Re: [CrisisCommons] solving the privacy issue for online person data in emergencies

Thanks Tim (very useful!))

//and thank you Erik Hartsman for PING!!!! looks like a great tool and hope
to hear usage reports and developments . simple things  work best :-)//

A good starting point to learn about the state of the art,
would be nice if we could find agreement on a set of requirements, if the
agencies like RC agree/approve the requirements, then can start working on
solutions to address them :-)

I am sure there is are clever ways to make people identifiable by those who
are looking for them, without exposing the vital data to risk.

Let's think

P





On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 4:56 AM, Tim Schwartz <timatron@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey All,
>
> I wanted to give a few points of reference to privacy issues for online
> personal data during emergencies.
>
> First of all, I'm not sure what Erik Hersman's quote is referring to, but
> I do know that when the International Committee of the Red Cross stands-up
> their Family Links online system for a particular disaster the information
> is online and searchable, though they do have a number of barriers in place
> to stop the stealing of people's information (
> http://familylinks.icrc.org/en/Pages/online-tracing.aspx ) Though of
> course there are some situations where the information is too sensitive or
> the consequences might be too steep to publish people's information online,
> in this case they have a number of systems they use, though not all are pen
> and paper.
>
> Earlier this year Fordham Law School published a report titled "Privacy
> and Missing Persons after Natural Disasters" which can be found here:
> http://www.scribd.com/doc/136520439/Privacy-and-Missing-Persons-after-Natural-Disasters
>
> As a note, I have been working with various groups that deal with online
> missing persons over at the MPCI (
> http://wiki.crisiscommons.eu/wiki/Missing_Persons) for a few years now
> and privacy is a big topic and will always be one.
>
> Cheers,
> Tim
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 5:04 AM, Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Glad to hear about the cooperation taking place among various
> teams/groups!
> > (hemant I think I said thanks  for planning to attend online seminar on
> the other list, right? - look forward to hear all about it)
> >
> > with reference to the red cross not wanting their data online
> >
> >
> > Erik Hersman <ehersman@gmail.com> Sep 24 09:20PM +0300
> >
> > The Red Cross doesn't want any of the people's information online, so
> they refused to use anything but pen and paper.  Some techies here created
> an app for it that sat on the local computer,
> >
> >
> > I wonders
> >
> > looks like something needs doing
> >
> > is anyone working on how to find an acceptable solution?
> >
> > If not, should someone be working on such a thing?
> >
> > I have a few things in mind I d like to discuss with anyone who may want
> to
> > spare a cycle or two at some point to see if we can do :-)
> >
> >
> > PDM
> >
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