Oracle: Librarian of Prey

Semester has started again and I’m trying to recover from three hours of Law on a Monday morning (cruel and unusual punishment, I feel.) which is currently akin to being at work without being paid. Sigh.

I am attempting to lure my brain out from where ever it scuttled off when semester started.

• Why personal data is like nuclear waste Interesting article by Cory Doctorow on personal data and the storage thereof.
• The Concerns of Copyright Reform Michael Geist looks at the privacy implications of copyright reform and digital rights management technologies.
• What Our Top Spy Doesn’t Get: Security and Privacy Aren’t Opposites Bruce Schneier on why security and privacy are not opposite ends of a seesaw. US-centric but still applicable.
• Don’t expect privacy law overhaul in the wake of HMRC Out-law.com opinion piece on the government’s reaction to the recent data losses.
• Out-Law.com’s guide to Data Protection Does what it says on the tin, last updated August 2005 but still a good overview.
• Privacy chief wants new criminal offence Information Commissioner Richard Thomas has asked the Government to create a new offence of recklessly or knowing breaching data protection principles punishable by unlimited fines.