Privacy

Women and online privacy: Understanding the privacy paradox

Paper

Rebecca de Jongh

07/09/2020

9 minutes to read

Women find themselves at a crossroads where their online presence could lead to empowerment or to added scrutiny. What is the privacy paradox and what happens to women when they face it?

Social media and why we're all full of shit

Paper

Daniel Obubo

31/08/2020

14 minutes to read

This paper seeks to explore Instagram culture and how it shapes young minds. The inspiration for the paper comes from the second season of the Emmy-nominated mockumentary American Vandal.

Paulan Korenhof on Article 17 GDPR and digital representations

Video

The Editors

25/06/2020

According to Dr. Paulan Korenhof, it is important to think about manners in which we can control our digital representations. Article 17 GDPR — which is popularly known as 'the right to be forgotten' — might play a significant role in this process. In this video, she explains why.

What is 'Live Facial Recognition' and how dangerous is it?

Article

Lea Goeron

23/11/2020

11 minutes to read

In a more and more digitalised world new technologies are on the rise. This article explores what live facial recognition is and what dangers and possible threats it introduces.

Online proctoring: how the corona crisis makes some students more equal than others

Column

Linnet Taylor

23/04/2020

6 minutes to read

In the coronavirus crisis, many universities - including Tilburg University - set up online exams and proctoring to ensure students can graduate. Linnet Taylor (Tilburg University) highlights the problems this brings, suggesting alternatives.

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Online gravedigging, identity and privacy

Column

Mingyi Hou

18/02/2020

11 minutes to read

This article analyzes gravedigging as a digital practice, and illustrates its roles in online shaming and celebrity image management activities.

Why we let Web 2.0 become the modern-day Stasi

Article

Lisa van Turnhout

25/05/2020

13 minutes to read

This article contemplates how our "culture of connectivity" brings forth privacy issues reminding us of government surveillance in East Germany. How does this work, and how do we all contribute to this culture?

Self-Tracking Data and its Commercial Uses

Article

Marieke Hendriks

26/10/2020

14 minutes to read

The commercialization of self-tracking data introduces new privacy risks as a consequence of the 'biovalue' that health and medical information have in the digital data economy.