednesday, August 15, 2012

Rainbows in Ravello: Technocracy or Democracy?

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As the European elite has for centuries, I love summertime in Ravello.  Civilization has flourished on these ravishing hills for millen...
Wednesday, August 8, 2012

A travel blog post, about data centers

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Sometimes I think I should write a travel blog instead of a privacy blog.  I'm the kind of guy who likes to be outdoors and physica...
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