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Field notes: What’s In A Name? Anonymity, Then and Now. SXSW

SXSWi 2013 session: “What’s In A Name? Anonymity, Then and Now“ “Anonymity” is a much-ballyhooed buzzword. But the complex issues of anonymity and authorship are far from unique to the Internet age. We’ve been here before.Turn back to 17th century Europe, when publishing was a less-than-classy enterprise. How uncouth! Still, anonymous works were circulated and […]

Walking in the Cloud @ SXSW

Cloud Identity session @ SXSW 2013 Join Gluu CEO & Founder Mike Schwartz for an official SXSW meetup and discussion on current Internet standards for identity from the IETF and other relevant organizations, including OAuth2 and OpenID Connect. [Editor: Gluu is in PDEC’s Startup Circle.] Also learn about adoption trends and market predictions for both consumer […]

Let My Data Go, Storylane! Acquihire promises data portability

Storylane promises its customers a graceful exit.

WEF Report #3: Unlocking the Value of Personal Data!

The World Economic Forum released its third major report about Rethinking Personal Data: Unlocking the Value of Personal Data: From Collection to Usage. PDEC has worked with the WEF’s Rethinking Personal Data project since before its first gathering in the Summer of 2010. It is really gratifying to see this third report come out and […]