Europe is considering a sweeping new law that would force Internet companies like Amazon.com and Facebook to obtain [highlight_1] explicit consent from consumers [/highlight_1] about the use of their personal data, delete that data forever at the consumer’s request and face fines for failing to comply… The proposed law strikes at the heart of some of the Read more…

The New York Chapter of the Intrnet Society just held an event to discuss the privacy aspects of cloud computing. The guest speaker was Eben Moglen, general counsel of the Free Software Foundation. He had some novel ideas on how to reclaim privacy whilst engaging in social networking, and challenges the tech community to make Read more…

As part of a Jan 7 2010 Churchill Club forum What’s Next with the Internet: Vint Cerf Looks Ahead, Vint noted the need for intercloud communication protocols, and remarked that individual devices – ‘cloudlets’ – might themselves make use of such protocols   from ISOC New York’s Notice Board, posted by Joly MacFie

Vint Cerf Calls for Intercloud Computing Protocols As part of a Jan 7 2010 Churchill Club forum What’s Next with the Internet: Vint Cerf Looks Ahead, Vint noted the need for intercloud communication protocols, and remarked that individual devices – ‘cloudlets’ – might themselves make use of such protocols from ISOC New York’s Notice Board, Read more…