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Privacy And Tech nology

Privacy And Tech nology. Marsha Woodbury, Ph.D. Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) http://www.cpsr.org. Defining Privacy. Cultural and regional differences Social context Data context. CPSR Privacy Policy.

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Privacy And Tech nology

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  1. Privacy And Technology Marsha Woodbury, Ph.D. Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) http://www.cpsr.org

  2. Defining Privacy • Cultural and regional differences • Social context • Data context

  3. CPSR Privacy Policy • The CPSR membership database is never sold, rented, lent, exchanged, or used for anything other than official CPSR activity. CPSR may elect to send members mailings with information from other groups, but the mailings will always originate with CPSR.

  4. Anonymity and Privacy • Being able to act without revealing identity • Not just for illegal or embarrassing activities. Think of: • Whistleblowing • Political Speech

  5. Everyday Issues with Telephones • Telephone Redial • “Last caller” • Anonymous calling • Reverse Lookup

  6. And more Telephone Issues • Answering machines • Cellular pre-set numbers

  7. Computers and Privacy • Privacy problems existed before computers • Computers make invasion of privacy faster, more efficient • The privacy decision is made by people • Privacy is a social issue, technology is merely a part

  8. Computer Privacy Issues in Schools • Securing passwords • Backups of all our email, files • Students trained to be system administrators

  9. Leaving footprints • Clipboard, Scrapbook • History feature on Netscape, Internet Explorer • Leaving email on Netscape, Eudora • “Recent Applications,” “Recent Files”

  10. Online Courses • Privacy for Student, Teacher, Class • Who can have access to an online class discussion? • Do you tell the students when outsiders are reading? • Do you show transcripts of class discussions to people at conferences?

  11. Online Courses • Use password protection for discussions--students ought to have the same expectation of privacy that is created by a physical classroom.

  12. Open a dialogue with your students • There are few things more disturbing than learning 'secure' material has been distributed to others without permission being asked or granted. • Do students have any fear others may use or see their information?

  13. Data-Gathering on the Internet • Crude counters “hits” clickstream cookies • Demographic information “free” registrations

  14. Our Students are Targets • Education about what Privacy is • Make computer labs safe and secure • Use encryption, common sense

  15. Privacy Ought to be the Default Setting For more information, contact Marsha Woodbury at marsha-w@uiuc.edu

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