Category Archives: privacy

Threat to openness: managing access to public archives

Posted on February 10, 2016 by lawrence serewicz

In November 2015, I attended the Threats to Openness conference held at Northumbria University. The conference had a specific aim “discuss the growing threats to citizens’ rights to access public archives across the digital world.” Although we did not discuss … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on TRILCon15: The Privacy Arms Race

Posted on April 27, 2015 by lawrence serewicz

On the 21st of April, I attended the Trust Risk Information and the Law Conference 2015. It was by the Centre for Information Rights. The theme was the Privacy Arms Race. My blog on the previous conference can be found here.[1] A … Continue reading →

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Friend or Foe? The state’s only question about your digital identity

Posted on March 29, 2015 by lawrence serewicz

The major issue for the web is how to identify a user. At first glance, this seems an obvious question. We know who someone is by the IP address and the owner of the computer. Except that is not always … Continue reading →

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The Facebook experiment and the web’s ethical void

Posted on July 24, 2014 by lawrence serewicz

The Facebook Experiment has upset many people.[1] In the experiment, which was conducted in 2012, Facebook manipulated the timelines of some of its users. They filled it with good or bad news to study its effect on the user’s mood. … Continue reading →

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How to write transparent investigation reports

Posted on June 5, 2014 by lawrence serewicz

In the age of Freedom of Information, public sector organisations, including the police, have to be prepared to respond to FOI requests for how they conduct investigations.  For some organisations and some situations, the investigation report is made public such … Continue reading →

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Thoughts on the Trust, Risk, Information and the Law Conference (#TRILCon)

Posted on May 11, 2014 by lawrence serewicz

On the 29th of April, I attended the TRIL Trust, Risk, Information and the Law Conference, in Winchester hosted by the University’s Centre for Information Rights.  The conference was well organised with about 60 attendees.  The day was structured with … Continue reading →

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