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Switzerland will notify citizens when they have been spied on under new surveillance laws
by Alberto Cammozzo Sept. 28, 2016

Sept. 28, 2016

<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/09/26/switzerland-will-notify-ci…> Switzerland will have to notify citizens when they have been monitored by the country’s spy agencies under new surveillance laws <https://www.admin.ch/opc/fr/federal-gazette/2015/6597.pdf>. Voters overwhelmingly backed the laws in a referendum on Sunday, with 66 per cent voting in favour. They give police and intelligence agencies the authority to tap phones and monitor emails, in keeping with the powers in other countries. However, unlike in many regimes, citizens will be told when they have been spied on. Under an “obligation to inform the person surveilled”, the SRC, the Swiss intelligence agency, must contact anyone who has been monitored within a month after surveillance ends, giving them details about how and for how long they were watched. The SRC must also tell a suspect why they have been monitored, although there are exceptions – if it is against the public interest, if it would affect legal proceedings, or if the information could put people in danger. [...]

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Sindacati e piattaforme
by Antonio Casilli Sept. 28, 2016

Sept. 28, 2016

Why the digital gig economy needs co-ops and unions MARK GRAHAM and ALEX WOOD (Oxford Internet Institute) https://www.opendemocracy.net/alex-wood/why-digital-gig-economy-needs-co-op… -- Antonio A. Casilli Associate Professor, Telecom ParisTech Research Fellow, Edgar-Morin Center (EHESS) Member, Interdisciplinary Institute for Innovation (i3 UMR 9217 CNRS)

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Airbnb Shows How Private Sector Can Use Data to Fight Discrimination
by Alessandro Mantelero Sept. 27, 2016

Sept. 27, 2016

Airbnb Shows How Private Sector Can Use Data to Fight Discrimination In December 2015, researchers at Harvard University discovered a disturbing trend on the popular home-sharing service Airbnb: hosts were routinely discriminating against would-be guests on the basis of race. In response, the company brought in experts, including former Attorney General Eric Holder, to conduct a comprehensive review of its platform to identify opportunities to prevent discrimination. Airbnb recently released a report summarizing the results of this review and detailing a number of its commitments to use data to combat bias in the booking process. In doing so, Airbnb has become the poster child for how companies can use data as a powerful force to combat human bias and discrimination. Despite common claims that algorithms and big data will cause discrimination, the Harvard report found it was human-made decisions, rather than data-driven algorithmic ones, that were at fault for the bias on Airbnb. In fact, it was the availability of data that allowed this discrimination to be identified. The study found that Airbnb users with “distinctively African-American names” have approximately a 16 percent lower acceptance rate for bookings than individuals with “distinctively White names.” The trend is present regardless of the race of the host, whether the host and guest share the property, and the listing price. The researchers conclude that specific features of Airbnb, such as allowing hosts to screen guests and providing them the names of potential guests, facilitates discrimination. Airbnb has acknowledged the bias present on its platform, noting that “minorities struggle more than others to book a listing,” and has created a plan to tackle discrimination on its platform. https://www.datainnovation.org/2016/09/airbnb-shows-how-private-sector-can-… -- Prof. Avv. Alessandro Mantelero Politecnico di Torino Nexa Center for Internet and Society | Director of Privacy Politecnico di Torino–Tongji University| Coordinator, Double Degree program in Management and IP Law Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology | Part-time Expert, School of Public Administration European Data Protection Law Review | Associate Editor http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero EMAIL POLICY: once a day (Mon-Fri)

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44° Nexa Lunch Seminar - 28 settembre 2016
by Giuseppe Futia Sept. 26, 2016

Sept. 26, 2016

Se non visualizzi correttamente questo messaggio clicca qui <http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-44> NEXA 44°Nexa Lunch Seminar Mercoledì 28 settembre 2016, ore 13.00 - 14.00 Via Boggio 65/a, Torino (primo piano) http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-44 Il progetto sulle Open Educational Resources del Global Network on Internet and Society Research Centers (NoC) Speaker Francesco Mecca (Intern Berkman Klein Center, Harvard), Lorenzo Canova (Research Fellow Centro Nexa) This event will be webcast live: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events Da ottobre 2014 il Centro Nexa coordina il Global Network of Internet & Society Research Centers <https://networkofcenters.net/> (NoC o Rete dei Centri), lanciato dal Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society della Harvard University <https://cyber.harvard.edu/> nel 2012 per favorire la cooperazione tra i più importanti centri Internet & Società a livello globale. Il NoC ad oggi include 76 centri e più di 190 ricercatori da tutto il mondo. I vari centri del NoC producono e pubblicano ogni anno un vasto corpo di risorse didattiche e di ricerca. Con il progetto “NoC educational resources <http://noc-wiki.nexacenter.org/view/Special:BrowseData/Educational_Resource…>” queste risorse sono state raccolte e indicizzate e tramite una *Wiki semantica* (già utilizzata come piattaforma per il coordinamento del NoC), per promuovere la scoperta e il riutilizzo del materiale didattico aperto, oltre che per rafforzare le potenzialità di matchmaking offerte dalla Wiki semantica. Il materiale fino ad oggi raccolto conta 87 risorse da 20 centri del NoC. Il progetto è stato seguito in prima persona da *Francesco Mecca*, studente del corso Rivoluzione Digitale del Politecnico di Torino, durante la sua Internship estiva presso il Berkman Klein Center della Harvard University ed è stato coordinato dal Centro Nexa su Internet & Società in collaborazione con il Berkman Klein Center e il Centro de Estudos sobre Tecnologia e Sociedade (CEST) <http://www.cest.poli.usp.br/> dell’Università di Sao Paolo. /Ingresso libero - Saranno disponibili panini e bibite per coloro che si saranno registrati su http://lunch44.eventbrite.com/ entro il 26 settembre./ Speaker - e informazioni supplementari [MECCA - CANOVA] FRANCESCO MECCA è uno studente di ingegneria informatica presso il Politecnico di Torino. Da studente del corso di Rivoluzione Digitale è entrato in contatto con lo staff del Centro Nexa. Nell’estate 2016 ha lavorato come intern al Berkman Klein Center al progetto NoC Education. I suoi interessi principali sono il software libero e la programmazione. Il suo blog è all’indirizzo: francescomecca.eu. LORENZO CANOVA, Staff Research Fellow del Centro Nexa dal 2014, è laureato in Ingegneria gestionale presso il Politecnico di Torino. I suoi interessi di ricerca si sono focalizzati principalmente sugli Open Governement Data (e la loro qualità), sulla trasparenza e sulle piattaforme collaborative. Letture consigliate e link utili * Fabio Nascimbeni, /The Contribution of Openness to Transforming Education, European Journal of Education/, 2015 * The Global Network on Internet and Society research centers (NoC) - Guiding Principles, https://networkofcenters.net/guiding_principles * Wiki semantica del NoC - http://noc-wiki.nexacenter.org/ 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 Nexa Lunch Seminar e i Mercoledì di Nexa, 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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European Data Protection Supervisor_Opinion on coherent enforcement of fundamental rights in the age of big data
by Alessandro Mantelero Sept. 26, 2016

Sept. 26, 2016

Opinion 8/2016 EDPS Opinion on coherent enforcement of fundamental rights in the age of big data https://secure.edps.europa.eu/EDPSWEB/webdav/site/mySite/shared/Documents/E… -- Prof. Avv. Alessandro Mantelero Politecnico di Torino Nexa Center for Internet and Society | Director of Privacy Politecnico di Torino–Tongji University| Coordinator, Double Degree program in Management and IP Law Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology | Part-time Expert, School of Public Administration European Data Protection Law Review | Associate Editor http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero EMAIL POLICY: once a day (Mon-Fri)

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More accountability for big-data algorithms
by Alessandro Mantelero Sept. 26, 2016

Sept. 26, 2016

More accountability for big-data algorithms To avoid bias and improve transparency, algorithm designers must make data sources and profiles public. 21 September 2016 http://www.nature.com/news/more-accountability-for-big-data-algorithms-1.20… -- Prof. Avv. Alessandro Mantelero Politecnico di Torino Nexa Center for Internet and Society | Director of Privacy Politecnico di Torino–Tongji University| Coordinator, Double Degree program in Management and IP Law Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology | Part-time Expert, School of Public Administration European Data Protection Law Review | Associate Editor http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero EMAIL POLICY: once a day (Mon-Fri)

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CINI presenta il nuovo Laboratorio Nazionale Informatica e Società - 27 settembre, Camera dei Deputati
by Giuseppe Futia Sept. 26, 2016

Sept. 26, 2016

Gentilissimi, Il 27 settembre alla Camera dei Deputati (Sala della Regina) verrà presentato il nuovo *Laboratorio Nazionale su Informatica e Società del CINI* (il Consorzio Interuniversitario Nazionale per l'Informatica, v. http://consorzio-cini.it/) Oltre alla Presidente *Laura Boldrini*, che porterà i saluti istituzionali, al convegno parteciperanno *Luciano Floridi*, *Anna Masera*, *Luca De Biase*, *Marina Miserandino*, *Giorgio Ventre*, *Lorella Zanardo*, *Barbara Carfagna*, *Roberto Baldoni*, *Carlo Blengino*, *Francesca Bosco*, *Stefano Quintarelli*. Le conclusioni del convegno saranno affidate a *Stefano Rodotà*. Maggiori informazioni sul programma sono disponibili sul sito del CINI: https://www.consorzio-cini.it/index.php/it/news-ita/1040-cini-presenta-il-n… . Per partecipare al convegno occorre iscriversi all'indirizzo: http://cini-laboratorio.eventbrite.com/ (ingresso libero fino ad esaurimentoposti). La locandina in versione PDF è disponibile all'indirizzo: https://www.consorzio-cini.it/index.php/it/component/attachments/download/5… . 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

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"How Palantir Is Taking Over New York City"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Sept. 22, 2016

Sept. 22, 2016

Da tener presente quando si parla di "smart city". jc *How Palantir Is Taking Over New York City* Brendan O'Connor In 2006, then-New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg issued an executive order establishing the Office of Special Enforcement, a citywide agency responsible for enforcing “quality of life” regulations—a nebulous, ideologically charged concept that refers to anything from music venues with too many noise complaints to nightclubs that facilitate prostitution to decrepit structures that pose a fire hazard. That office expanded the work of a 40-year-old agency, the Office of Midtown Enforcement, that was essential in making Midtown and Times Square the shiny commercial hubs they are today, and created the paradigm for how city agencies “address issues and combat adverse conditions...that threaten public safety, community livability and property values and can lead to serious crime,” Bloomberg’s order read. That effort “should be continued and implemented on a Citywide basis to ensure that more communities in the City can reap the benefits of this approach.” To do that, New York City enlisted the CIA-backed data analysis firm Palantir Technologies. In December, 2011, the city granted Palantir the first of at least five contracts, ultimately amounting to more than $2.5 million, according to a review of public records obtained by Gizmodo. Palantir’s software has since become a centerpiece of New York’s mission to improve “community livability and property values”—that is to say, quality of life. […] Continua qui: http://gizmodo.com/how-palantir-is-taking-over-new-york-city-1786738085

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(libro) The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History di Elizabeth Kolbert
by Elia Gabriele Sept. 22, 2016

Sept. 22, 2016

Per gli amanti di Collapse di Diamond, un best seller del Pulizer Elizabeth Kolbert<http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/45840.Elizabeth_Kolbert> <http://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/17910054-the-sixth-extinction> [The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History]<http://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/17910054-the-sixth-extinction> The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History by Elizabeth Kolbert<http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/45840.Elizabeth_Kolbert> WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE >From the author of Field Notes from a Catastrophe, a powerful and important work about the future of the world, blending intellectual and natural history and field reporting into a compelling account of the mass extinction unfolding before our eyes. Over the last half a billion years, there have been five mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists around the world are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devastating extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. This time around, the cataclysm is us. The Sixth Extinction draws on the work of scores of researchers in half a dozen disciplines-geologists who study deep ocean cores, botanists who follow the tree line as it climbs up the Andes, and marine biologists who dive off the Great Barrier Reef. Elizabeth Kolbert, two-time winner of the National Magazine Award andNew Yorker writer, accompanies many of these researchers into the field, and introduces you to a dozen species-some already gone, others facing extinction-that are being affected by the sixth extinction. Through these stories, Kolbert provides a moving account of the disappearances occurring all around us and traces the evolution of extinction as concept, from its first articulation by Georges Cuvier in revolutionary Paris up through the present day. The sixth extinction is likely to be mankind's most lasting legacy; as Kolbert observes, it compels us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be human. (less)<http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17910054-the-sixth-extinction> ... we now find ourselves in the midst of a great extinction event, the sixth to strike our planet over the last half billion years. Past culprits have included asteroid impacts, which did for the dinosaurs 66m years ago, and soaring carbon dioxide levels which, 252m years ago, triggered extreme global warming and the extinctions of 96% of all marine species and 70% of all terrestrial vertebrate species. "As in Tolstoy, every extinction event appears to be unhappy, and fatally so, in its own way," adds Kolbert. The crucial point about the current extinction is that the agent involved is not an inanimate object or a geophysical force but a living creature, Homo sapiens. We may have succeeded extravagantly on Earth but we have done so at the expense of just about every other species. Hardcover, 319 pages Published February 11th 2014 by Henry Holt and Co. (Georg von Holtzbrinck) Original Title The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History ISBN 0805092994 (ISBN13: 9780805092998) Edition Language English URL http://us.macmillan.com/thesixthextinction-1/ElizabethKolbert Literary Awards Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (2015)<http://www.goodreads.com/award/show/16-pulitzer-prize>, Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science & Technology (2014)<http://www.goodreads.com/award/show/3812-los-angeles-times-book-prize>, PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award Nominee (2015)<http://www.goodreads.com/award/show/7676-pen-e-o-wilson-literary-science-wr…>, Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Nonfiction (2015)<http://www.goodreads.com/award/show/15198-andrew-carnegie-medal>, Kirkus Prize Nominee for Nonfiction (Finalist) (2014)<http://www.goodreads.com/award/show/20886-kirkus-prize> ...more<http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17910054-the-sixth-extinction> Questo messaggio e i suoi allegati sono indirizzati esclusivamente alle persone indicate. La diffusione, copia o qualsiasi altra azione derivante dalla conoscenza di queste informazioni sono rigorosamente vietate. Qualora abbiate ricevuto questo documento per errore siete cortesemente pregati di darne immediata comunicazione al mittente e di provvedere alla sua distruzione, Grazie. This e-mail and any attachments is confidential and may contain privileged information intended for the addressee(s) only. Dissemination, copying, printing or use by anybody else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message and any attachments and advise the sender by return e-mail, Thanks. [rispetta l'ambiente]Rispetta l'ambiente. Non stampare questa mail se non ? necessario.

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(news) Kuwait lawyers fight world’s first mandatory DNA sampling law
by Elia Gabriele Sept. 22, 2016

Sept. 22, 2016

al grido di “Compelling every citizen, resident and visitor to submit a DNA sample to the government is similar to forcing house searches without a warrant,” says AdbdulHadi. “The body is more sacred than houses.” food for thoughts ... gabriele https://www.newscientist.com/article/2106835-kuwait-lawyers-fight-worlds-fi… Kuwait lawyers fight world’s first mandatory DNA sampling law [Kuwait City skyline] Jane Sweeney/awl-images/Getty By Andy Coghlan Lawyers in Kuwait have issued a legal challenge<http://www.aloulalaw.com/uploads/Adel%20Abdulhadi%20Statement.pdf> to the only law in the world forcing citizens and visitors to give samples of their DNA to the government. The Kuwait government has said that the law is needed to combat terrorism<http://news.kuwaittimes.net/website/kuwait-to-enforce-dna-testing-law-on-ci…>. DNA testing is reportedly due to begin within weeks<http://www.alternet.org/world/dangers-kuwaits-dna-database>. When the law was passed in July last year, Adel AbdulHadi<http://www.aloulalaw.com/en/NewsDetails.aspx?EditId=439> of the Kuwaiti law firm Adel AbdulHadi & Partners and his colleagues began researching and drafting their challenge to it. Their principle argument is that the law violates privacy and human rights provisions in the country’s own constitution, as well as those enshrined in international treaties to which Kuwait is a signatory. “Compelling every citizen, resident and visitor to submit a DNA sample to the government is similar to forcing house searches without a warrant,” says AdbdulHadi. “The body is more sacred than houses.” Questo messaggio e i suoi allegati sono indirizzati esclusivamente alle persone indicate. La diffusione, copia o qualsiasi altra azione derivante dalla conoscenza di queste informazioni sono rigorosamente vietate. Qualora abbiate ricevuto questo documento per errore siete cortesemente pregati di darne immediata comunicazione al mittente e di provvedere alla sua distruzione, Grazie. This e-mail and any attachments is confidential and may contain privileged information intended for the addressee(s) only. Dissemination, copying, printing or use by anybody else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message and any attachments and advise the sender by return e-mail, Thanks. [rispetta l'ambiente]Rispetta l'ambiente. Non stampare questa mail se non è necessario.

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