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Anonymous announces #OpBigBrother for 1 June Day of Privacy

Anonymous today released a video and poster art for its 1 June 2013 “International Day of Privacy” #OpBigBrother action. The @OpBigBrother twitter account has been active for some time, urging opposition to drone surveillance, US congressional anti-privacy bills, and general government intrusion. Summer should be interesting . Related articles Anonymous – International Day of Privacy 02/23/2013 (panoffolin.wordpress.com) February 2013 Cyber Attacks […]

Hey, Pandora! Let My Data Go!

I sent an email to Pandora today. Is there some way I can download a list of my information from Pandora? – My channels? – My thumbs? – My social follows? – My listening behavior? (what I actually hear, for how long, and when?) How about some of the music genome conclusions Pandora draws about my listening? […]

Introduction to Mydex CIC Personal Data Stores

Mydec CIC CEO David Alexander gives an hour talk about the Mydex Personal Data Stores.

JAMA: A case for community health record banks

A JAMA opinion piece explains why community-based health record banks are a better path for health IT than monolithic data brokers like health information exchanges.