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Vinton Cerf
... same time, how can we enhance the security of users and institutions that rely on the Internet?In this talk, Dr. Vinton G. Cerf, one of the “fathers of the Internet,” talks about his concern for privacy in the future. In 2004, he was awarded the Turing Prize, the highest honor available in computer science.Language: EnglishRegular price 9,90 € Reduced price 5,90 € Member price 4,90 ...
World without cash?
... means of payment, cash is an important corrective in payment transactions. No other non-cash means of payment achieves a similarly high level of inclusion and provides comparable protection of privacy. Nevertheless, the use of non-cash means of payment continues to increase in Germany. Card-based payment methods are of particular importance - either directly with the plastic card (debit or credit ...
Chances and limits of artificial intelligence
... being increasingly leveraged across industries to offer superior products and services and optimize business processes. The proliferation of AI, however, raises a number of ethical questions on data privacy, fairness, bias, and accountability. In the future, will AI decide who is insured and who is not? Who will get which level of insurance coverage? And will vulnerable groups be left behind ...
Computers, Privacy & Data Protection
... centers of excellence from the EU, the US and beyond. As a world-leading multidisciplinary conference CPDP offers the cutting edge in legal, regulatory, academic and technological development in privacy and data protection. Within an atmosphere of independence and mutual respect, CPDP gathers academics, lawyers, practitioners, policy-makers, industry and civil society from all over the world in ...
Enforcing Rights in a Changing World
... of everyday life. Amidst all these changes, is there also a change in the way we are looking at things and rethinking the possible? What will be the legacy of this pandemic on human rights including privacy and data protection? How do we enforce individual and collective rights in a changing world? - Innovative and interdisciplinary approaches to enforcement and oversight - Data protection and ...
Information Technology & Innovation foundation ITIF
... of Information Technology.” Under Atkinson, ITIF’s team of policy analysts and fellows includes authors and recognized experts in the fields of economics, tax policy, trade, telecommunications, privacy, cybersecurity, and life sciences, among many others.ITIF is home to the highly regarded Center for Data Innovation, which develops and promotes policy ideas to capitalize on the tremendous ...
Privacy International
Privacy International challenges overreaching state and corporate surveillance, so that people everywhere can have greater security and freedom through greater personal privacy. Privacy International (PI) is a registered charity based in London that works at the intersection of modern technologies and rights. PI envisions a world in which the right to privacy is protected, respected, and ...
digitalcourage
Digitalcourage works for a liveable world in the digital age. Since 1987, Digitalcourage advocates for fundamental rights, privacy and protecting personal data. We are a group of people from a variety of backgrounds who explore technology and politics with a critical mindset, and who want to shape both with a focus on human dignity. We do not want our democracy to be “datafied” and sold out. ...
Countering the COVID-19 Misinfodemic with Text Similarity and Social Data Science
... COVID-19 has led to severe harms in multiple instances: as an example, a rumor that drinking methanol would cure the virus resulted in hundreds of deaths. While end-to-end encryption is an important privacy safeguard, this encryption prevents platforms such as WhatsApp, Signal, and others from employing centralized interventions and warnings about misinformation. Several options, however, from ...
Data Economy, AI, Privacy and Sustainability in times of Climate Emergency
... Materiality of AI and futureenvironmental costs of automatizing actions 3. Environmental impact of devices:ethical and environmental concerns on mineral sourcing 4. Policy for sustainable privacy, dataeconomy and AI ...
The Internet in Everything: Freedom and Security in a World with No Off Switch
... can easily reach across borders to disrupt real-world systems. Laura DeNardis argues that the diffusion of the Internet into the physical world radically escalates governance concerns around privacy, discrimination, human safety, democracy, and national security, and she offers new cyber-policy solutions. In her discussion, she makes visible the sinews of power already embedded in our technology ...
Sharenthood: How Parents, Teachers, and Other Trusted Adults Harm Youth Privacy & Opportunity
A new book by BKC Faculty Associate and Youth & Media team member Leah Plunkett joins works by Margaret Atwood and Stephen King on Wired's list of "must-read" books for fall 2019. Leah's book from MIT Press, Sharenthood: Why We Should Think Before We Talk About Our Kids Online, "illuminates children's digital footprints: the digital baby monitors, the daycare ...
The Code of Practice on disinformation
... Director at Council for broadcasting and retransmission and Chair of European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services - Cornelia Kutterer, Senior Director, EU Government Affairs, AI, Privacy & Digital Policies, Corporate, External and Legal Affairs, Microsoft - Gianni Riotta, Dean of the Luiss School of Journalism in Rome ...
Don't Be Evil: How Big Tech Betrayed Its Founding Principles -- and All of Us
... Faroohar traces the evolution of companies such as Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon into behemoths that monetize people’s data, spread misinformation and hate speech, and threaten citizens’ privacy. She also shows how we can fight back by creating a framework that both fosters innovation and protects us from the threats posed by digital technology. “Don’t be evil” was enshrined as ...
Between Truth and Power
... too is transforming in fundamental ways.Julie E. Cohen is the Mark Claster Mamolen Professor of Law and Technology at the Georgetown University Law Center. She teaches and writes about surveillance, privacy and data protection, intellectual property, information platforms, and the ways that networked information and communication technologies are reshaping legal institutions. She is the author ...
Ecological Economics in relation to a digital world
... proposed can be applied to any industry, be it the oil industry or the digital industry. It is clear however that the latter industry raises issues of a partly different kind, such as surveillance, privacy and security. Pluralism in economics education and a reconsideration of laws regulating limited reliability corporations are among recommendations. The power positions of globally operating ...
Crypto-Politics. Encryption and Democratic Practices in the Digital Era
The volume centres on the debates on digital encryption in Germany and the USA, during the aftermath of Edward Snowden’s leaks, which revolved around the value of privacy and the legitimacy of surveillance practices. Using a discourse analysis of mass media and specialist debates, it shows how these are closely interlinked with technological controversies and how, as a result, contestation ...
3rd Edge Computing Forum
... The next development will include the distribution of intelligence back to the topological edge of the network. This natural evolution decreases dependency and load on the network and enhances data privacy and protection. Edge Computing is applied in several application domains and enables areas such as 5G, Artificial Intelligence, Industrial Internet of Things, or Digital Twins. As the Edge ...
Social Networks or Social Nightmares?
... social networks, big data and artificial intelligence were welcomed for their promise of progress and democratization of access. Today, the focus has shifted to their dark side as a threat to our privacy, a danger to democracy and as a new form of surveillance. Three of the world’s leading activists of the electronic age gather to discuss our digital future. Roger McNamee, an early advisor to ...
IGNITE Talks at BKC
... Klein community members share their research, passions, and musings in five minute Ignite Talks. Topics include the data economy in the European Union, maternal health around the world, youth and privacy online in Latin American, Ubuntu as an ethical framework for AI, collecting secrets, and more! ...