Monkey selfies and other conundrums

Who owns “your” data?Lorinda Brandon

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Your data footprint

Implicit data

Explicit data

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Your data footprint

Implicit data

• Derived information

• Not provided intentionally

• May not be available or visible to the person who provided the data

Explicit data

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THE BIGGEST LIE

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Data collection in the connected age

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SAMSUNG

Collective brain syndromePrivacy Policy applies to your usage of Samsung devices (which are among the Services covered by this Privacy Policy, along with our websites and online applications).

It also applies regardless of whether you use a computer, mobile phone, tablet, TV, or other device to access our Services.

It is important that you read the Privacy Policy carefully because anytime you use our Services, you consent to the practices we describe in the Privacy Policy and the supplements.

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SAMSUNG

What they collect: Device info

time and duration of your use of the Service

search query terms you enter

location information

Voice information—such as recordings of your voice that we make (and may store on our servers) when you use voice commands to control a Service. (Note that we work with a third-party service provider that provides speech-to-text conversion services on our behalf. This provider may receive and store certain voice commands.)

Other information—about your use of the Services, such as the apps you use, the websites you visit, and how you interact with content offered through a Service.

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SAMSUNG

Who they share it withWe will not disclose your information to third parties for their own independent marketing or business purposes without your consent. However, we may disclose your information to the following entities:

Affiliates

Business Partners

Service providers

Other Parties When Required by Law or as Necessary to Protect Our Services

Other Parties in Connection With Corporate Transactions

Other Parties With Your Consent or At Your Direction

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SMART METER

Benefits:

Utility companies have better data for grid management, outage notification, and billing

Third party offerings for energy options

May aid in development of more secure and reliable grid

Ability to respond to urgent situations more efficiently

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http://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42338.pdf

SMART METER

Data and privacy concerns:

Individual appliances used in the household

Power usage data is easily available

Data transmitted inside and outside the grid

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http://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R42338.pdf

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Your device != your data

YOUR OPTIONS DoNotTrack.us * - sends signal that

indicates opt-out preference

Disconnect.me – use of icons to make it obvious the kinds of data and data sharing

Opennotice.org – minimal viable consent receipt, which creates a repository of your consent

* “Samsung currently does not take action in response to these signals, but, if and when a standard is established and accepted, we may reassess how to respond to these signals.”

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Clearbutton.net MIT Human Dynamics Lab project

Registry service for people to request information about who has their data and what that data is

Organizations storing data can see who requested info and respond to the requests

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INNOVATE RESPONSIBLY

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