I’ve been working for a while on a policy and associated procedures for Trinity College Dublin to enable us to leverage various cloud technologies and services for the benefit of the college. What has struck me is the complexity of dealing with the topic in a large-scale environment. As consumers, many of us use cloud [...]
Archive of posts tagged data privacy
Cloud Computing – Security Implications
6 October 2011, 10:51 pm
Filed under Technology.
Tagged Amazon, Amazon Cloud Drive, ARIN, C-SPAN, CA Technologies, Clemson University, Cloud Computing, Computer Sciences Corporation, CSC, data privacy, data protection, data security, Docs.com, Dropbox, facebook, Gmail, google, Google Docs, Government Accountability Office, Homeland Security, Hotmail, identity theft, Internet, Internet Radio, LinkedIn, Microsoft, privacy, security, Skydrive, Social Media, social networking, TCD, Trinity College Dublin, Twitter, USA
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Social Networking – Irish Above Average
15 October 2010, 1:32 am
Irish households are slightly above the European average when it comes to using social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. According to the just-published (October 2010) EU E-Communications Household Survey, 39% of Irish households use social networking sites in comparison to an EU average of 35%. Just over half of Irish users visit social networking sites at least two or three times a week, with almost a quarter visiting them every day.
Filed under Social Media.
Tagged Borg Gais Eireann, data privacy, EU, Eurobarometer, facebook, Health Service Executive, HSE, Ireland, laptop, PA Consulting, personal data, Social Media, social networking, Twitter
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eCall In-Vehicle System Could Save 2,500 Lives Each Year
30 July 2010, 4:49 pm
Imagine the scene: you are driving alone at night (video link) in an isolated area somewhere in Europe and you have a very bad crash, leaving you seriously injured and unable to communicate with anyone or to use your telephone to call the emergency services. Your chances of dying in such a situation would be [...]
Filed under European Union.
Tagged airbag, black box, BMW, bus, car, Citroen, DAF, Daimler, data privacy, driver, driving, eCall, emergency, emergency service, EU, Europe, European Commission, European Union, Fiat, General Motors, GM, GPS, lorry, MAN, Peugeot, Porsche, privacy, Renault, rescue, Road Safety Authority, RSA, rural, Scania, telecom, telecoms, truck, urban, vehicle, Volkswagen, Volvo
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Social Media Revolution? What’s Your View?
9 May 2010, 5:47 pm
This interesting and very cleverly done video had had over 70,000 views since being posted in the past few days on YouTube. It is also generating the usual mix of light and heat in the accompanying comments. Whatever one’s personal views about Social Media, I think it would be foolish to ignore the reality and [...]
Filed under Social Media.
Tagged Cio Connect, collaboration, Communication, data privacy, Media, privacy, sharing, Social Media, TCD, teaching, Trinity College, video, youtube
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More Laptops Stolen – And This Time It’s Personal!
17 June 2009, 8:56 pm
Bord Gais Eireann reports today that four laptop computers, one of which contained customer information, were stoled from its premises in Dublin on 5 June 2009. This article discusses the main threats to information security and the steps that should be taken to combat them.
Filed under Security, Technology.
Tagged Annual Report 2008, audit, availability, BGE, blog, Bord Gais Eireann, broadcast, broadcaster, civil proceedings, complain, complaint, computer, confidential, confidentiality, control, controls, criminal proceedings, customer information, customer record, data controller, data management, data management policy, data privacy, data processor, data protection, Data Protection Commissioner, data security, dismissal, Electricity Supply Board, employee, encrypt, encryption, enforce, enforcement, ESB, fine, fines, forfeiture, Garda, Garda Siochana, guideline, guidelines, information, information security, information security controls, Internet, IT department, laptop, law, laws, legislation, Media, need to know, penalties, penalty, personal information, Personal Public Service Number, Police, policy, PPSN, press release, privacy, procedure, procedures, risk assessment, risk management, risk management systems, robbery, RTE, security, security awareness, security breach, security incident, security training, Social Media, social networking, social networks, staff, steal, stolen, Storage, tape, tapes, The Big Switch, theft, top ten threats
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