• Of course we can … but should we?

    Big Data: it’s big, messy, and fast-paced: and demand is endless for more data capture, more intertwingling of sources, more slicing, dicing, massaging, and filtering to reveal insights. These demands can result in uses perceived as mostly helpful (The year open data went worldwide) or mostly icky (How Companies Learn Your Secrets). Demand for new…

  • Joanne McNabb giving keynote at MMWCON

    I’m so pleased that Joanne McNabb, Director of Privacy Education and Policy in the Office of the California Attorney General, will be speaking at the Mobility and Modern Web Conference (MMWCON), being held September 17–19 at UCLA. Formerly the Head of the California Office of Privacy Protection, Joanne has been a terrific privacy resource to…

  • Distinguishing privacy from security … and why you want both

    Here’s the best visual sound bite I’ve ever seen on privacy and security, simultaneously depicting how they differ and why you want both. Kudos to cartoonist Clay Bennett. (And my personal thanks to Jon Good for pointing me at this.)

  • A University of California privacy and information security framework

    In June of 2010, former UC President Mark Yudof convened the University of California Privacy and Information Security Steering Committee to perform a comprehensive review of the University’s current privacy and information security policy framework and to make recommendations about how the University should address near-term policy issues and longer-term governance issues related to privacy…

  • A Symposium on Privacy and Security: UCLA Joins the National Debate

    On April 25, 2014, the UCLA School of Law, Department of Political Science, and Office of Information Technology cosponsored the daylong Symposium on Privacy and Security (#uclaprivacysym). Bringing together three panels of thought leaders to discuss privacy, security, terrorism, and civil liberties, the event was the brainchild of Cindy Lebow in PoliSci. The terrific and…

  • Terms and Conditions May Apply

    The UCLA community now has free streaming access to the documentary film Terms and Conditions May Apply. Whether or not you agree with its viewpoint, the film is worth an hour of your time. Hope to spur discussion of these fundamental societal issues at UCLA. Watch the film with your UCLA Logon ID. If you…

  • Scholarly research and California Public Records Act requests

    UCLA has published its Statement on the Principles of Scholarly Research and Public Records Requests and accompanying Faculty Resource Guide for California Public Records Requests. Chancellor Block’s announcement sets the context for issuing this guidance: “In recent years a number of universities including UCLA have received public records requests seeking disclosure of faculty members’ scholarly…