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Peter Cruickshank
Teaching & researching information systems management
Lecturer and sometime Research Fellow at Edinburgh Napier University. I teach topics around e-commerce, information and social media strategy, knowledge management and security & governance of information systems. My interests include governance of information systems, risk management, identity and privacy, citizen engagement, and open source for egovernment.
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Found along the way- The TREsPASS Project
- Producing Open Source Software
- Social Tools in the Workplace: a Microsoft survey « Learning in the Social Workplace
- 12 Papers on Social Media and Political Participation | DemocracySpot
- IS Theory
- Wiki VOIS Database - The SROI Network
- Mining the Social Web - Github code examples
- Hiding in Plain Sight: A New APT Campaign | Security Intelligence Blog | Trend Micro
- Certificate in Information Security Management Principles | Certificate in Information Security Management Principles | Foundation | IT Governance and Information Security | Certifications | BCS Certifications
- How do we escape the hysteria that threatens to erode public debate? | Peter Beaumont | Comment is free | The Observer
Tag Archives: data protection
Open data and personal data systems in the UK and England (+ Scotland and Wales and NI?)
A couple of months ago, Mydex (via William Heath) published a brief UK list of government initiatives on the Ideal Government site, looking at applications of personal data systems (PDS). The motivation is the belief that: Only the addition of … Continue reading
Some thoughts on privacy in UK and Europe
I was asked by a colleague to put together some notes on privacy, government and young people – I thought’d I’d share the results, if only to prove that this blog is still alive! I’d point out that though I do have … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Privacy, thoughts, UK
Tagged data protection, DPA, eu, Privacy, Safe Harbor, young people
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The trouble with (government use of personal) data and why it keeps getting worse
Ooops. Looks like I’ve been letting my link gathering get away with me. I’ve now tidied things up a bit by pulling out the government/policy level links into this item: “The trouble with data” – SA Mathieson | The Ideal … Continue reading
Posted in egovernment, information retrieval, politics, Privacy, UK
Tagged data protection, data sharing, Privacy, UK
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Who controls your data clouds? (aka beware the PATRIOT Act)
A random incoming link on my WordPress dashboard from Nourishing Obscurity reminded me about something I’d written over a year ago here in response to a piece of techno-optimism by Simon Dickson in his old blog and some Web2.0 caution … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Privacy, Security, UK, USA
Tagged data protection, Europe, Privacy, sovereignty, USA
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Data protection to be built into FP7 projects
At last. Data protection authority to monitor EU research policy and projects | CORDIS: FP7 In its latest policy paper, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) recommends that a ‘privacy by design’ approach should taken in research projects funded under … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Links, Europe, news, Privacy, research
Tagged data protection, Europe, fp7, news
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