Unless you have been living under a rock you will have heard about the sites called Facebook, or MySpace, and their professional cousin LinkedIn, you might even remember their predecessors Friendster. These sites are basically social network software/service (SNS) where you connect with other people and share information. Today I read a great article byContinue reading “More on privacy, the workplace & social network software”
Category Archives: Privacy
Privacy of personal data
I haven’t written about data privacy in a while but I could not help it. The “little” issue in the UK in the last couple of days has brought the topic back up. The UK Taxman has “misplaced” 2 CDs full of personal and banking details of about 25 million people. To make matters worseContinue reading “Privacy of personal data”
Is privacy a C level concern?
Privacy of your employee and customer data should be one of the top priorities of any board for any organisation. However sometimes C level exec’s are more interested in things right in front of them, like this quarters sales or the new product introduction. To get them to pay attention you sometimes need to beContinue reading “Is privacy a C level concern?”
Social Engineering
I found this very disturbing article from Techmemeorandum about using social engineering to compromise an organisations security defences, the troubling part about this example was how easily the defences were breached. As seen in this quote they had 75% success rate allowing them access to a vast number of systems in the target organisation. AfterContinue reading “Social Engineering”
The keys to your data
It has been a while since I tapped out a post on security and privacy but today I read several posts that got me inspired again. Bruce Schneier (thanks for Kim Cameron for the pointer) picked up on the two sets of stolen keys for the Sydney train system that allowed the thieves access toContinue reading “The keys to your data”
Privacy and the government
There seems to be a growing concern within Australian around privacy and technology. Yesterday the Australian IT had a couple of articles quoting Gartner research fellow Richard Hunter and Special Minister of State Eric Abetz both calling for greater oversight and review on storage and usage of personal data. In the first article Richard HunterContinue reading “Privacy and the government”
Corporate surveillance
I have blogged about this before, now it seems that it mainstream news organisations are picking up on the trend. Why is this important? Because two things will now happen, firstly some oversight will take place to ensure that privacy and security of these services is satisfactory, and there will be more growth in theContinue reading “Corporate surveillance”
Workplace Surveillance
Last week ComputerWorld published an interesting article on the new Workplace Surveillance Bill with some fairly major concerns being raised by the Australian Privacy Federation. One quote that stuck out in my mind was:- “A major concern, from a privacy point of view, is as long as employers meet visibility requirements it is open slatherContinue reading “Workplace Surveillance”
Can I have some private time?
Following up on my posts from last week around workplace privacy. I was reading a similar post from Michael Fitzgibbon (Thoughts from a Management Lawyer) on the whole issue of Workplace Privacy in the US. Of interest were the statistics which while are US centric I have a feeling probably would transpose fairly well toContinue reading “Can I have some private time?”
Privacy in the workplace
A day after NSW banned employers from monitoring emails Victoria and South Australia are looking to do the same thing. Over the last 9 months I have written about these moves here, here, here and here. This is a really interesting topic that has significant potential to cause all sorts of ER/IR issues within theContinue reading “Privacy in the workplace”
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