- From: Eric Brunner-Williams <ebw@abenaki.wabanaki.net>
- Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 08:56:05 -0500
- To: Alex Korth <ak@ttbc.de>
- CC: Mischa Tuffield <mischa.tuffield@garlik.com>, public-xg-socialweb@w3.org, public-social-web-talk@w3.org
It might be helpful to use the terms we developed in the P3P spec. Alex Korth wrote: > Hi All, > > I second that. To me, privacy is about control over one's data. The > user wants to be in control over the reach of his data exposed, both, > implicitly and explicitly. That implies the exposure of his context, > e.g. location, situation, time, device and such. > > Alex > > Mischa Tuffield schrieb: >> Hello All, >> Firstly, sorry for getting this sent round so late in the day :) >> >> Following on from Christine Perey's email >> (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xg-socialweb/2009May/0051.html) >> regarding the breakdown of task forces, it seems to make sense to >> combine efforts in the Privacy and Context space? As apposed to >> combining context with portability, as suggested below. >> >> Given that the context we are interested in looking at is one of a >> personal nature and the idea of protecting users from abuse of their >> contextual data, do people think that effort should be combined on >> these two fronts? >> >> The following excerpts have been taken from >> (http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xg-socialweb/2009May/0051.html) >> >> " 2. Privacy and Trust Task Force >> >> This task force will explore how specific approaches to ensuring user >> and user data privacy and trust can improve the security and reduce >> risks of users. This task force is also responsible for the >> development of best practices recommendations on privacy in social >> networks. " >> >> " 4. Contextual Data Task Force >> >> The mission of this task force is to document those principles which >> the task force members believe to be the appropriate use & approaches >> to control of abuse of contextual data in social networks. One of the >> deliverables of this task force is a report mapping the current uses >> of context in social networking. A best practices guide could also >> be envisioned, provided that sufficient experience and expertise is >> available. " >> >> These two seem very similar in nature, and the notion of "controlling >> abuse of contextual data" does seems very geared towards maintaining >> a user's privacy in a social network. >> I have also put some placeholder text on the wiki in the >> DiscussionTopics [1], under the title "Privacy and Context". I have >> attempted to allude to the fact that there is a tension between bring >> private in a social network, and that of making use of context, I >> hope I have got this point across. >> Am not sure if what I have put up is suitable, as I am new to these >> things, but I hope it helps, >> Mischa >> [1] http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/socialweb/wiki/DiscussionTopics >> >> On 14 May 2009, at 17:23, Harry Halpin wrote: >> >>> We had a number of organization suggestions last meeting, and task >>> forces got wide support. In particular, the two task forces that had >>> volunteer leaders (I think!) was Karl Dubost for a Privacy Task Force >>> and Joaquin Salvachua for the Portability Task Force. Each should have >>> a back-up, any volunteers? >>> >>> There was also a "context" task force that seemed popular, but no >>> definite leader. Perhaps for the time being it should be merged with >>> Portability? >>> >>> Organizationally, what we want is telecons for the task forces that >>> have 10-20 people in them, thus giving people time enough to speak and >>> really get work done. However, what we don't want is telecons that are >>> unattended or confusing, with extra bureaucracy. >>> >>> Looking at telecon times from the results of our first telecon poll >>> [1], it appears that the best time for the task forces to meet is >>> actually *right* after the main telecon. 14:00 UTC. Thus, remembering >>> we'll have guest talks biweekly, we could have the privacy task-force >>> meet right after the whole group meeting, and the portability >>> task-force meet right after the guest talk. >>> >>> I think this is the way forward, as it requires no new telecon time >>> booking, and keeps the time and date of the telecons simple, but >>> allows people to attend only the telecons they want and keeps group >>> smaller. >>> >>> [1] http://www.w3.org/2002/09/wbs/1/socialwebtime/results >>> >> >> ___________________________________ >> Mischa Tuffield >> Email: mischa.tuffield@garlik.com <mailto:mischa.tuffield@garlik.com> >> Homepage - http://mmt.me.uk/ >> FOAF - http://mmt.me.uk/foaf.rdf >> >
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