[MyData & Open Data] Blog on open data ABOUT privacy

Wed Mar 19 16:50:58 UTC 2014

Alessandro is a bit of a hero for me :-)  Thanks for the link!

This is also a point raised by many, like the ICO’s head of policy. Iain Bourne. 

It is clear (and well documented) that people make notoriously bad decisions at the point of consent and often change their mind later but are unable to do so.   So the whole, consent for ever system, we have now needs both pre and post consent management to be even remotely meaningful. 

That being said, I am a firm believer that its not the humans that are at fault but the stupid tech infrastructure and money grabbing data stealing companies that are the real problem.  (but I am biased ;-)

- Mark

On 19 Mar 2014, at 16:41, Javier Ruiz <javier at openrightsgroup.org> wrote:

> Hi, I don’t want to open up a huge debate (yet ;-) but!
> 
> transparency and consent will only get you so far, worth looking at the wok of Alessandro Acquisti on behavioural economics applied to privacy (quick summary: humans seem unable to make sensible decisions)
> 
> http://www.ted.com/talks/alessandro_acquisti_why_privacy_matters
> 
> -- 
> Javier Ruiz
> javier at openrightsgroup.org
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> 
> On Wednesday, 19 March 2014 at 16:26, Mark L wrote:
> 
>> Great Post Reuben, 
>> 
>> Another reason why open data about transparency over data control is so important and an indicator of how this transparency (or Open Notice) can solve lots of personal data problems we face today.  
>> 
>> - Mark
>> 
>> 
>> On 18 Mar 2014, at 16:28, Javier Ruiz <javier at openrightsgroup.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Reuben Binns has posted an excellent blog on our Working Group’s page on his research around a little know open-data-set: the UK Register of Data Controllers. 
>>> 
>>> The data is about what organisations declare they might do, not what they do in practice, but it raises lots of interesting questions.
>>> 
>>> http://personal-data.okfn.org/blog/
>>> 
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>>> Javier Ruiz
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