This year already looks like a big one for evolution on thinking about privacy

Only about a week into 2010 and already there are some very public indications that the current attention on information privacy, especially on the Internet, is likely to result in more visible changes in the way…

A few practical ideas for protecting privacy while computing

With all the recent talk about personal information disclosure and the threat of identity theft showing no signs of abating, it’s useful to remember that there are a variety of free tools and routine practices that…

Information sharing actions in the name of national security test international privacy laws

The Secure Flight program recently implemented under the authority of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is raising a number of privacy issues not just in the United States, but also in foreign countries whose privacy laws…

Will continuing concerns over Facebook privacy change user behavior?

The changes Facebook made to its privacy practices and, in particular, default settings and additional personal information about Facebook users that is made public, continue to draw a lot of attention, and not in a positive…

HHS plans to test re-identification of “de-identified” health data

In a special notice posted yesterday on FedBizOpps, the HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT is getting ready to put a contract out to fund research on re-identifying datasets that have been de-identified…

Looking ahead for 2010

We launched this blog a year ago today, as an adjunct to our SecurityArchitecture.com website. It took us a few months to hit our stride, but in the past few months we’ve become not only more…

3 major 2009 privacy trends to watch next year

As the result of a highly unscientific review of big developments on the privacy front in 2009, here are 3 major trends from the past year that we predict will continue to draw attention in 2010….