November 2014 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

Harvard Business Rev: With Big Data Comes Big Responsibility
by Alessandro Mantelero Nov. 6, 2014

Nov. 6, 2014

With Big Data Comes Big Responsibility An Interview with Alex “Sandy” Pentland by Scott Berinato http://hbr.org/2014/11/with-big-data-comes-big-responsibility/ar/3 Un'interessante prospettiva (anche con un tocco di italianità) -- Avv. Alessandro Mantelero, PhD Aggregate Professor, Politecnico di Torino Director of Privacy and Faculty Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet and Society http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero

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Fwd: [Network of Centers] International Regulatory Trends on Personal Data Protection - November 14, 2014 at University of Chile, Santiago de Chile
by Giuseppe Futia Nov. 6, 2014

Nov. 6, 2014

Gentilissimi, vi segnaliamo che il 14 novembre 2014 presso la University of Chile, Santiago de Chile, si svolgerà il simposio intitolato "*International Regulatory Trends on Personal Data Protection*". Il simposio s'inserisce nel contesto degli incontri regionali organizzati dal "*Global Network of Interdisciplinary Internet & Society Research Centers*" di cui il Centro Nexa su Internet & Società è attualmente coordinatore. Al simposio parteciperà, tra gli altri, anche *Alessandro Mantelero*, fellow del Centro Nexa. Maggiori dettagli sono disponibili in calce alla mail. Cordiali saluti, -- ------------------------------------------------- Giuseppe Futia Communication Manager Nexa Center for Internet & Society Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 - 10129 Torino web: http://nexa.polito.it mail: giuseppe.futia(a)polito.it tel. +39 011 090 7219 -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [Network of Centers] International Regulatory Trends on Personal Data Protection - November 14, 2014 at University of Chile, Santiago de Chile Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 16:54:23 +0100 From: Raimondo Iemma <raimondo.iemma(a)polito.it> <raimondo.iemma(a)polito.it> Reply-To: raimondo.iemma(a)polito.it To: raimondo.iemma(a)polito.it CC: Alex Pesso <apesso(a)derecho.uchile.cl> <apesso(a)derecho.uchile.cl> Dear colleagues, We hope you can join us for a symposium on “International Regulatory Trends on Personal Data Protection” which will take place on November 14, 2014 at the University of Chile, Santiago de Chile. The event will convene a diverse group of collaborators working on Internet & society issues in Chile, the surrounding region, and internationally. It is hosted by Center of Studies in Informatics Law, University of Chile’s Law School, and will also serve as a Network of Centers (NoC) regional event. Please find the agenda of the symposium here: http://networkofcenters.net/event/data-protection-chile In order to register (recommended), please use the following link: http://www.sipd.cl/inscripciones/ The symposium will encompass three thematic sessions, each of which will be introduced by a keynote speech, and followed by a panel discussion. The first session will examine how personal data and its protection has evolved due to the ease of access generated by the new technologies. The second session will focus on the role and powers of Data Protection Authorities in different countries, also with the goal of informing the ongoing debate on the establishment of an Authority in Chile. The third session will discuss the relationship between data protection and other fields of regulation, especially consumer protection, freedom of speech, and intermediary responsibility. We will be happy to share any relevant information regarding logistics and organization in case you are able to join. To this end, please be in touch with the main symposium organizer, Alex Pessó [apesso(a)derecho.uchile.cl] cc’ing the NoC project manager Raimondo Iemma [raimondo.iemma(a)polito.it] We hope you will be able to attend the symposium on the 14th of November in Santiago de Chile. On behalf of the host and collaborators, Raimondo Iemma *Nexa Center for Internet & Society, Politecnico di Torino (DAUIN)* Alex Pessó Center of Studies in Informatics Law, University of Chile’s Law School -- Raimondo Iemma Managing Director & Research Fellow Nexa Center for Internet and Society Politecnico di Torino - DAUIN Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 TORINO - ITALY Project Manager Global Network of Internet & Society Research Centershttp://networkofcenters.net/ phone: +39 011 090 5954 mail: raimondo.iemma(a)polito.it web: http://nexa.polito.it/people/riemma Skype: raimondo.iemma

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Convegno innvazione e globalizzazione
by Diego Giorio Nov. 6, 2014

Nov. 6, 2014

http://ec.europa.eu/italy/events/2014/20141104_innovazione_e_globalizzazion… Non mi pare fosse già stato segnalato in questa mail list, nel caso mi scuso per il doppione Saluti Diego

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Company directors are deep-sixing Google links citing ‘right to be forgotten’
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 5, 2014

Nov. 5, 2014

*Company directors are deep-sixing Google links citing ‘right to be forgotten’* by Roger Parloff @rparloff OCTOBER 21, 2014, 11:02 AM EST Scores of British and Spanish company directors have removed Google links to information they are required by law to disclose. In the past five months scores of current and former European company directors have removed Google GOOG -1.48% links to information that they are required by law to disclose publicly, invoking their “right to be forgotten.” More than a third of the suppressed links relate to quite recent information—events occurring no earlier than 2012—according to my review of 64 documents to which links have been removed. The right to be forgotten was recognized last May by the European Court of Justice, and is intended to give teeth to privacy rights recognized in a 1995 European Commission directive. Under the ruling—which involved suppression of links to a 16-year-old newspaper article about a private debt—European individuals may request European-based search engines, like Google.co.uk and Google.fr, to take down links to information about themselves that, while accurate at the time it was published, has since become “irrelevant.” […] Continua qui: http://fortune.com/2014/10/21/company-directors-deep-sixing-google-links/

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"How Verizon Wireless Is Tracking You All Around the Web"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 5, 2014

Nov. 5, 2014

*How Verizon Wireless Is Tracking You All Around the Web* Rob Pegoraro Tech Columnist November 4, 2014 When Web publishers first started saving information about their visitors in tiny text files called “cookies,” much of the Internet freaked out: “You mean there’s some little program on my computer that follows me around the Internet?” No, people like me would explain. Cookies don’t do anything on their own and can be read only by whatever site created them. Or so we thought. What if the one company that stays with you wherever you go on the Internet — that is, your Internet provider — started inserting cookies in your webpages and could track your online habits for marketing purposes? Those are the basics of the outrage over the discovery that Verizon Wireless is tagging most of its subscribers’ Internet traffic with individual identifiers as part of an advertising initiative. As the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Jacob Hoffman-Andrews wrote Monday, this Verizon tracking “effectively reinvents the cookie, but does so in a way that is shockingly insecure and dangerous to your privacy.” And you can’t turn it off. […] Continua qui: https://www.yahoo.com/tech/how-verizon-wireless-is-tracking-you-all-around-…

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The Economist - articolo sulla privacy
by Elìa Bellussi Nov. 5, 2014

Nov. 5, 2014

Buongiorno a tutti, a proposito di privacy, non ricordo se sia già stato scritto qualcosa, vi segnalo questo articolo uscito a settembre: http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2014/09/economist-explains -12?fsrc=scn/fb/wl/vi/ee/onlineadvertisersreadmind Si tratta di un articolo più superficiale rispetto a quelli segnalati precedentemente ma anche la testata non è particolarmente tecnica. Credo, però, che sia comunque un'interessante lettura soprattutto per i rimandi ad altra documentazione. A presto, Elìa --- Questa e-mail è priva di virus e malware perché è attiva la protezione avast! Antivirus. http://www.avast.com

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UK GCHQ chiede "collaborazione" ai privati per la lotta contro il terrorismo
by Alessandro Mantelero Nov. 5, 2014

Nov. 5, 2014

Segnalo, la recente lettera pubblicata su FT a firma del direttore del GCHQ http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/c89b6c58-6342-11e4-8a63-00144feabdc0.html#ax… Leggendo la lettera è inevitabile provare una certa irritazione. Si notino i seguenti passagggi: "For our part, intelligence agencies such as GCHQ need to enter the public debate about privacy [...] GCHQ is happy to be part of a mature debate on privacy in the digital age [...]" "To those of us who have to tackle the depressing end of human behaviour on the internet, it can seem that some technology companies are in denial about its misuse. I suspect most ordinary users of the internet are ahead of them: they have strong views on the ethics of companies, whether on taxation, child protection or privacy; they do not want the media platforms they use with their friends and families to facilitate murder or child abuse. They know the internet grew out of the values of western democracy, not vice versa. I think those customers would be comfortable with a better, more sustainable relationship between the agencies and the technology companies." Qui la risposta della Global Network Initiative (di cui Nexa è parte) http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/041b49e6-638a-11e4-8a63-00144feabdc0.html?si… "Co-operation between technology companies and governments can and should play a role in addressing legitimate security threats online. But when it comes to handing over user data, or taking down content posted online, companies have an equally important responsibility to respect their users’ rights. That must entail a level of transparency and accountability that has been glaringly absent from GCHQ’s own conduct revealed by Edward Snowden. The necessity and proportionality of any intrusion into privacy or free expression must be demonstrated, not simply asserted in a “nanny knows best” way by an unaccountable state." -- Avv. Alessandro Mantelero, PhD Aggregate Professor, Politecnico di Torino Director of Privacy and Faculty Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet and Society Research Consultant, Sino-Italian Research Center for Internet Torts at Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology Programme Coordinator, Double Degree program in Management and IP Law, Politecnico di Torino–Tongji University of Shanghai http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero http://works.bepress.com/alessandro_mantelero/ Politecnico di Torino Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 Torino - Italy in libertate fortitudo

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Open Government: al via la consultazione pubblica sul 2° Piano nazionale
by Mauro Alovisio Nov. 4, 2014

Nov. 4, 2014

segnalo dal sito Agid Open Government: al via la consultazione pubblica sul 2° Piano nazionale [image: Open Government: al via la consultazione pubblica sul 2° Piano nazionale] *4 Nov 2014* Dal 4 al 21 novembre 2014 sul portale PARTECIPA! <http://www.partecipa.gov.it/> è aperta la consultazione sulle proposte di azioni che l'Italia vuole inserire nel suo Secondo Piano d'Azione Nazionale OGP e che intende sostenere e realizzare nel secondo ciclo di programmazione, che avrà termine a giugno del 2016. La PA italiana aderisce all’iniziativa internazionale Open Government Partnership <http://www.opengovpartnership.org/> (OGP) che sostiene la trasparenza e l'integrità dell’azione dei governi attraverso la partecipazione attiva dei cittadini, delle associazioni di categoria e delle imprese. Le azioni proposte sono il risultato di un lavoro di collaborazione avviato tra Dipartimento della Funzione Pubblica, AgID e ANAC con alcune delle Organizzazioni della Società civile italiana che hanno avuto un primo incontro in forma di focus group il 7 ottobre 2014. Questa la prima bozza del Piano d'azione OGP <http://www.partecipa.gov.it/media/1018/secondo-piano-azione-ogp-nazionale-2…> http://www.agid.gov.it/notizie/open-government-al-la-consultazione-pubblica… cordiali saluti Mauro Alovisio

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Fwd: Google Scholar is Filled with Junk Science
by Andrea Trentini Nov. 4, 2014

Nov. 4, 2014

Che ne dite? -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Google Scholar is Filled with Junk Science Jeffrey Beall posted: " Google Scholar is the world's largest and most-used academic search engine, yet it is increasingly becoming polluted with junk science, making it a potentially dangerous database for anyone doing serious research, from students to scientists. &" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on *Scholarly Open Access* <http://scholarlyoa.com/author/denverjeffrey/> Google Scholar is Filled with Junk Science <http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/11/04/google-scholar-is-filled-with-junk-scienc…> by Jeffrey Beall <http://scholarlyoa.com/author/denverjeffrey/> Google scholar <https://scholarlyoa.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/google-scholar.jpg> Pseudo-scholar Google Scholar <http://scholar.google.com/> is the world's largest and most-used academic search engine, yet it is increasingly becoming polluted with junk science, making it a potentially dangerous database for anyone doing serious research, from students to scientists. Read more of this post <http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/11/04/google-scholar-is-filled-with-junk-scienc…> *Jeffrey Beall <http://scholarlyoa.com/author/denverjeffrey/>* | November 4, 2014 at 9:00 AM | Tags: abstracting and indexing services <http://scholarlyoa.com/?tag=abstracting-and-indexing-services>, Databases <http://scholarlyoa.com/?tag=databases>, Google Scholar <http://scholarlyoa.com/?tag=google-scholar>, Indexes <http://scholarlyoa.com/?tag=indexes>, pseudo-science <http://scholarlyoa.com/?tag=pseudo-science> | Categories: Pseudo-science <http://scholarlyoa.com/?cat=291287116>, Scholarly Open-Access Publishers <http://scholarlyoa.com/?cat=75058744> | URL: http://wp.me/p280Ch-18v Comment <http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/11/04/google-scholar-is-filled-with-junk-scienc…> See all comments <http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/11/04/google-scholar-is-filled-with-junk-scienc…> Like <http://scholarlyoa.com/2014/11/04/google-scholar-is-filled-with-junk-scienc…> -- Did you ever walk into a room and forget why you walked in? I think that's how dogs spend their lives. -- Sue Murphy -- /\_______________ /--\ndrea |rentini http://atrent.it Laboratorio Software Libero @ . Dipartimento di Informatica @ ..: Universita' degli Studi di Milano

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Giorgio Israel: "IL CELLULARE IN CATTEDRA, IL PROF ALTROVE…"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 4, 2014

Nov. 4, 2014

Il Mattino, 4 novembre 2014 *IL CELLULARE IN CATTEDRA, IL PROF ALTROVE…** * È difficile negare la verità contenuta nel detto poco raffinato secondo cui “il pesce inizia a puzzare dalla testa”. Diversi anni fa, quando la diffusione dei cellulari non era universale come adesso, nelle riunioni di una certa importanza ogni partecipante teneva il telefono acceso ma silenziato, in modo da tenersi costantemente informato di ogni chiamata. Fino a che si trattava di persone con funzioni dirigenti amministrative o politiche, manager di un certo livello, primari ospedalieri, ecc. – insomma persone che erano suscettibili di ricevere chiamate tanto importanti quanto urgenti – la cosa si poteva ancora capire. Ma poi l’usanza è dilagata. Anche in un dibattito culturale, nella presentazione di un libro, in riunioni di importanza non così vitale, i partecipanti usano sedersi al tavolo ponendo di fronte a sé qualche foglio di carta, una penna e uno o anche due cellulari accesi e silenziati in modo da rimanere costantemente “wired” (connessi) in ogni istante della manifestazione. Gettano un occhio all’apparecchio del vicino, magari per compiacersi di possedere il modello più avanzato e poi tengono sotto controllo il piccolo schermo attenti alla minima vibrazione, alle chiamate e ai messaggi in arrivo. Spesso digitano una risposta, magari soltanto per dire che non possono rispondere, in non pochi casi si alzano con gesti compulsivi per appartarsi a rispondere, anche se sta parlando uno degli interlocutori – una maleducazione che un tempo veniva evitata anche sopportando per qualche tempo una necessità corporale, mentre il cellulare appare dotato di per sé di una necessità di ordine superiore che schiaccia tutto il resto. […] Continua qui: http://gisrael.blogspot.it/2014/11/il-cellulare-in-cattedra-il-prof-altrove…

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