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[Tassajara] I recently attended a yoga and meditation retreat at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center led by Bay Area yoga teacher James...

You may wonder, as you champion privacy awareness, if the efforts of the privacy movement have had an impact on the behavior of companies...

Partnerships have been behind some of the greatest tech success stories in history. Jobs and Wozniak, Gates and Allen, Brin and Page…...

The saying “go forth and prosper,” may be more familiar to us, but how might privacy enable us to thrive? To prosper is “to flourish...

There’s no reason to believe that the growth of a global economy and the health of our society depends in part upon abandoning privacy....

Privacy is personal, but sometimes the privacy we protect is not our own. For parents, keeping children safe and providing sound...

Privacy is inherently personal. As individuals, we feel strongly attached to our privacy and our personal information. So how do we align...

The privacy movement is real, active and capturing the attention of legislators, journalists and consumers. You can play a meaningful...

By now, we’re all familiar with the language of marketing permission standards – opting-in and opting-out. To “opt-in” requires our...

Privacy issues go beyond the domain of legalese and social media settings. Our human need for privacy is also essential to creative...

The line between “online” and “IRL” (In Real Life) fades with each passing year. Our reputation is now a mix of both, which makes...

This is the year to cultivate your privacy awareness and develop a privacy practice. The proliferation of surveillance and security...

Social norms govern the way we behave and expect others to behave in certain contexts. A social norm is widely accepted, though it often...

Last week I participated in a panel discussion at The Privacy Identity Innovation Conference (PII2014). The PII2014 conference “explored...

What do we do when our behaviors don’t align with our values? What is it that transforms what we know we “should do” into something we’re...

When we talk about preserving our privacy online, we often do so out of concern for a civilized future. Valuing privacy is, in part, an...

Privacy is a choice, but are the apps and websites we’re addicted to really designed to help us exercise that choice? More often than...

John Lennon’s birthday was October 9th. He would have been 74 years old this year. His iconic song, “Give Peace a Chance,” (which you can...

On September 30th, President Obama proclaimed October 2014 National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. While the proclamation focused on...

One of the most basic privacy choices we make online is the decision to share our email address. Despite the rise of social media and SMS...