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Meaningful Consent and the Standard Information Sharing Label
When you use services such as Facebook or Google, do you properly read their terms of service and privacy policies? I do not. Well, I read Facebook’s and Google’s, but…
What Is Privacy?
In both the East and the West, privacy is a word often discussed on the basis of a vague understanding. So here, I would like to take a little time to consider what privacy actuall…
Symposium on the International Standardization of Privacy and Personal Information Protection and Management Systems in Japan
Organizer: Information Network Law Association, Personal Information Protection Law Study Group Co-organizer: Masao Horibe Information Law Study Group Supported by: Institute of In…
2012 NSTIC/IDtrust Workshop Panel Appearance: Call for Topics!
This March 13, on the 14th, the following workshop will be held at NIST in the United States. I will also appear as a panelist. 2012 NSTIC/IDtrust Workshop: “Technologies and Stand…
Storage and Linking Operations for the Common Number/My Number
First, please look at the following Cabinet Secretariat diagram concerning My Number. The item labeled “number” is the My Number. In this diagram, the My Number (“number”) is store…
President Signs the U.S. Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights
On February 23, 2012 U.S. time, President Barack Obama signed the administration white paper “Consumer Data Privacy in a Networked World”. The paper sets out a “Consumer Privacy Bi…
What Can We Learn from Takeo City’s Move to Facebook?!
I have begun looking little by little into Takeo City’s move of its website to Facebook. On August 2011, Takeo City in Saga Prefecture boldly “fully migrated” its municipal w…
The Myth That Private Use of U.S. Social Security Numbers (SSNs) Is Unrestricted
Where did the myth that private use of the U.S. Social Security Number (SSN) is unrestricted come from? Even Japanese experts’ books mention it. Perhaps impressions from a pe…
Using Plain OAuth 2.0 for Authentication Opens a Security Hole Big Enough to Drive a Car Through
Using the OAuth 2.0 implicit grant flow for authentication opens a security hole big enough to drive a car through, as explained in this excellent article by John Bradley[1]. The c…
Identity Verification and Health Insurance Cards: Considering Former Aum Member and Suspect Saito’s Acquisition of a Health Insurance Card Under an Alias
It has become a topic of discussion that Akemi Saito (49), the suspect who had been harboring former Aum member and suspect Hirata, obtained a health insurance card under an alias…
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