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Identity, Privacy and Trust
Examining issues around trust, privacy and data protection.
February 2008
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Turning security into a game of Trivial Pursuit
- Enterprise Privacy Group 27 Feb 2008 -
Data losses in Borsetshire
- Enterprise Privacy Group 26 Feb 2008 -
Identity goes mainstream
- Enterprise Privacy Group 25 Feb 2008
It's quite common to rely on a mother's maiden name, first pet's name or other significant personal data to prove the identity of the caller. We've already discussed the problem of using ...
For a while now I've been waiting for the issue of data losses to permeate the popular media. ... This is likely to be their own data Chernobyl (perhaps a better metaphor here might be the 'data ...
The Economist is carrying an interview with Microsoft's Kim Cameron , their Identity Architect and the powerhouse behind Windows Cardspace. Kim is quite possibly the most influential identity ...
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Haemorrhaging personal data
- Enterprise Privacy Group 20 Feb 2008 -
How many identities do I have?
- Enterprise Privacy Group 19 Feb 2008 -
What is privacy anyway?
- Enterprise Privacy Group 18 Feb 2008 -
Think twice before you start printing your own currency
- Enterprise Privacy Group 16 Feb 2008 -
More on data loss compensation - would $54m do?
- Enterprise Privacy Group 12 Feb 2008 -
Government paying out data loss compensation? Surely not
- Enterprise Privacy Group 11 Feb 2008 -
How to rip me off
- Enterprise Privacy Group 11 Feb 2008
If it was encrypted and in the possession of an Irish national then it was probably legal for it to be there, but why did all that information need to be gathered on a single disk? I suspect that ...
For three years I lived in Hong Kong, where it is impossible to obtain a financial product without first presenting a local ID card. It’s a very easy environment to live in; no running around with ...
But we want to know we could be left alone in a given context: I’m happy to be called by family & friends at weekends, but have no interest in receiving calls from double glazing firms. ...We ...
I must confess that I thought this to be an urban myth, or something dreamt up in a Tom Clancy novel, but clearly I was wrong: many colour laser printers and photocopiers print a hidden 'bar code' ...
This demonstrates a serious point about data loss that is very useful for explaining the importance of privacy, which goes something like this: ...And what about if it contains your bank records, ...
Now, I am in no way suggesting that this service may simply be selling form letters that are available for free from the Information Commissioner , but I would be staggered if HMRC pays out so much ...
In the auction for a Sony laptop (which has already been pulled by eBay), the seller has provided an analysis of how to rip him off for the value of the laptop. I've come close to being defrauded ...
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Does minimal disclosure provide maximum protection?
- Enterprise Privacy Group 08 Feb 2008 -
Biometric travel controls at Heathrow T5
- Enterprise Privacy Group 04 Feb 2008 -
Garlik honoured as technology pioneers at Davos
- Enterprise Privacy Group 04 Feb 2008 -
The half-life of personal information
- Enterprise Privacy Group 01 Feb 2008
For example, a debit card tells a retailer my name, card number, bank account number and sort code, signature, with whom I bank (and hence a good guess at my nationality), when I expect to receive ...
So long as the risks of function creep and unauthorised data sharing are properly managed, the biometric security system seems to be privacy-friendly.
At last we're seeing the finance community recognise the importance of privacy and identification to the global economy.
It will be impossible to know, but there's a trail of unauthorised personal information out there, spread around like polonium-210 and it is only as the value of that data decays over time that we ...