[GLLUG] Invitation to participate in research about privacy and surveillance in the age of Edward Snowden

[j.roberts]

Oops wrong address :)

See, that's why we NEED security :)

On 01/09/14 15:54, j.roberts wrote:
> I'd be interested in attending, Tuesday preferred.
>
> I'm James Roberts from Stabilys.com (qv)
>
> We are resellers and outsourced IT managers for the SME/SMB sector with
> many clients with DPA requirements.
>
> I was interested to see that you sent a link using Dropbox: one of the
> things we have been doing lately (aka since Condoleeza Rice joined
> Dropbox) is expunging ALL traces of Dropbox from ALL of our
> security-sensitive clients :)
>
> Is this a test?
>
> JR
>
> On 01/09/14 10:02, Christian Fuchs wrote:
>> Dear Linux users in London,
>>
>> The University of Westminster is currently involved in the European
>> Union research project PACT (see http://www.projectpact.eu) 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.
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> We invite people concerned with big data, software/web companies and ICT
>> professionals to participate in a test and assessment of this new method.
>>
>> There are two available dates when the tests of the new privacy
>> assessment methodology takes place in the form of a focus group
>> discussion:
>>
>> Monday, September 8, 2014: 13:00-15:30
>> Tuesday, September 9, 2014: 13:00-15:30
>> Location: Central London
>>
>> If you are interested to join on one of these two dates, then please get
>> in touch with me.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Further information is also available here:
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/rhmjb0jhrmalmvh/Information%20Sheet.pdf?dl=0
>>
>> If this sounds interesting, then I’d be happy to hear back from you.
>>
>> Best,
>> Christian Fuchs
>>
>>
>> --
>> Christian Fuchs
>> Professor of Social Media
>> University of Westminster
>> Communication and Media Research Institute,
>> Centre for Social Media Research
>> http://www.westminster.ac.uk/camri
>> http://www.westminster.ac.uk/csmr
>> christianfuchswmin at gmail.com <mailto:christianfuchswmin at gmail.com>
>> +44 (0) 20 7911 5000 ext. 67380
>>
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