Published on Medium, 28 January 2019, as part of the Digitalia Moralia series. Patrick Leigh Fermor designed his house in Kardamyli in such a manner that next to the dining room would be placed large collections of encyclopedias and reference books, in order to quickly resolve any dispute among his guests. The first Guinness Book of Records was
An article by article analysis of the GDPR from an ethics perspective need not go any further than the first line when it comes to its Article 5: “Personal data shall be processed lawfully, fairly and in a transparent manner in relation to the data subject (‘lawfulness, fairness and transparency’)”. What is “lawful processing” one
Appointed a member of the law-making committee drafting the GDPR (and the Police and Criminal Justice Data Protection Directive) implementation law in Greece. The law-making committee, established under the Greek Ministry of Justice, has been in session since 2016 but has not been able to produce a final legislative act yet, although public consultation has
Πρόσφατα εκδόθηκε νόμος σύμφωνα με τον οποίο από δω και πέρα τα δεδομένα των επιβατών αεροπλάνων, πλοίων κ.λπ. θα αποτελούν αντικείμενο επεξεργασίας για σκοπούς ασφαλείας. Τέτοιες επεξεργασίες ξεκίνησαν στην Αμερική το 2001. Μετά την επίθεση στους Δίδυμους Πύργους οι Αμερικανοί αποφάσισαν ότι ήθελαν να γνωρίζουν όσο πιο αναλυτικά γίνεται ποιοι επισκέπτονται τη χώρα τους. Τις αντίστοιχες επεξεργασίες
While recently purchasing yet more personal domain names to point to my website I was tempted to think about the future and therefore run a search for domain names with my children’s names. Some are still available, others not. So, should I buy the ones available and place alerts for the other ones just in
I recently had a hard time explaining to my kids the use of folders in hard drives. Hierarchy they could more or less understand, as well as the fact that documents, photos and other files need to be found at a specific place. What they could not come to terms with was content specificity: They