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The past two weeks brought several important developments from Google related to online identity. The big story was Google’s revision to its Privacy Policy and Terms of Service which will go into effect March 1 and uniformly govern most of Google’s services. This raises a question. By adopting the various policy changes mentioned, does Google now have an ability to evaluate the veracity of user information associated with accounts?
Citizen Lab Post-Doctoral Fellow Stefania Milan will be a consultant in new media to the Italian Minister of Education, University and Research, Francesco Profumo.
On Friday, 27 January 2012, Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert participated in a panel on the anti-piracy battle of the Internet.
On Friday, January 27, 2012, Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert will join Ontario’s Information & Privacy Commissioner Ann Cavoukian to celebrate International Privacy Day in an event titled Beware of “Surveillance by Design:” Standing Up for Freedom and Privacy.
On January 24, 2012, Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert was interviewed by the Toronto Star regarding Iranian government’s increased censorship of the Internet.
Citizen Lab Post-Doctoral Fellow Stefania Milan attended the 28th Chaos Communication Congress in Berlin (28C3). The Congress is a four-day event on technology, society and utopia organised by the Chaos Computing Club (CCC).
On Wednesday, February 1, 2012, Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert will give a talk entitled A Perfect Storm in Cyberspace.
In response to the open call of the newly-established United Nations Working Group on Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises for input regarding the Working Group’s key thematic priorities and activities, the Citizen Lab submitted its views on the urgent need for greater assessment of and guidance surrounding the surveillance and Internet filtering technology sector.
The Toronto Star has named Citizen Lab Director Ron Deibert one of 12 influential Canadians whose thoughts influence the way the world works.
Canada Centre Senior Fellow Marc Goodman was interviewed by the Washington Post.