privacy

30March, 2021

BCS Warns Digital Vaccine Passports Must Not Put Everyday Rights at Risk

By |March 30th, 2021|Home Slider, Professionalism in ICT|0 Comments

Creating a portable vaccine proof by adapting an app can be achieved technically – but comes with ethical and data privacy challenges, according to BCS, The UK’s Chartered Institute for IT.

The professional body has warned a situation may result where going to leisure venues around the UK could demand as much ‘linked data’ from us […]

30November, 2018

ACS Invents New Technique to Anonymise Data

By |November 30th, 2018|Home Slider|0 Comments

ACS (Australian Computer Society) has developed a new technique to anonymise big data, allowing governments and businesses to more safely share data without compromising the privacy of individuals.

The innovative technique is detailed in a new report Privacy in Data Sharing: A Guide for Business and Government, released last week at the Akolade Australian Data Summit in Sydney.

Comprising numerous formulas, […]

31May, 2018

GI Welcomes GDPR as an Important Signal Against Data Collection Mania and Profiling

By |May 31st, 2018|Uncategorized|0 Comments

The German Informatics Society (GI) has welcomed the new basic data protection regulation as a milestone in the harmonisation of European data protection and a clear signal against data collection mania and profiling.

GI President, Professor Dr Hannes Federrath, said the new regulations are a clear rejection of the data collection mania of Internet companies that […]

30October, 2017

IFIP TC9 Announces Call for Papers for HCC13

By |October 30th, 2017|Home Slider, IFIP, Media releases, WCC|0 Comments

Media Release

 
IFIP TC9 Announces Call for Papers for HCC13
Submissions Invited to Address Question of “ICT and Climate Change – What Can We Do?”
Monday 30 October 2017 – The International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP) has announced a Call for Papers for its biennial Human Choice and Computers (HCC) Conference, HCC13, to be held in […]

5October, 2016

International Information Security Conferences Announce Call for Papers

By |October 5th, 2016|Events, Home Slider, IFIP|0 Comments

Media Release

 
International Information Security Conferences Announce Call for Papers
IFIP SEC 2017 and WISE10 to be held in May 2017 in Rome, Italy
 

Wednesday 5th October 2016 – Two of the most important global conferences in the area of information security and privacy have issued a call for papers, inviting ICT security practitioners, researchers, policy-makers and […]

19September, 2016

IFIP Summer School Attracts Impressive Field of Student Researchers

By |September 19th, 2016|Big Data, Events, IFIP|0 Comments

There was strong demand for places at the 11th International IFIP Summer School on Privacy and Identity held in Karlstad, Sweden last month thanks to recent changes in EU data protection regulations and the emergence of smart Big Data.

Around 90 people attended the interdisciplinary program, which ran from 21-26 August, focusing on data protection and […]

16September, 2016

IFIP World IT Forum Wraps Up with Call for Governments of Developing Nations to Manage the Impacts of Digital Disruption

By |September 16th, 2016|Events, IFIP|0 Comments

MEDIA RELEASE
IFIP World IT Forum Wraps Up with Call for Governments of Developing Nations
to Manage the Impacts of Digital Disruption
 

Friday 16 September 2016 – The IFIP World IT Forum (WITFOR) 2016 concluded in San Jose, Costa Rica this week with calls for developing nations to take decisive action to prevent mass job losses as a […]

4July, 2016

Germany’s ICT Professional Society Publishes Guidelines for Social Media Developers

By |July 4th, 2016|social media|0 Comments

The German Informatics Society (GI) has published new social media guidelines aimed at educating developers about the responsible use of social media as well as how to protect their users’ private data.

GI’s Data Protection and IT Security Working Group released the new guidelines in June after widespread reports of dissatisfaction from the community over changes […]

23March, 2016

IFIP Summer School on Privacy and Identity Management Announces Call for Extended Abstracts

By |March 23rd, 2016|Events, IFIP, Young ICT Professionals|0 Comments

The 11th International IFIP Summer School on Privacy and Identity Management has sent out its Call for Papers to young researchers and career starters to submit their extended abstracts as part of the application to attend the school.

To be hosted by the University of Karlstad, its Department of Computer Science and its Privacy and Security Group, and supported by IFIP’s […]