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W3C WAI Invite Feedback on Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology 1.0 Working Draft

W3C WAI Invite Feedback on Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology 1.0 Working Draft | Digital rights | Scoop.it
On Monday 20 September 2012 the W3C WAI published the Website Accessibility Conformance Evaluation Methodology 1.0 working draft.
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Social media advertisers responsible for user generated content they 'positively invite', says CAP

Social media advertisers responsible for user generated content they 'positively invite', says CAP | Digital rights | Scoop.it
Advertisers that encourage users of social media to respond to promotional questions they pose are responsible for ensuring that the content those users submit complies with UK advertising rules, the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) has said.
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Digital infrastructure is only part of the solution...

Digital infrastructure is only part of the solution... | Digital rights | Scoop.it
...the other is helping Scotland's biggest group of digitally excluded: the workforce. Here is what Scottish Government's systems management service replied in response to a request for access to streaming media.
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Digital Dialogue is a Linkedin group set up by the Scottish Government.  It has some interesting discussion on access to digital media

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Copyright law changes outlined by the Government

Copyright law changes outlined by the Government | Digital rights | Scoop.it
Media outlets will have a new right to make limited use of quotes published by rival news organisations under changes to copyright law proposed by the Government.
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The perils of asymmetric openness

The perils of asymmetric openness | Digital rights | Scoop.it
I had an interesting conversation with Francine Hardaway yesterday about radical transparency in the context of Google Glass. What are we willing to share, when, why, and with whom?
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Guidance on using social media to inform, engage and consult

The Scottish Health Council (part of Healthcare Improvement Scotland) has just published a set of helpful guidelines which include lots of case studies (including one from IRISS) on the use of social media.
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Moving from ‘e’ to ‘d’ – what does a Digital University really look like?

Moving from ‘e’ to ‘d’ – what does a Digital University really look like? | Digital rights | Scoop.it
This is a presentation being made tomorrow by Bill Johnston at Dundee University, looking at the place of information literacy within the "digital" university.
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Pottering Around Council Websites – via Google

Pottering Around Council Websites – via Google | Digital rights | Scoop.it
Over the last few weeks, I’ve started pondering what sort of data sets might be “almost available” on local council websites, along with the extent to which we might be able to use these datasets to support transparency goals, such as generating...
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ESA nails 5 million for copyright infringement | Digital Trends

ESA nails 5 million for copyright infringement | Digital Trends | Digital rights | Scoop.it
A report looking at the Entertainment Software Association's 2012 anti-piracy efforts reveals that the 3.4 million takedown notices sent out by the organization last year had a 96-percent success rate, with roughly 5.2 million offending files and...
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Profiling rules should not apply unless individuals' rights are 'significantly affected', says privacy body

Businesses should be permitted to create profiles of individuals without their consent providing the activity "does not significantly affect the interests, rights or freedoms of the data subject", an EU privacy body has said.
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Are We Just Google’s Lab Rats?

Are We Just Google’s Lab Rats? | Digital rights | Scoop.it
There are some interesting comments relating to my previous post on Google Lock-In Lock-Out in a comment thread on OSnews: Why Google gets so much credit.
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Google Lock-In Lock-Out

Google Lock-In Lock-Out | Digital rights | Scoop.it
As John Naughton feels obliged to remind folk every now and again, the web is not the internet. Because we all know that for many people, Facebook apparently is. Or Google is.
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products of the industrial age: Openness and reuse of digital ...

products of the industrial age: Openness and reuse of digital ... | Digital rights | Scoop.it
We have had lots of questions from stakeholders and partners about how to best manage rights-related information, covering both City-owned and externally-sourced assets. Copyright still matters. We plan to ...
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Forget copyright! We've always stolen music - Salon

Forget copyright! We've always stolen music - Salon | Digital rights | Scoop.it
Salon Forget copyright! We've always stolen music Salon Businesses and rights owners often seek to squelch unauthorized use of their works, but sometimes they look to piracy for cues about new sources of value and even potential benefits from the...
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Unauthorised access to medical devices possible due to password vulnerability, warns US cyber security body

Unauthorised access to medical devices possible due to password vulnerability, warns US cyber security body | Digital rights | Scoop.it
Hundreds of medical devices could be accessed by hackers because of a password vulnerability, a US government agency has warned.
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What Could Data Journalism Tell Us About Events?

What Could Data Journalism Tell Us About Events? | Digital rights | Scoop.it
Background One of the sessions at the forthcoming IWMW 2013 event is entitled “IWMW: The Digital Story“.
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The Prism programme and privacy concerns: questions for UK business outsourcing

FOCUS: Businesses should evaluate their data storage and outsourcing arrangements in the wake of reports about US and UK surveillance methods, but patchy details make decision making difficult.
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Digital participation, creativity, innovation and … blocked access

Devon County Council is holding a Create/Innovate month in June, which involves a programme of activities and events associated with experimentation, discovery, play, learning and reflection.
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Jaron Lanier's Blanket Licensing Scheme | Copyright and Technology

Jaron Lanier's Blanket Licensing Scheme | Copyright and Technology | Digital rights | Scoop.it
Various solutions have been proposed to these problems; most of them are narrow and ad-hoc in nature: lawsuits, statutory licenses, and so on. Now along comes Jaron Lanier, author of the groundbreaking 2010 book You ...
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Data protection reforms rapporteur accused of not reflecting 'weight of opinion' of fellow MEPs

A UK MEP has claimed that the lead rapporteur on EU data protection reforms at the European Parliament is putting forward proposals for a new framework that do not reflect the "weight of opinion" of MEPs.
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So what is a data journalist exactly? A view from the job ads…

So what is a data journalist exactly? A view from the job ads… | Digital rights | Scoop.it
A quick snapshot of how the data journalism scene is evolving at the moment based on job ads over the last few months… Via mediauk, I’m not sure when this post for a Junior Data Journalist, Trinity Mirror Regionals (Manchester) was advertised...
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KPMG figures show just 2% of websites relying on explicit cookie consent

Just 2% of websites analysed by accountancy firm KPMG required internet users to provide their explicit consent to use cookies.
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Big data: consumer behaviour could be used to verify identity for digital payments, says Visa

Big data: consumer behaviour could be used to verify identity for digital payments, says Visa | Digital rights | Scoop.it
Technology that recognises individuals' behavioural patterns could be used to verify individuals' identity and enable them to make transactions, Visa has said.
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Janet Agreement With Microsoft Boosts Cloud Access For UK Universities

Janet Agreement With Microsoft Boosts Cloud Access For UK Universities | Digital rights | Scoop.it
Back in January 2010 in a post entitled “Save £1million and Move to the Cloud?
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Google makes search practice concessions in a bid to resolve EU competition concerns

Google makes search practice concessions in a bid to resolve EU competition concerns | Digital rights | Scoop.it
Google has offered to differentiate results for its own "specialised search services" from others displayed in its search engine listings as one of a number of measures aimed at addressing EU competition concerns.
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Individuals can be identified despite IP address sharing, BT says

Individuals can be identified despite IP address sharing, BT says | Digital rights | Scoop.it
The use of Internet Protocol (IP) address sharing technology will not prevent individuals from being identified as the perpetrators of illegal online activity, BT has claimed.
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