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Quarterly Home Page | Quarterly Issues | © 1998 by Washington University CALLER INTELLIDATA: PRIVACY IN THE DEVELOPING TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY Cite as 76 Wash. U. L.Q. 351 George Orwell's 1984 discusses the implications that technology and information gathering can have on privacy.[1] It describes a world where Big Brother monitors the everyday conduct of its citizens through technologically advanced equipment.[2] In 1984, Big Brother is the government.

Case Study: Implementing Database Activity Monitoring for a Major International Telecommunications Company Business need: A leading international telecommunications organization needed a cost effective means to protect the privacy of its customer data and comply with regulatory requirements. Solution: The customer's systems are managed by a well-known global systems integrator. After inquiring with Gartner and Forrester Research, the systems integrator evaluated multiple database auditing vendors (including Oracle) and chose the InfoSphere Guardium solution. InfoSphere Guardium's appliance-based technology allows companies to secure their enterprise data and rapidly address compliance requirements without affecting performance or requiring changes to databases or applications. Benefits: InfoSphere Guardium provided a fine grained audit trail of all sensitive data access, along with automated reporting and compliance workflow, satisfying the needs of auditors. Real-time blocking and alerts ensured privacy policies were strictly enforced. .

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The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) has created this privacy statement to demonstrate our firm commitment to privacy. The following discloses our information-gathering and dissemination practices for this site, http://www.tiaonline.org. IP and Usage Tracking. We use your computer's IP (Internet Protocol) address 10.130.179.249 to help diagnose problems with our server, track down spammers and to administer our Web site.

A Princeton University researcher, with a team of scientists from the United States, Germany and Switzerland, has made a breakthrough in the development of quantum computers, which, while still in their infancy, have the potential to be smaller and faster than today's computers.

This article seems to fit in with what we are discussing this week. A closed-circuit television (CCTV) video that shows an extremely drunk man staggering home through the streets of London has taken the web by storm this week (you can watch it below). Although it's primarily entertaining because of its sheer shock value, it also serves to illustrate the surprising -- and, to many, alarming -- extent of video surveillance in the U.K.

In this week's discussion Mary Beth brought up interesting point about Hole in the Wall studies and one laptop per child. This article criticized the program for not designing from the bottom up.

News Corp bought Myspace for $580 million only 6 years ago. They turned around and sold it to another company for $35 million, Specific Media. Justin Timberlake, who also now owns part of Myspace, is part of an attempted revitalization of the networking site. Another interesting note from the article--News Corp offered Myspace back to Tom and he turned them down.

Makes you wonder about the social media bubble or was it strategic errors when NewsCorp purchased MySpace and they concentrated less on the technology and more on generating revenue which didn't work out too well. They went from something like 70 % share of social media to 1/3 in about two years. At least SM didn't overpay.

The adoption by community organisations of ICTs has facilitated improved communication and services to their client groups. However, many such groups do not have adequate and easy access to affordable, impartial and non-biased ICT support and advice. The e-Rider project aims to provide mobile, technical computing advice and support to not-for-profit community and voluntary organisations in the Wellington region.

Research Impacting Lives. Everyday. Making a difference in the world is no easy task, but it happens every day at the School of Informatics. Our world-class faculty use their diverse research backgrounds and passion for computing and technology to solve pressing problems facing our society today.

Moustafa Ayad (MS '09) will present (via Skype) "Addressing the Digital Divide through Technology for Development." Ayad is an independent subcontractor specializing in social media and networking training for journalists. He works on a variety of projects funded by the U.S. government that aim to enhance Internet freedom and technology development in the Middle East and North Africa.

Research on the Information Society, the Digital Divide and Information and Communication Technologies for development

Brian D Loader and Leigh Keeble A review of evidence on the effectiveness of initiatives providing better access to information and communication technology for people experiencing social exclusion. This literature review examines current evidence on the effectiveness of public access centres and related community informatics (CI) initiatives in providing better access to information and communication technology for people who experience social exclusion.

"ABC News' correspondent Dana Hughes reports from the Mobile Health Summit in Cape Town, South Africa. More than 5 billion people in the world today have cell phones, and they are doing a lot more than just talking." This is an article about how people use ICT to get medical care in places where they wouldn't otherwise get it.

In this interview, Charlie speaks with a Google exec and the Tanzanian business woman whom she is mentoring. They discuss how their conversations led to unexpected opportunity for both womens' businesses. I thought it was interesting how simple conversation between two groups of people that would normally not speak to one another could lead to big tech opportunities for folks in a developing country.

We all just missed the 8th Annual Games for Change Festival held in NY last week....but here's a description of the workshops that took place. On the Demo page you can see some game samples...unfortunately, there's no link enabling you to play...

One aspect of the digital divide that we didn't delve into much in this week's discussion is that of net neutrality - tiers, based on increased cost, that enable access to to "premium" content and faster broadband speeds. This articles provides some great links to other sources on the issue of the digital divide, net neutrality and what some see as a right to the Internet.

In this article, Hargittai likens the digital divide continuum to the varied dimensions of literacy and concludes that addressing the digital divide requires refinement in the understanding of use and skill - and incorporating those varied uses and skills into educational curricula. She explains that "the history of literacy shows that our understanding of functional literacy has evolved considerably over time requiring flexibility in education policy to keep up with the changing landscape." Full Citation: Hargittai, E. (2003). The Digital Divide and What to do About It. In D. C. Jones (Ed.), New Economy Handbook. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.