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Government 2.0 is more about culture change than technological change
Wednesday, October 03, 2007 2:16 PM
The main themes I heard in the Government 2.0 session were: * you have to change the culture of the organisation, change the expectations and processes for engagement, before you can take advantage of technology change * government can gain a lot simply by freeing its data (creating APIs, to put it technically) for citizens to analyse and present as they see... Read More...
by Richard Akerman | with no comments
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backgrounder: privacy
Sunday, September 30, 2007 7:33 PM
As nations have a variety of privacy legislation, I will focus on some recent issues raised in Canada, which may help to inform the discussion. Canada's privacy legislation is modeled on the EU, and Canada has a Privacy Commissioner . One of the issues the Office of the Privacy Commissioner expressed concerns about recently was Google Street View. This is... Read More...
by Richard Akerman | with no comments
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Session 4, Stream B: Confidence and Competition in the Internet Economy: Opportunities and Challenges of the Participative Web
Sunday, September 30, 2007 4:23 PM
STREAM B Confidence, privacy, and security 15.05-16.25 TK: 4.05am PA: 9.05pm NY: 3.05pm LA: 12.05pm Hugh Stevenson (Chair), Deputy Director, Office of International Affairs, Federal Trade Commission, USA Gary Davis , Deputy Commissioner, Office of the Data Protection Commissioner, Ireland Chris Kelly , Chief Privacy Officer and Head of Global Public Policy, Facebook... Read More...
by Kieren Mccarthy | with no comments
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Gary Davis
Sunday, September 30, 2007 2:18 PM
Gary Davis joined the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner in Ireland as Deputy Data Protection Commissioner in April of last year. Previously he worked in the Office of the Prime Minister specialising in turn in Economic and Social policy matters, the Information Society, European Affairs and more recently he was Head of the Government Secretariat in that... Read More...
by Kieren Mccarthy
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Chris Kelly
Sunday, September 30, 2007 1:59 PM
Chris Kelly is the Chief Privacy Officer and Head of Global Public Policy at Facebook, where he brings more than a decade of business, information privacy, public policy and legal experience. Previously, Chris served as Chief Privacy Officer at Excite@Home, Kendara (which was acquired by Excite@Home) and Spoke Software. Through his in-house work and service at... Read More...
by Kieren Mccarthy
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John Lawford
Sunday, September 30, 2007 1:55 PM
John Lawford is Counsel for the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC), a national non-profit organization providing legal and research services on behalf of average consumer, and, in particular, vulnerable consumer interests, concerning the provision of important public services. He has been with PIAC since July 2003 and has researched and co-written several... Read More...
by Kieren Mccarthy
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Jennifer Mardosz
Sunday, September 30, 2007 1:15 PM
Jennifer Mardosz is Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs for Fox Interactive Media (parent company of MySpace), where she coordinates interaction with Law Enforcement in the US and abroad. She also advises the company on criminal and civil prosecutions related to security and manages global privacy and safety issues. Jen joined Fox Interactive Media... Read More...
by Kieren Mccarthy
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Hugh Stevenson
Sunday, September 30, 2007 12:13 PM
Hugh Stevenson is the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Deputy Director for International Consumer Protection. He has served on the U.S. delegations of several international organizations, and currently heads the U.S. delegation to the OECD Committee on Consumer Policy. He has also served as a moderator for various FTC and OECD workshops focusing on international... Read More...
by Kieren Mccarthy | with no comments
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Snapshot: What is the conference rundown?
Sunday, September 30, 2007 11:03 AM
This is cut-down version of the full agenda. You can download the full agenda as a pdf here , or use the links below to learn more about each sessions and those taking part in it. The conference runs from 9am to 6pm. It is based in Ottawa, Canada, so in terms of time that is Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) which is currently GMT -4 hours. See here for a time rundown... Read More...
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