Plunging Into the Black Box Society
Frank Pasquale’s The Black Box Society has been steadily moving up my reading list since it came out, but after Monday’s morning-long workshop on the...
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Joe Jerome
Hate the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights, but Love the Privacy Review Boards
Considering the criticism on all sides, it’s not a bold prediction to suggest the White House’s Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights is unlikely to...
Read MoreOvercoming the Privacy Management Buzzkill: Make Privacy Fun?
Over the past two years, protecting our personal privacy has come to feel like a daily struggle and an oppressive burden. With the holiday...
Read MoreNo Privacy/No Control
This week, the Pew Research Center released a new report detailing Americans’ attitudes about their privacy. I wrote up a few thoughts, but my...
Read MorePlaying Cupid: All's Fair in Love in the Age of Big Data?
After a three year dry spell, OkCupid’s fascinating OkTrends blog roared to life on Monday with a post by Christian Rudder, cofounder of the...
Read MoreDeveloping Consensus on the Ethics of Data Use
Information is power, as the saying goes, and big data promises the power to make better decisions across industry, government, and everyday life. Data...
Read MoreTruthout Publishes My Thoughts on Big Data's Image Problem
Happy to report that Truthout today published my quick op-ed entitled “Big Data’s Big Image Problem.” Not only does this piece expand on comments the...
Read MoreAverage Folks and Retailer Tracking
Yesterday evening, I found myself at the Mansion on O Street, whose eccentric interior filled with hidden doors, secret passages, and bizarrely themed rooms, seemed...
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