<div dir="ltr"><div>Is it a prerequisite to be unemployed or a person of means?<br><br></div>Really, I would like to participate, but the times are wholly inadequate, and then one wonders why some of these focus groups' results are so dodgy at times....<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 1 September 2014 10:02, Christian Fuchs <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:christianfuchswmin@gmail.com" target="_blank">christianfuchswmin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Dear Linux users in London,<br>
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<span lang="EN-US">The
University of Westminster is currently involved in the European
Union research project PACT (see </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.projectpact.eu" target="_blank"><span>http://www.projectpact.eu</span></a></span>)
that studies privacy and security in Europe. Since Edward
Snowden’s revelations about the existence of the Prism system
there have been a lot of discussions about privacy and
surveillance in Europe.<br>
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Given all the discussions about privacy and surveillance, ICT
professionals dealing with personal data often ask themselves
what can best be done to guarantee privacy and data protection
for users. They are confronted with many questions about data
use by their clients, customers, friends, and the public.<br>
<br>
PACT has developed a new method that makes it easier to answer
which advantages and disadvantages information technologies
pose in respect to personal data, privacy, and surveillance. <br>
<br>
We invite people concerned with big data, software/web
companies and ICT professionals to participate in a test and
assessment of this new method. <br>
<br>
There are two available dates when the tests of the new
privacy assessment methodology takes place in the form of a
focus group discussion:<br>
<br>
Monday, September 8, 2014: 13:00-15:30<br>
Tuesday, September 9, 2014: 13:00-15:30<br>
Location: Central London<br>
<br>
If you are interested to join on one of these two dates, then
please get in touch with me.<br>
<br>
As a token of appreciation, you will receive hard copies of
some of the project’s research reports that outline new
insights about privacy and surveillance in the context of
computing. You will be among the first people able to read
these reports.<br>
<br>
Further information is also available here:<br>
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/rhmjb0jhrmalmvh/Information%20Sheet.pdf?dl=0" target="_blank"><span>https://www.dropbox.com/s/rhmjb0jhrmalmvh/Information%20Sheet.pdf?dl=0</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"> <br>
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If this sounds interesting, then I’d be happy to hear back
from you.<br>
<br>
Best, <br>
Christian Fuchs<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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--<br>
Christian Fuchs<br>
Professor of Social Media<br>
University of Westminster<br>
Communication and Media Research Institute,<br>
Centre for Social Media Research<br>
</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.westminster.ac.uk/camri" target="_blank">http://www.westminster.ac.uk/camri</a><br>
<a href="http://www.westminster.ac.uk/csmr" target="_blank">http://www.westminster.ac.uk/csmr</a>
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<a href="mailto:christianfuchswmin@gmail.com" target="_blank">christianfuchswmin@gmail.com</a>
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