The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, May 28, 2012
The Week in Privacy and Online Safety, May 28, 2012A weekly global roundup of online safety news, policy developments, research, and influence
General Online Privacy
Advocates (U.S.) – Disappearing Phone Booths: Privacy in the Digital Age, Erica Newland, CDT, May 2012
News (U.S.) - Troves of Personal Data, Forbidden to Researchers, The New York Times, May 21, 2012
News (India) - Why is India paranoid about privacy?, Live Mint, May 22, 2012
Opinion (U.S.) - Living Out Loud -- Should We All Be More "Open?”- The Upside of Sharing, Don Tapscott, May 21, 2012
General Online Safety
News (U.S.) - Malicious Ex-Boyfriends Are So Much More Horrible In the Internet Age, Forbes, May 23, 2012
News (U.S.) - Groups Urge Balance Between Censoring, Stopping Bullies, Education Week, May 22, 2012
Research (Germany) - Internet addiction grows as drug, cigarette use declines, Deutsche Welle, May 22, 2012
Opinion (U.S.) - Is the Internet hurting children?, Chelsea Clinton and James P. Steyer, May 21, 2012
Advertising & Search
News (U.K.) - ICO may give organisations years to comply with EU cookie law, CSO, May 19, 2012
News (U.S.) - Google Says It Removes 1 Million Infringing Links Monthly, Wired, May 24, 2012
Mobile
U.S. - A code of conduct for apps, Politico, May 20, 2012
U.K. - Vodafone's SIM card offers near-complete parental control with web interface, The Verge, May 21, 2012
Social Networks
News (U.S.) - How Tumblr Squashed the Trolls, Slate, May 21, 2012
News (U.K.) - Facebook denies plans to open up site to under-13s, The Telegraph, May 21, 2012
Legislation & Regulation
White Paper (U.S.) - A Global Reality: Governmental Access to Data in the Cloud: A comparative analysis of ten international jurisdictions, Winston Maxwell and Christopher Wolf, May 23, 2012
News (U.S.) - New York Legislation Would Ban Anonymous Online Speech, Wired, May 22, 2012
-- Compiled by David Burt, CISSP, CIPP