http://theprivacyplace.org An Academic Privacy Research Center Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:32:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ThePrivacyPlace.org is pleased to announce that Peter Swire, a law professor at Ohio State University, and Annie Antón, a computer science professor at North Carolina State University, have co-authored comments to the Federal Trade Commission regarding Online Behavioral Advertising. The FTC has requested comments for its Proposed Self-Regulatory Principles ... http://theprivacyplace.org/2008/04/10/online-behavioral-advertising/ ThePrivacyPlace.org is pleased to announce that our latest privacy policy has gone live. You can see the new privacy policy here. You may also be interested in seeing a summary of changes from our previous version or perhaps older versions of the privacy policy. http://theprivacyplace.org/2008/02/05/theprivacyplaceorg-launches-new-privacy-policy/ Researchers at ThePrivacyPlace.Org are still conducting an online survey about individuals’ experience with and perceptions of authentication technologies. The survey was released last August and is supported by an NSF ITR grant (National Science Foundation Information Technology Research). Your participation will help us with our investigations regarding digital identities. ... http://theprivacyplace.org/2008/01/28/theprivacyplaceorg-authentication-technologies-survey-still-available/ Coinciding with the Duke Law School Data Privacy Conference, this Monday, January 28th, is officially Data Privacy Day by proclamation of the Governor of North Carolina. Please take the day to raise awareness and educate your colleagues about the importance of data privacy in all areas of information technology. ... http://theprivacyplace.org/2008/01/26/data-privacy-day/ On Monday January 28, 2008, the Duke University School of Law will be sponsoring Data Privacy in Transatlantic Perspective: Conflict or Cooperation? The event will focus on the privacy differences between the United States and Europe. The all-day conference will include internationally recognized privacy experts from government and ... http://theprivacyplace.org/2007/12/17/upcoming-duke-law-school-data-privacy-conference/ Our recent coverage of HealthVault has received some attention from other news outlets. VentureBeat author David P. Hamilton has been covering HealthVault. He began with an attempt to review HealthVault that ended in frustration attempting to register a password. His next post was a review of HealthVault itself. ... http://theprivacyplace.org/2007/10/23/venturebeat-and-zdnet-comment-on-healthvault/ Last week, Microsoft announced a new PHR (Patient Health Records) system called HealthVault. HealthVault is a web-based portal that enables end-users to upload their health records on the web. Unfortunately, what people don’t realize is that HealthVault and similar PHR systems are not subject to or governed by ... http://theprivacyplace.org/2007/10/09/is-that-vault-really-protecting-your-privacy/ Dr. Julie Earp, associate professor of information systems at NC State’s College of Management and member of ThePrivacyPlace.org, recently discussed privacy and information security concerns with the National Association of Secretaries of State. Topics included redaction of Social Security Numbers and other identifiers as well as the security implications ... http://theprivacyplace.org/2007/09/07/dr-earp-discusses-privacy-concerns-in-public-records-with-secretaries-of-state/ ThePrivacyPlace.Org 2007 Authentication Technologies Survey is underway! Researchers at ThePrivacyPlace.Org are conducting an online survey about individuals' experience with and perceptions of authentication technologies. The survey is supported by an NSF ITR grant (National Science Foundation Information Technology Research) and will help us with our investigations regarding digital identities. ... http://theprivacyplace.org/2007/08/14/theprivacyplaceorg-authentication-technologies-survey/ Dr. Antón and Dr. Spafford have been awarded $500,000 by the NSF to fund their research project entitled "Transparency and Legal Compliance in Software Systems." The project is a two year collaborative research project that runs from August 1, 2007 to August 1, 2009. Dr. David Baumer and ... http://theprivacyplace.org/2007/08/02/anton-and-spafford-granted-nsf-award/