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Social Media and Privacy:
The Technical Requirements, and the Role of Law

Notes of 5 January 2014

For presentation at Bahçesehir Üniversitesi, Besiktas on 20 January 2014

Roger Clarke **

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This document is at http://www.rogerclarke.com/II/COSML-1401.html

The supporting slide-set is at http://www.rogerclarke.com/II/COSML-1401.pdf

Abstract

Major changes are necessary to the current forms of anti-social social media services, in order to make them more consumer-oriented and less consumer-exploitative. This seminar begins by distinguishing the various categories of social media services. It then presents a catalogue of privacy issues, and highlights the most serious concerns. Technical features are identified that would address those concerns. This leads to a discussion of ways in which laws could be reformed so as to support consumer-friendly design features.

References

A relevant paper is forthcoming:

Clarke R. (2013) 'Privacy and Social Media: An Analytical Framework' Forthcoming in Journal of Law, Information and Science 23, 2 (December 2013), PrePrint at http://www.rogerclarke.com/DV/SMTD.html

A second paper is in advanced draft:

Clarke R. (2013) 'Consumer-Oriented Social Media: The Identification of Key Characteristics' Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd, February 2013, at http://www.rogerclarke.com/II/COSM-1301.html

See also:

Clarke R. (2002) 'e-Consent: A Critical Element of Trust in e-Business' Proc. 15th Bled Electronic Commerce Conference, Bled, Slovenia, 17-19 June 2002, at http://www.rogerclarke.com/EC/eConsent.html

Clarke R. (2006) 'A Pilot Study of the Effectiveness of Privacy Policy Statements' Proc. 19th Bled eCommerce Conf., Slovenia, 5-7 June 2006, at http://www.rogerclarke.com/EC/PPSE0601.html

Clarke R. (2008a) 'B2C Distrust Factors in the Prosumer Era', Invited Keynote, Proc. Collecter IberoAmerica eCommerce Conf., Madrid, June 2008, at http://www.rogerclarke.com/EC/Collecter08.html

Clarke R. (2008b) 'Web 2.0 as Syndication' Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research 3,2 (August 2008) 30-43, at http://www.jtaer.com/portada.php?agno=2008&numero=2#, PrePrint at http://www.rogerclarke.com/EC/Web2C.html

Clarke R. (2010) 'An Evaluation of the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy of the LinkedIn Professional Networking Service' Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd, December 2010, at http://www.rogerclarke.com/EC/LinkedIn-1012.html

Author Affiliations

Roger Clarke is Principal of Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd, Canberra. He is also a Visiting Professor in Cyberspace Law & Policy at the University of N.S.W., and a Visiting Professor in the Research School of Computer Science at the Australian National University. He is also Chair of the Australian Privacy Foundation (APF), 2006-14, and has been Secretary of the Internet Society of Australia (ISOC-AU) since 2012.

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