Privacy and social networks: an uneasy relationship

On Wed, June 17, 2009 in Privacy , Notifications , by Ernesto Belisario

He continues to talk about the delicate (and difficult) relationship between privacy and social networks. And 'some time ago that a California court ruled that the press can re-publish what users write on their message boards (in this case it was MySpace), even in Italy the Privacy Guarantor (after [. ..]

Institute for Policy Innovation: no adjustment for all the "information sites"!

On Mon, June 15, 2009 in Blogging , Read old and new , Notifications , by Ernesto Belisario

Over the last few days there has been much discussed in the Network of which can have dangerous consequences for the network introduced the obligation to rectify, for all the "information sites", art. 1, paragraph 28 of the draft law on wiretaps approved by the House of Representatives and now goes to the Senate (I had talked about here). In [...]

Save the date: 19/20 June 2009 - Exploring Cyberspace Law

On Sat, June 13, 2009 in Miscellaneous , Reports , by Ernesto Belisario

In a week, 19 and 20 June 2009, the initiative will take place in Pescara Give a Laptop, organized by prof. Giovanni Ziccardi, which will see all the important legal information Italians engaged in a conference that aims to raise funds for earthquake victims in Abruzzo, and in particular school students [...]

Facebook and the username squatting

On Sat, June 13, 2009 in Domain Names , Miscellaneous , by Ernesto Belisario

From a few hours, the social network Facebook allows users to choose a username. The advantage of choosing the 'username is clear: whereas hitherto each profile was characterized by a random series of numbers, you can now access the profile or fan page through a URL much easier to remember and catchy [...]

The Government proposes the reliance on rules on wiretapping: the network will be less free

On Wed, June 10, 2009 in Blogging , Read old and new , by Ernesto Belisario

The legislation on new technologies law now escapes any weight and depth, that is increasingly blitz that weaken the guarantees of the rights and hamper the development of new technologies. While the Net is still much talk of the called "D'Alia amendment", which was fortunately eliminated by the Chamber of Deputies, the [...]

Digital Public Administration: something is moving

On Fri, June 5, 2009, in E-government , Notifications , by Ernesto Belisario

Point of Information Technology today I tried to explain some of the innovations introduced on digital PA by an Act passed by the Senate on May 26 last year. In the coming days I will try - weather permitting - to return to the subject in more detail to illustrate the new statutory provisions and to deepen the obscurities and problematic. [...]

Certified Mail to everybody: the criticism of the Network

On Mon, June 1, 2009, in E-government , read old and new , by Ernesto Belisario

As I wrote in a previous post, has been published in recent days, the Decree of the President of the Council of Ministers of 6 May 2009 which sets out the provisions for the issuance and use of the PEC box assigned to the citizens. At the news was given great prominence, and the Government has already prepared a dossier dedicated [...]