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Future-proof yourself and your organization against known threats to privacy and online safety
The subject of data ethics has never been more urgent. This is no longer an academic or niche geek issue as it has been since the inception of the internet and the world wide web. Data ethics is an issue that affects all of us now as our personal and professional lives increasingly take place online.
* Who controls access to the hardware, who runs the software, who can spy on us, hack us, data farm us?
* What are the threats that we need to mitigate against democratically, societally, and personally?
* How can corporations protect us and how can that help their bottom line?
The Privacy Mission aims to answer these questions and summarise both the overarching concepts and principles about why data ethics is important. It offers practical solutions for companies, policy makers and individuals to push back against known threats and future proof themselves going forward.
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Acknowledgements ix
Introduction xi
Part I Privacy and Why We Should Care 1
Chapter 1 Our Human Rights Online 3
Chapter 2 Gamekeeper Turned Poacher 21
Chapter 3 How Did We Get Here? 39
Part II The Dark Triad 55
Chapter 4 Spooks 57
Chapter 5 Corporations 77
Chapter 6 Criminals 93
Chapter 7 Media Control 107
Chapter 8 Cyber warfare 125
Part III Solutions 137
Chapter 9 Individuals 139
Chapter 10 Corporate 153
Chapter 11 Government 171
Chapter 12 Utopia or Dystopia? 189
Notes 201
About the Author 211
Index 213
Info autore
ANNIE MACHON is an international public speaker, writer, media commentator, and political campaigner. She is a Director of the World Ethical Data Foundation. Machon is a former MI5 agent and the European Director of the drug reform organisation, Law Enforcement Action Partnership.
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Future-proof yourself and your organization against known threats to privacy and online safety
The subject of data ethics has never been more urgent. This is no longer an academic or niche geek issue as it has been since the inception of the internet and the world wide web. Data ethics is an issue that affects all of us now as our personal and professional lives increasingly take place online.
* Who controls access to the hardware, who runs the software, who can spy on us, hack us, data farm us?
* What are the threats that we need to mitigate against democratically, societally, and personally?
* How can corporations protect us and how can that help their bottom line?
The Privacy Mission aims to answer these questions and summarise both the overarching concepts and principles about why data ethics is important. It offers practical solutions for companies, policy makers and individuals to push back against known threats and future proof themselves going forward.
