[LINK] "Bosses could read your email: Gillard" and "Anti-terror laws used to spy on family"

[Janet Hawtin]

On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 9:37 PM, Saliya Wimalaratne <saliya at hinet.net.au> wrote:

>  > Anti-terror laws used to spy on family
>  > By Chris Green
>  > Friday, 11 April 2008
>  > The Independent
>  > http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/antiterror-laws-used-to-spy-on-family-807873.html

http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6237163.html

I think these are interesting because there is currently discussion
about how to manage opportunities for learning with technologies in
schools. Students with technology/information/collaboration skills and
active online social life and web profiles are a tricky reality in a
context where laws, insurance and top down approaches to safety tend
towards blocking participation.
(Skills based approaches are an alternative)

There seems to be a disconnect between the kinds of uses of
information systems can apply and the kinds of opportunities the
subjects of those systems can apply. There are restrictions where it
makes it straightforward for systems and disclosure and use based on
the goals of the systems but there is very little opportunity for the
citizens to control uses or to be informed of the uses for their data.
I think it would be great if the 2020 approach was applied to citizens
information rights.

Janet