Posts tagged industry standards
NFC the next big thing? Do it right – embed privacy from the start
Dec 4th
by Dr. Ann Cavoukian
There was a lot of buzz about Near Field Communications (NFC) at The Future of the Internet Congress this week in Ottawa. NFC is an emerging short-range wireless technology being built into the latest generation of smartphones, allowing users to bridge the real and virtual worlds with simple “Tap ‘n Go” gestures.
Ann Cavoukian, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario
NFC holds tremendous potential to change the way we interact with our physical environments, acquire and share information, access facilities, and pay for goods and services (to name just a few interoperabilities), using now-ubiquitous mobile devices.
Illustrative Uses Cases
At the Congress, I made available a new paper, entitled Mobile Near Field Communications (NFC) “Tap ‘n Go” – Keep it Secure & Private, that examines the technology’s potential in four illustrative use cases:
Onus on tech firms to build responsible privacy controls: a guest blog from MaRS
Feb 22nd
In my last blog entry, I wrote about Privacy by Design: The Gold Standard – my annual event that focuses on the implementation of new technologies and business practices that can deliver tangible results with regard to ensuring the future of privacy. This year, the theme was “We did it…so can you” and I was delighted to see so many practical examples of products, services and solutions that are designed with a view to making privacy the default mode of operation.
Toronto-based innovation incubator MaRS was on hand to showcase leading edge technology, with privacy solutions embedded, from a number of its Ontario-based companies. I have invited Earl Miller of MaRS as a guest blogger for this entry – to share his thoughts on why young tech companies should treaty privacy as a key business issue: Read the rest of this entry »
