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  • Privacy is an Inside Job

    Start here: clothing and shelter are privacy technologies. We use them to create secluded spaces for ourselves. Spaces we control. Our ancestors have been wearing clothing for at least 170,000 years and building shelters for at least half a million years. So we’ve had some time to work out what privacy means. Yes, it differs among cultures and settings,…

  • Data Privacy Legal Hack-A-thon

    Customer Commons is supporting, and board member, Mary Hodder, is hosting the Bay Area event. Additionally, there are NYC and London locations. Please join us if you are interested: This is an unprecedented year documenting our loss of Privacy. Never before have we needed to stand up and team up to do something about it.…

  • Lying and Hiding in the Name of Privacy

    Authors: Mary Hodder and Elizabeth Churchill Creative Commons licenced: by-nc-nd ©Customer Commons, 2013 Contact: Mary Hodder, hodder@gmail.com Abstract A large percentage of individuals employ artful dodges to avoid giving out requested personal information online when they believe at least some of that information is not required. These dodges include hiding personal details, intentionally submitting incorrect…