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When Remembering/Forgetting Personal Data Is Power

Via YouTube. Here’s the blurb via MediaBerkman:
A book talk with professor Viktor Mayer-Schönberger who examines the technology that is facilitating the end of forgetting in his book, “Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age“. Mayer-Schönberger argues that in our quest for perfect digital memories where we can store everything from recipes and family [...]

Facebook Violates Canadian Privacy Law

via Michael Geist:
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has released its long-awaited finding (media release, finding, backgrounder) in the complaint against Facebook on a variety of privacy grounds.  The complaint was launched by CIPPIC in May 2008 (note that I am an advisor to CIPPIC but had no involvement in this complaint).  The [...]