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Berkman Center Webcast live oggi ore 18 - Bridging the gap between computer science and legal approaches to privacy
by Giuseppe Futia Nov. 10, 2015

Nov. 10, 2015

Bridging the gap between computer science and legal approaches to privacy https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2015/11/Nissim_Wood <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2014/06/sigal> *with Kobbi Nissim and Alexandra Wood* Today, 6.00 pm Webcast live: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/interactive/webcast http://nexa.polito.it/berkman-webcast-live Lawyers and computer scientists hold very different notions of privacy. Notably, privacy laws rely on narrower and less formal conceptions of risk than those described by the computer science literature. As a result, the law often creates uncertainty and fails to protect against the full range of data privacy risks. In contrast, emerging mathematical concepts provide robust, formal models for quantifying and mitigating privacy risks. An example of such a model is differential privacy, which provides a provable guarantee of privacy against a wide range of potential attacks, including types of attacks currently unknown or unforeseen. The subject of much theoretical investigation, these new technical methods for privacy protection have recently been making significant strides towards practical implementation. For example, researchers are now building and testing the first generation of tools for differentially private statistical analysis. However, because the law generally relies on very different methods for mitigating risk, a significant challenge to implementation will be demonstrating that the new privacy technologies satisfy legal requirements for privacy protection. In particular, most privacy laws focus on the identifiability of data, or the ability to link an individual to a record in a release of data. In doing so, they often equate privacy with heuristic “de-identification” approaches and provide little guidance for implementing more formal privacy-preserving techniques. In this talk, Kobbi Nissim and Alexandra Wood will articulate the gap between legal and technical approaches to privacy and present a methodology for formally proving that a technological method for privacy protection satisfies the requirements of a particular law. This methodology involves two steps: first, translating a legal standard into a formal mathematical requirement of privacy and, second, constructing a rigorous proof for establishing that a technique satisfies the mathematical requirement derived from the law. The presenters will walk through an example applying this new methodology to bridge the requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and differential privacy. They will conclude the presentation with a discussion of how the methodology could help further the real-world adoption of new privacy technologies. This talk summarizes early results from ongoing research by Kobbi Nissim, Aaron Bembenek, Mark Bun, Marco Gaboardi, and Salil Vadhan from the Center for Research on Computation and Society, together with Urs Gasser, David O’Brien, and Alexandra Wood from the Berkman Center for Internet & Society. Further work building from this approach is anticipated to form the basis of a future publication. This research is also part of a broader collaboration through the Privacy Tools for Sharing Research Data project, which aims to build legal and technical tools, such as tools for differentially private statistical analysis, to help enable the wider sharing of social science research data while protecting the privacy of individuals. About Kobbi Kobbi Nissim is a Professor of Computer Science at Ben-Gurion University and a Senior Research Fellow at the Center for Research on Computation and Society at Harvard. Trained in cryptography, Kobbi always maintains a healthy level of paranoia, and feels the ground is shaky whenever issues of security and privacy are not formally defined and analysed. Nissim's current work is focused on the mathematical formulation and understanding of privacy. His work from 2003 and 2004 with Dinur and Dwork initiated rigorous foundational research of privacy and presented a precursor of Differential Privacy, a strong definition of privacy in computation that he introduced in 2006 with Dwork, McSherry and Smith. With collaborators, Nissim established some of the basic constructions supporting differential privacy, and studied differential privacy in various contexts, including statistics, computational learning, mechanism design, and social networks. Since 2011, Kobbi has been involved with the Privacy Tools for Sharing Research Data project at Harvard University, developing privacy-preserving tools for the sharing of social science data. Other contributions of Nissim include the BGN homomorphic encryption scheme with Boneh and Goh, and the research of private approximations. In 2013, Nissim received with Irit Dinur the Alberto O. Mendelzon Test-of-Time award for their PODS 2003 work on privacy. In 2016, he will receive with Dwork, McSherry and Smith the TCC test of time award for their TCC 2006 work on differential privacy. About Alexandra Alexandra Wood is a fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society and a member of the Privacy Tools for Sharing Research Data project at Harvard University. A lawyer by training, her research explores new and existing regulatory frameworks for data privacy and their compatibility with approaches to privacy emerging from the literature in other fields. Alexandra has also been contributing to the development of new legal instruments, analytical frameworks, and policy recommendations to better support the sharing and use of research data while preserving privacy, utility, transparency, and accountability. Before joining the Berkman Center, she served as a legal fellow with U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer and as a law clerk with the Center for Democracy & Technology and the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

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Guardian: "Robot revolution: rise of 'thinking' machines could exacerbate inequality"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 8, 2015

Nov. 8, 2015

*Robot revolution: rise of 'thinking' machines could exacerbate inequality* /Global economy will be transformed over next 20 years at risk of growing inequality, say analysts/ Heather Stewart Thursday 5 November 2015 00.01 GMT A “robot revolution” will transform the global economy over the next 20 years, cutting the costs of doing business but exacerbating social inequality, as machines take over everything from caring for the elderly to flipping burgers, according to a new study. As well as robots performing manual jobs, such as hoovering the living room or assembling machine parts, the development of artificial intelligence means computers are increasingly able to “think”, performing analytical tasks once seen as requiring human judgment. Robot doctors and lawyers? It’s a change we should embrace Daniel Susskind Read more In a 300-page report, revealed exclusively to the Guardian, analysts from investment bank Bank of America Merrill Lynch draw on the latest research to outline the impact of what they regard as a fourth industrial revolution, after steam, mass production and electronics. [---] http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/nov/05/robot-revolution-rise-mac…

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Taggalo retail analytics Video+Wifi+Beacon in negozi italiani?
by Alberto Cammozzo Nov. 8, 2015

Nov. 8, 2015

Milan-Based Company Launches Multi-Tech Device For Tracking Real-World Customers <http://marketingland.com/milan-based-company-launches-multi-tech-device-for…> [] Taggalo provides what it says is the only all-in-one device that combines video analytics, WiFi tracking and beacon technology, with the data presented via a web dashboard. It also offers a white-label mobile app for stores to use with the beacon functionality. [] The stats can include the number of people who walk by the store, the number of customers who pause to look at a product and the time spent, which smartphones are making a repeat visit (as determined by their anonymous device IDs) and the demographics of store customers. This latter category includes not just gender and age approximation, but also “ethnic group.” The company said this includes race, such as Caucasian or African-American. When I asked if this kind of racial tracking could be a problem, CEO Luca Nestola told me that Taggalo just provided the data, and it was up to the store to use it responsibly. It’s not clear yet what legitimate value racial identification offers to stores. About a dozen retailers have been using the devices in Europe and the US, the company said, including Altromercato, a consortium of shops in Italy. Taggalo said that there have been reports of sales lifts of two to three percent by some stores because of better customer info. [] Stando all'articolo i negozi Altromercato italiani userebbero questo device che raccoglie dati sui clienti analizzando le loro tracce wifi associandole a dati biometrici (riconoscimento faciale) e beacon nelle app. Sembra un pesce d'aprile. La pagina "About us" mi tranquillizza: <http://www.taggalo.co.uk/new2/?page_id=2295> YOUR PRIVACY MATTERS TO US No personal information. No identifying data. The reports we provide to retailers and media owners do not include any personal information. We make no attempt to link any data, behavioural or otherwise, to individuals. Limited data collected. Our sensors collect only basic information. This does not include any sensitive data such as who you are, whom you call, or the websites you visit. Easy opt-out and deletion. Device owners with any concerns can easily opt out of participation and delete all of their existing data from our servers by sending an email to privacy(a)taggalo.co.uk. Taggalo has registered with the UK Information Commissioners’ Office. Taggalo sarebbe uno spin-off del CNR Alberto - tagmenot.info @donttag

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Report: "Using regulation as a last resort?"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 8, 2015

Nov. 8, 2015

La 'self-regulation' funziona? Secondo questo report (pare il primo del suo genere) no, nell'82% dei casi la 'self-regulation' _non_ funziona. juan carlos Articolo di presentazione: http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/409329-relying-on-voluntary-measures-wont-solve… *Using regulation as a last resort?** */Assessing the performance of voluntary approaches/ PDF (2.1 MB): http://www.rspb.org.uk/Images/usingregulation_tcm9-408677.pdf

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Parlamento Italiano - Disegno di legge S. 2058 - 17ª Legislatura
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 7, 2015

Nov. 7, 2015

Modifiche al codice dei beni culturali in materia di riproduzione dei beni bibliografici e archivistici http://www.senato.it/loc/link.asp?tipodoc=SDDLITER&tipo=testi&leg=17&id=459… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Amazon Books is All About the Data | The Digital Reader
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 7, 2015

Nov. 7, 2015

http://the-digital-reader.com/2015/11/06/amazon-books-is-all-about-the-data/ (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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The FCC says it can’t force Google and Facebook to stop tracking their users - The Washington Post
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 7, 2015

Nov. 7, 2015

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/11/06/the-fcc-says-i… (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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Richard Barbrook with Andy Cameron, The Internet Revolution: From Dot-com Capitalism to Cybernetic Communism
by Alberto Cammozzo Nov. 6, 2015

Nov. 6, 2015

Richard Barbrook with Andy Cameron The Internet Revolution: From Dot-com Capitalism to Cybernetic Communism Raccolta di due saggi degli anni '90 - THE CALIFORNIAN IDEOLOGY Richard Barbrook & Andy Cameron - CYBER-COMMUNISM: HOW THE AMERICANS ARE SUPERSEDING CAPITALISM IN CYBERSPACE Richard Barbrook <http://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/no-10-the-internet-revolution-f…> Con una interessante introduzione: By reading this book, you are travelling back to a very different time when the Net was still a magical technology. At the beginning of the 1990s, France was the only country on the planet where people outside the academy had easy access to computer-mediated communications. By distributing the terminals of its Minitel system for free, the nationalised telephone company had created the infrastructure for a multiplicity of online services. [...] On that spring evening, Andy now had another brilliant idea: ‘Why don’t we both write an article exposing the follies of Wired magazine? If nothing else, it would be our manifesto for the Hypermedia Research Centre which differentiates us from the West Coast neoliberals!’ Over the next few weeks, with the aid of plenty of beer and weed, we worked hard on creating the opening essay of this pamphlet. [...] The two essays from the 1990s in this book are a small contribution to formulating the escape from our contemporary predicament. Today, for many of its formr enthusiasts, the utopian promises of the information society have been fatally betrayed by the corporatisation and militarisation of the Net. However, although The Californian Ideology anticipated their critical attitude to Silicon Valley hype, Andy and I also emphasised that there was nothing inevitable about the ascendency of hi-tech neoliberalism. In its conclusion, our article pointed out that the Minitel system was built upon a different political economy than its American rival. Contradicting Wired magazine’s horror at the leading role of a state-owned telecommunications monopoly, the French version of packetswitched networking was able to commodify all of its online services by delivering them through premium phone lines. Ironically, as my Cyber-communism piece celebrated, it is the made-in-the-USA internet which has always had difficulties in applying the dogmas of bourgeois economics within its virtual world. User-generated content and open source software are the creations of voluntary labour. A.

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European Commission - PRESS RELEASES - Press release - Commission issues guidance on transatlantic data transfers and urges the swift establishment of a new framework following the ruling in the Schrems case
by J.C. DE MARTIN Nov. 6, 2015

Nov. 6, 2015

http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-6015_en.htm (Sent from my wireless device; please excuse brevity and typos (if any))

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"Artificial Intelligence: Should You Be Worried?" - Prof. Luciano Floridi (University of Oxford), 10 novembre ore 17
by Giuseppe Futia Nov. 5, 2015

Nov. 5, 2015

Se non visualizzi correttamente questo messaggio clicca qui <http://nexa.polito.it/2015/11/lfloridi> NEXA Martedì 10 novembre 2015, ore 17.00 - 19.00 Via Boggio 65/a, Torino (primo piano) http://nexa.polito.it/2015/11/lfloridi Artificial Intelligence: Should You Be Worried? Speaker Luciano Floridi (University of Oxford) Prof. Luciano Floridi (University of Oxford & Trustee of the Nexa Center for Internet & Society (DAUIN)) will discuss: Artificial agents can outsmart us, outperform us, and replace us in an increasing number of tasks. Yet the problem is not a dystopian future, in which some Super-AI will dominate or lives, for this is science fiction. It is rather how we are going to re-interpret who we are, our roles in life, and our still exceptional nature in the universe. BIOGRAFIA - e informazioni supplementari [Maria Bottis] LUCIANO FLORIDI is Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information at the University of Oxford, where he is the Director of Research and Senior Research Fellow of the Oxford Internet Institute, Governing Body Fellow of St Cross College, Distinguished Research Fellow of the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Faculty of Philosophy, and Research Associate and Fellow in Information Policy of the Department of Computer Science. Outside Oxford, he is Adjunct Professor of the Department of Economics, American University, Washington D.C. More information available at: http://nexa.polito.it/2015/11/lfloridi. Letture consigliate e link utili: * L. Floridi, /The Fourth Revolution: How the Infosphere is Reshaping Human Reality/ (Oxford University Press, 2014 * L.Floridi, /The Ethics of Information/ (Oxford University Press, 2013) * L.Floridi, /The Philosophy of Information/ (Oxford University Press, 2011) Che cosa sono il Centro Nexa e i cicli di incontri Mercoledì di Nexa e Nexa Lunch Seminar Il Centro Nexa su Internet & Società del Politecnico di Torino (Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica) è un centro di ricerca indipendente e interdisciplinare che studia Internet e il suo effetto sulla società. Maggiori informazioni all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/about. Durante i “Mercoledì di Nexa”, che si tengono ogni 2° mercoledì del mese alle ore 18 in punto, il Centro Nexa su Internet e Società apre le sue porte non solo agli esperti e a tutti coloro i quali lavorano con Internet, ma anche a semplici appassionati e cittadini. Il ciclo di incontri intende approfondire, con un linguaggio preciso ma divulgativo, i temi legati alla Rete: motori di ricerca, Creative Commons, social networks, open source/software libero, neutralità della rete, libertà di espressione, privacy, file sharing, big e open data, smart cities e molto altro. Al centro di quasi tutti gli incontri un ospite pronto a dialogare con i direttori del Centro Nexa, il Prof. Juan Carlos De Martin del Politecnico di Torino e il Prof. Marco Ricolfi dell'Università di Torino, nonché lo staff e i Fellows del Centro Nexa. Maggiori informazioni sui Mercoledì di Nexa, incluso un elenco di tutti i “Mercoledì” passati, sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi. Si segnala inoltre che dal maggio 2012 ogni 4° mercoledì del mese dalle ore 13 alle ore 14 il Centro Nexa organizza anche i "Nexa Lunch Seminar". Una lista di tutti i “Lunch Seminar” passati è disponibile all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-seminars. See our events calendar <http://nexa.polito.it/events> if you're curious about future luncheons, discussions, lectures, and conferences not listed in this email. Our events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. Maggiori informazioni sui Mercoledì di Nexa e i Nexa Lunch Seminar, sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/events. Weekly Events Newsletter. Sign up <http://nexa.polito.it/mailing-lists> to receive this newsletter if this email was forwarded to you. To manage your subscription preferences, please click here <https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa>. Connect & get involved: Jobs, internships, and more <http://nexa.polito.it/get-involved> Nexa Center for Internet and Society Newsletter

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