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"Uber Drivers Organize Themselves in Seattle, Other Drivers Look to Do Same"
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 30, 2014

May 30, 2014

*Uber Drivers Organize Themselves in Seattle, Other Drivers Look to Do Same** * BY Sam Roudman | Tuesday, May 27 2014 About 9 months ago, Daniel Ajema, a 33-year-old law student moonlighting as a driver for Uber, ran into a fellow driver in a gas station parking lot. The man had just been fired for getting poor ratings from passengers. But as a private contractor, like every other driver for the app based transportation network, he had no recourse to the company. Even worse, the man and his wife had sunk $39,000 of their own money into buying an SUV for the express purpose of him driving for Uber. Ajema recalls the man being on the verge of tears. What could he do? Two Sundays ago, a couple hundred Uber drivers provided an answer, by forming a labor group with the help of the local Teamsters union, called the App-Based Drivers Association. The group won't have the full powers of a union, for instance leadership can't vote to make its entire membership strike. But with about a third of Seattle drivers signed on, the group hopes to use its leverage to advocate for greater transparency and responsiveness from the $12 billion <http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB1000142405270230374990457957839129073…> company. [...] Continua qui: http://techpresident.com/news/25078/uber-drivers-organize-seattle-look-else…

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Google launches 'right to be forgotten' webform for removal requests
by gianluca May 30, 2014

May 30, 2014

Google launches 'right to be forgotten' webform for removal requests Company responds to EU court ruling empowering citizens to have certain links about them deleted from search results Google has launched a webpage where European citizens can request that links to information about them be taken off search results, the first step to comply with a court ruling affirming the "right to be forgotten". The company, which processes more than 90% of all web searches in Europe, has made available a webform through which people can submit their requests but has stopped short of specifying when it will remove links that meet the criteria for being taken down. Google said it had convened a committee of senior executives and independent experts to try and craft a long-term approach to dealing with what is expected to be a barrage of requests from people in the EU. [...] continua qui http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/may/30/google-launches-right-to-… glq

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Fwd: [A2k] [Video] Discussion with Richard Stallman about Surveillance, the Future of Internet, Life, the Universe and Everything
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 29, 2014

May 29, 2014

-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [A2k] [Video] Discussion with Richard Stallman about Surveillance, the Future of Internet, Life, the Universe and Everything Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 15:58:30 +0200 From: La Quadrature du Net <contact(a)laquadrature.net> To: a2k(a)lists.keionline.org Themes: RICHARD STALLMAN, DISCUSSION, VIDEO, SURVEILLANCE, THE FUTURE OF INTERNET, LIFE, THE UNIVERSE, EVERYTHING La Quadrature du Net – For immediate release Permanent link: https://www.laquadrature.net/en/video-discussion-with-richard-stallman-abou… [Video] Discussion with Richard Stallman about Surveillance, the Future of Internet, Life, the Universe and Everything *** Paris, 27 May 2014 — Richard Stallman, inventor of the principles of Free/libre software and founder of the Free Software Foundation gave us the immense pleasure and honour of sitting down with us for an open discussion. *** Interviewed by Jérémie Zimmermann when he was still a full-time employee of La Quadrature du Net, Richard speaks in great length about surveillance and how to take back control of our communications, as well as about the future of the Internet and computing. Through the philosophy of Free/libre software he delivers his vision for better democratic processes and for a better society. He also brushes topics related to life, the Universe, and Everything ;) The video is available here for watching and downloading under a CC-BY-ND licence: https://www.laquadrature.net/en/video-discussion-with-richard-stallman-abou… Thanks to Valentin Drean for the editing <3 ** About La Quadrature du Net ** La Quadrature du Net is an advocacy group that defends the rights and freedoms of citizens on the Internet. More specifically, it advocates for the adaptation of French and European legislations to respect the founding principles of the Internet, most notably the free circulation of knowledge. In addition to its advocacy work, the group also aims to foster a better understanding of legislative processes among citizens. Through specific and pertinent information and tools, La Quadrature du Net hopes to encourage citizens' participation in the public debate on rights and freedoms in the digital age. La Quadrature du Net is supported by French, European and international NGOs including the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Open Society Institute and Privacy International. List of supporting organisations: https://www.laquadrature.net/en/they-support-la-quadrature-du-net ** Press contact and press room ** contact(a)laquadrature.net, +33 (0) 972 294 426 https://www.laquadrature.net/en/press-room _______________________________________________ A2k mailing list A2k(a)lists.keionline.org http://lists.keionline.org/mailman/listinfo/a2k_lists.keionline.org

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"Twitter to Release All Tweets to Scientists"
by J.C. DE MARTIN May 29, 2014

May 29, 2014

*Twitter to Release All Tweets to Scientists** */A trove of billions of tweets will be a research boon and an ethical dilemma// /Jun 1, 2014 |By Melinda Wenner Moyer Five hundred million tweets are broadcast worldwide every day on Twitter. With so many details about personal lives, the social media site is a data trove for scientists looking to find patterns in human behaviors, tease out risk factors for health conditions and track the spread of infectious diseases. By analyzing emotional cues found in the tweets of pregnant women, for instance, Microsoft researchers developed an algorithm that predicts those at risk for postpartum depression. And the U.S. Geological Survey uses Twitter to track the location of earthquakes as people tweet about tremors. Until now, most interested scientists have been working with a limited number of tweets. Although a majority of tweets are public, if scientists want to freely search the lot, they do it through Twitter's application programming interface, which currently scours only 1 percent of the archive. But that is about to change: in February the company announced that it will make all its tweets, dating back to 2006, freely available to researchers. Now that everything is up for grabs, the use of Twitter as a research tool is likely to skyrocket. With more data points to mine, scientists can ask more complex and specific questions. [...] Continua qui: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/twitter-to-release-all-tweets-to-…

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Tu vuò fa' l'amerikano
by Andrea Glorioso May 28, 2014

May 28, 2014

Cari tutti, scusate se occupo la banda di questa lista con una email di natura prettamente personale, ma NEXA, ivi inclusa la comunità che vi ruota intorno, è stata - e mi piace pensare che ancora sia - una parte fondamentale della mia vita personale e professionale (posso fare l'hipster e dire che ero a NEXA prima che NEXA nascesse ufficialmente ;). Ci tengo dunque particolarmente a condividere questa notizia con tutti voi. Per farla breve: la Commissione Europea, nella sua infinita e imperscrutabile saggezza, ha deciso di nominarmi "ICT counselor" (o anche "digital economy counselor", "CONNECT counselor") presso la Delegazione dell'Unione Europea negli Stati Uniti D'America, sede di Washington DC. Dunque, il 16 giugno 2014 (giorno più, giorno meno) prenderò servizio dall'altra parte dell'oceano. Se mai voleste fare un salto a DC, fatemelo sapere. :) Sono anche bene accetti consigli su dove mangiare a Washington DC per non prendere 15 kg in un mese. A presto, Andrea -- I speak only for myself. Sometimes I do not even agree with myself. Keep it in mind. Twitter: @andreaglorioso Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/andrea.glorioso LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=1749288&trk=tab_pro

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Commento a sentenza Corte del 13 maggio
by Diego Giorio May 28, 2014

May 28, 2014

http://www.leggioggi.it/2014/05/28/google-potrebbe-essere-veramente-il-pala… Segnalo questo commento, che contiene diversi spunti di rflessione Saluti Diego

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pubblicate le linee guida del Garante privacy su trasparenza on line
by Mauro Alovisio May 28, 2014

May 28, 2014

gent.me/mi segnalo le linee guida dl Garante privacy sulla trasaprenza presentate questa mattina a Roma al Forum pa http://www.garanteprivacy.it/web/guest/home/docweb/-/docweb-display/docweb/… a presto Mauro Alovisio

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#ddaonline: il regolamento agcom preoccupa l'ONU
by Guido Scorza May 28, 2014

May 28, 2014

Carissimi, potrebbe interessare quanto hanno seguito la vicenda agcom e ddaonline: http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2014/05/28/diritto-dautore-online-agcom-pre… E’ stata appena pubblicata, la relazione di la rue (onu) nella quale si parla anche del nostro regolamento. Consiglio comunque la lettura della relazione (e non del post!) a tutti gli altri perché contiene una bella foto della condizione non entusiasmante italiana in termini di libertà di manifestazione del pensiero. Nulla che la più parte dei presenti in lista non sappia già…ma ricordarsi la situazione è sempre utile. Un saluto, gs

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FTC Report on Data Brokers
by Alessandro Mantelero May 27, 2014

May 27, 2014

FTC Report on “Data Brokers: A Call for Transparency and Accountability” http://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/reports/data-brokers-call-transpa… ...dedicato a tutti quelli che pensano che in EU si esageri con la data protection. -- Avv. Alessandro Mantelero, PhD Aggregate Professor, Politecnico di Torino Director of Privacy and Faculty Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet and Society Visiting Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute 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 Politecnico di Torino Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 Torino - Italy in libertate fortitudo

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[Nexa Paper]: "Privacy evaluation: what empirical research on users’ valuation of personal data tells us" (IPR)
by Giuseppe Futia May 26, 2014

May 26, 2014

Privacy evaluation: what empirical research on users’ valuation of personal data tells us Internet Policy Review <http://policyreview.info/>, /20 May 2014/ /* Federico Morando*, Director of Research and Policy & Research fellow, Nexa Center for Internet & Society* Raimondo Iemma*, Managing director and doctoral researcher, Nexa Center for Internet & Society* Emilio Raiteri*, Researcher, "Cognetti de Martiis" Economics and Statistics department/ The EU General Data Protection Regulation is supposed to introduce several innovations, including the right of data portability for data subjects. In this article, we review recent literature documenting experiments to assess users’ valuation of personal data, with the purpose to provide policy-oriented remarks. In particular, contextual aspects, conflicts between declared and revealed preferences, as well as the suggestion that personal data is not conceivable as a single good, but instead as a bundle, are taken into account, also discussing potential shortcomings and pitfalls in the surveyed experiments. Data portability is supposed to increase consumer empowerment; still, several technological preconditions need to apply to make this right actually enforceable. The paper is available at: http://nexa.polito.it/morando2014privacy.<http://www.lastampa.it/2013/03/28/cultura/speciali/biennale-democrazia-2013…>

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