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Privacy And Tech nology. Marsha Woodbury, Ph.D. Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) http://www.cpsr.org. Defining Privacy. Cultural and regional differences Social context Data context. CPSR Privacy Policy.
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Privacy And Technology Marsha Woodbury, Ph.D. Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) http://www.cpsr.org
Defining Privacy • Cultural and regional differences • Social context • Data context
CPSR Privacy Policy • The CPSR membership database is never sold, rented, lent, exchanged, or used for anything other than official CPSR activity. CPSR may elect to send members mailings with information from other groups, but the mailings will always originate with CPSR.
Anonymity and Privacy • Being able to act without revealing identity • Not just for illegal or embarrassing activities. Think of: • Whistleblowing • Political Speech
Everyday Issues with Telephones • Telephone Redial • “Last caller” • Anonymous calling • Reverse Lookup
And more Telephone Issues • Answering machines • Cellular pre-set numbers
Computers and Privacy • Privacy problems existed before computers • Computers make invasion of privacy faster, more efficient • The privacy decision is made by people • Privacy is a social issue, technology is merely a part
Computer Privacy Issues in Schools • Securing passwords • Backups of all our email, files • Students trained to be system administrators
Leaving footprints • Clipboard, Scrapbook • History feature on Netscape, Internet Explorer • Leaving email on Netscape, Eudora • “Recent Applications,” “Recent Files”
Online Courses • Privacy for Student, Teacher, Class • Who can have access to an online class discussion? • Do you tell the students when outsiders are reading? • Do you show transcripts of class discussions to people at conferences?
Online Courses • Use password protection for discussions--students ought to have the same expectation of privacy that is created by a physical classroom.
Open a dialogue with your students • There are few things more disturbing than learning 'secure' material has been distributed to others without permission being asked or granted. • Do students have any fear others may use or see their information?
Data-Gathering on the Internet • Crude counters “hits” clickstream cookies • Demographic information “free” registrations
Our Students are Targets • Education about what Privacy is • Make computer labs safe and secure • Use encryption, common sense
Privacy Ought to be the Default Setting For more information, contact Marsha Woodbury at marsha-w@uiuc.edu