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03 Apr 09

The supposed "anonymity" of users in behavioral tracking systems has been challenged repeatedly by privacy advocates over the years. One way or another, even when a non-personal information identifier is applied to a user, it is possible (possible, mind you) to track back at least to that person's IP address and perhaps to sensitive PII. In a new academic paper from two University of Texas scholars, Arvind Narayanan and Vitaly Shmatikov, computer science researchers are turning their eye towards defining "anonymity" and "privacy" online.

09 Feb 09

seminar on the business use of ID cards at the EEMA/Digital Identity Forum seminar sponsored by Consult Hyperion at the British Computer Society.
The event was kicked off by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Identity, Meg Hiller.
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- I can see that retailers might need to know whether you are 16 to buy glue, or 18 to buy beer or whatever, but they don't need to know who you are.