Data collection can affect the control of peoples lives in both the physical and online worlds. This is because people make many decisions based on information, whether or not that information is true, or the lack of information. This can apply to the use of peoples data in cases such as filter bubbles where we […]
This list is from a FTC Report on data-brokers and the information they hold in the United States. While this is considered meta-data it clearly creates a very detailed picture of personal identity. It was collated in an article written by Quartz Media. There is probably a list containing information like this about you. The […]
Trust is an integral part of our lives. When meeting somebody new, going to a website or dealing with a government agency there is a level of trust involved. It isn’t expected that a person has extra information about the relationship through cyber-stalking, that the website is using tracking technology to see what sites you […]
Earlier this week arXiv from the Cornell University Library released one of the first papers to study who is tracking users in depth. The data was sourced by Who Tracks Me using more than 780 million page loads over the course of 10 months. Previous attempts at measuring tracking on the Internet were flawed as […]
Privacy allows people to maintain appropriate social boundaries in a number of ways. These can be physical, mental, sexual, spiritual or emotional and it are an important factor regulating our relationships with others and ourselves. The massive collection of data has caused a change in the dynamic of those boundaries. Now what is done in […]
Reputations are very important to people and this holds true on the Internet. The problem with an on-line reputation is that it can’t be seen but can still be acted on. A person might never realise that it is why they didn’t get a loan, or be admitted to a school. Worse, a person might […]
Respecting someone’s privacy is a form of respect for that individual. Not in the sense of,”a feeling of deep admiration for someone or something elicited by their abilities, qualities, or achievements.” but in the deeper human sense of, ”due regard for the feelings, wishes, or rights of others” .This is an important aspect of our […]
Privacy is a limit on the power of the private sector and the way it can influence us. This data isn’t just used to sell in a straight forward manner. Advertisements following a person around the Internet are just the tip of the iceberg. Personal and meta data can, and is, used to target individuals […]
When the idea of The Privacy Shop began it was all going to be very simple and easy to do. In some ways it was but in others it has been slow to develop. An example of this is trying to create a shop that respects privacy. Sounds simple but as it went on I […]
