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March 2010
Panel Discussion: Privacy and Identity in a Digital Age
Perhaps the key issue in the online era of the Connected World in which we live is that of identity. Public concern over identity theft and privacy is already high, and can only grow as we become more engaged online. What happens as we move forward and make medical records fully electronic for example? How should governments plan to provide public services securely? Even if we cut out the regular loss of electronic records from laptops or CDs left on trains or lost in transit, how will governments keep our records safe? Should we link tax, driving, medical, benefits, and other personal records to be accessible in one place for ease of citizen use, or does that introduce an unacceptable systemic weakness?
And how do we know that information about us kept by commercial organisations is safe and not available to be abused? Today we have the Data Protection Act to protect us, but is it adequate? What should the rules be about availability and use of private records? What should be covered by privacy laws and what is fair game to be sold on and used for (say) marketing? What is privacy anyway, and are we entitled to it? If we put information about ourselves online (for example on Facebook, or even on an email), can we reasonably expect it to stay private? And can IT security keep pace with both technological change and the best efforts of increasingly sophisticated online criminals?
Panelists:
Simon Davies (Privacy International)
Tim Kelsey (Dr Foster Intelligence)
Liam Maxwell (Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead)
Nigel Shadbolt (University of Southampton)
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April 2010
6th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies
IEEE DEST 2010 - DUBAI
Web Science Conference (WebSci’10)
May 2010
NetSci 2010
June 2010
INSNA - Sunbelt Social Networks Conference
September 2010
Royal Society Discussion Meeting ‘Web Science: A New Frontier’
The World Wide Web has changed almost every aspect of modern life. It touches us all. The Web's billions of pages, links and other resources comprise the largest information fabric in the history of humanity. Yet the Web is rarely approached as an object of scientific study.
What processes have driven the Web's growth, and will they persist? How does large-scale structure emerge from a simple set of protocols? How does the Web work as a socio-technical system? What drives the viral uptake of certain Web phenomena? What might fragment the Web? Featuring some of the worlds leading researchers on these areas this interdisciplinary meeting will discuss these and other issues as it presents the components of a Science of the Web.