Identification cards & RFID

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) presents California Action Alert

Californians: Keep Privacy-Leaking Chips out of State ID!

"Governments across the world are considering placing RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)tags into state-provided cards. Without careful safeguards, these tagged cards can broadcast your personal information to anyone nearby with cheap, readily-available equipment. Your government could be exposing you to the risk of covert tracking, stalking and identity theft." Source EFF

Perspectives for 2006 by European Data Protection Supervisor

Perspectives for 2006 on privacy and data protection issues by the European data protection supervisor / Contrôleur européen de la protection des données.

New technological developments

1. RFID a promising and challenged technology

In 2005, the EDPS contributed to the Article 29 Working Party activities in the field of RFID

2. Ambient intelligence merging environment

The emerging information society is being built on an "Internet of things", establishing bridges between the digital world and the real world.

3. Identity management systems

Identity management systems are considered to be the key elements of emerging e-government services.

4. The biometric age

Second Generation Schengen Information System (SIS II)

proposed the Prüm Convention (sometimes called "Schengen III")

Source Annual Report 2005

Source Rapport Annuel 2005

Unisys report

Unisys publishes the first worldwide survey on biometrics and trust, the research is part of a broader analysis of identity authentication that Unisys will spearhead at the upcoming 15th World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT 2006).

People around the world are willing to share personal data for identity verification if they perceive they are gaining real value in return (e.g., additional convenience and security) Source Unisys

Privacy under pressure

"Privacy under pressure" (mp4 format) is a webcast by James Rule in a seminar held last 10 Febrery at Oxford Internet Institute.

James Rule is professor of Sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Is it reasonable to seek meaningful limits on institutions accumulation and use of data on ourselves?

And if so, what principle or strategy could one put forward to draw the line between acceptable and unacceptable uses of personal data?

Papers by James Rule:

Computing and Social Change: Employment and Efficiency

Books by James Rule:

Theory and Progress in Social Science

Apple & Blogs & EFF

Apple's case to restrict the rights of bloggers.

Apple vs. Does


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Judge grills Apple over "snitch" hunt Silicon.com

Appeals court stews Apple over blogger rightsiTWire

Panel quizzes Apple on trade secret 'leakages'Telecom Asia Daily / Wireless Asia

Apple tries to keep its secrets Firm argues no one has right to ...San Francisco Chronicle

Apple questioned in trade secrets caseBusinessWeek

Apple trade secrets case could affect media confidentialitySan Jose Mercury News

Even bloggers are split over Apple case CNET News.com