Archive:privacy
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Privacy Regulations: EU’s GDPR vs China’s PIPL
Many countries have followed the example of the EU and adopted privacy legislations similar to GDPR, which some observers call another “Brussels effect.” In August 2021, the National People’s Congress of China adopted the Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL), which entered into force November 1, 2021. Essentially, PIPL is quite similar to the GDPR and became another big step towards the government regulation of data handling practices in global cyberspace. This post outlines some of the main similarities and differences between the EU’s GDPR and China’s PIPL.
Categories: 2021, The Gnovis Blog
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The Celebrity Nude Photo Scandal: Who is at Fault?
The recent celebrity nude picture scandal has reignited the conversation about privacy and online sharing. Earlier this month, celebrities like Kate Upton and Jennifer Lawrence, discovered nude photos
Categories: 2014, The Gnovis Blog
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Facebook Privacy in the Age of Graph Search
Facebook’s Graph Search extends longstanding debates on Facebook privacy. According to Zoller (2013), “Graph Search allows users to search from the Facebook platform rather than the wider web, which
Categories: 2013, The Gnovis Blog
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Google and its Discontents
Google always makes plenty of headlines. The latest is their finding that government demand for Google user data is increasing, feeding into controversies surrounding Internet freedom. The number of g
Categories: 2013, The Gnovis Blog
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Politics and Privacy
With the 2012 election finally over, it seems both inevitable and laughable that 2016 is already being mentioned, and not just by Jon Stewart. At the moment I am not at all interested in what lies ah
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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When Private-Public Speech Becomes Public-Public Speech
I woke up this past Sunday to a post on Sulia about a Redditor being exposed by Gawker's Adrian Chen. The user Chen exposed, 'violentacrez,' was highly connected in the Reddit volunteer community and
Categories: 2012, The Gnovis Blog
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OK, So I know I’m not my own Grandpa, but could I be my own Big Brother?
[caption id="attachment_2930" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Flickr photo by Max-B"][/caption] Anyone who knows me well will be quick to tell you that I am notorious for leaving my cell phone
Categories: 2011, The Gnovis Blog
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The Nano-Threats To Privacy: Sci-Fi or Sci-Fact?
Abstract: The biggest threat to personal privacy in the near future might not come from massive government surveillance projects; instead, tiny technology will be implemented by diverse commercial, p
Categories: Earlier to 2006, Journal