We had an encounter with a patent troll – somebody who thinks they have a valid South African (2009) patent on VRM and personal data store services. We learnt that SA has a non-examining patent system and there are some free to use US …
Archives for August 2011
Business Ecosystems » Blog Archive » Will service providers prefer …
30 August 2011 by
In my post on August 5th, I discussed from the end-users' viewpoint the advantages of introducing a “Personal Data Store”, i.e., an environment enabling individuals to collect and manage their personal data, so as to create a user-centric …
Circling Around Your Wallet ProjectVRM
28 August 2011 by
We're talking here about banks, insurance companies and anything called an agency, plus all the new companies coming into the personal services and personal data store businesses. These might include parties the individual doesn't pay, …
Ping Talk – Ping Identity: Pornographers, privacy and you
25 August 2011 by
Is there yet another leak in the personal privacy boat?
This time it’s the work of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, (D-Fla.) and 25 other co-sponsors, who approved a bill (H.R. 1981) that would require Internet service p…