Taking Retreat as Part of Our Privacy Practice
[Tassajara] I recently attended a yoga and meditation retreat at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center led by Bay Area yoga teacher James...
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You need to read this (Privacy for Humans By Alexandra Ross). The world is changing and YOU need to remain in charge of your life's privacy settings. This book is a helpful guide to both THINK about it...and DO SOMETHING about it.
- DCSTPAUL
I found Privacy for Humans to be a nightlight in the darkness; through the use of simple explanations and diagrams, the book suggests the adoption of a "mindfulness" approach and suggests steps you can take to protect yourself.
- Deborah Davis
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aaross25
Jun 18, 20153 min read
Companies Tout Privacy as a Business Advantage
You may wonder, as you champion privacy awareness, if the efforts of the privacy movement have had an impact on the behavior of companies...
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aaross25
Jun 5, 20154 min read
Privacy & Security: A Team Effort
Partnerships have been behind some of the greatest tech success stories in history. Jobs and Wozniak, Gates and Allen, Brin and Page…...
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aaross25
May 15, 20153 min read
3 Ways to Go Forth and Be Private
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...
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aaross25
May 1, 20154 min read
What Does it Mean to Embody Privacy?
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....
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aaross25
Apr 17, 20154 min read
What is Privacy For? Protecting Our Kids Online.
Privacy is personal, but sometimes the privacy we protect is not our own. For parents, keeping children safe and providing sound...
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aaross25
Apr 3, 20153 min read
Protect Your Personal Connection to Privacy
Privacy is inherently personal. As individuals, we feel strongly attached to our privacy and our personal information. So how do we align...
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aaross25
Mar 20, 20154 min read
Are You Playing Your Part in the Privacy Movement?
The privacy movement is real, active and capturing the attention of legislators, journalists and consumers. You can play a meaningful...
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aaross25
Feb 20, 20152 min read
Using Privacy Techniques to “Opt-in” in to Mindfulness
By now, we’re all familiar with the language of marketing permission standards – opting-in and opting-out. To “opt-in” requires our...
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aaross25
Feb 6, 20153 min read
Artistic Expressions of Privacy
Privacy issues go beyond the domain of legalese and social media settings. Our human need for privacy is also essential to creative...
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aaross25
Jan 23, 20153 min read
5 Steps to Protect your Online Reputation
The line between “online” and “IRL” (In Real Life) fades with each passing year. Our reputation is now a mix of both, which makes...
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aaross25
Jan 9, 20154 min read
Creating Positive Privacy Habits for the New Year
This is the year to cultivate your privacy awareness and develop a privacy practice. The proliferation of surveillance and security...
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aaross25
Dec 19, 20143 min read
Do You Agree That Privacy Is Still a Social Norm?
Social norms govern the way we behave and expect others to behave in certain contexts. A social norm is widely accepted, though it often...
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aaross25
Nov 21, 20144 min read
Building Trust Through Transparency
Last week I participated in a panel discussion at The Privacy Identity Innovation Conference (PII2014). The PII2014 conference “explored...
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aaross25
Nov 14, 20144 min read
Privacy is Cool
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...
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aaross25
Nov 7, 20144 min read
Protecting Privacy Means Remembering Our Cyber Manners
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...
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aaross25
Oct 31, 20142 min read
Can Product Psychology Lessons be a Pathway to Privacy?
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...
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aaross25
Oct 17, 20142 min read
Are You Ready to Give Privacy a Chance?
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...
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aaross25
Oct 3, 20144 min read
Step Up Your Protection for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
On September 30th, President Obama proclaimed October 2014 National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. While the proclamation focused on...
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aaross25
Sep 26, 20143 min read
It’s Your Privacy Choice: Opting In and Opting Out of Email Marketing
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...
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