A precocious playmate One of my close friends growing up used a lot of big words. My vocabulary was decent, but with her I was often outpaced. I distinctly remember one time in third or fourth grade when I was at her house playing and she dropped one of her vocab words. I wish I Read More…
Tag: data governance
My experience with identity theft and the case for adaptive governance
The saying goes that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but when it comes to identity theft — this could not be further from the truth. I dealt with a mild smattering of identity theft in the spring of 2018 and then, more recently, with a veritable deluge of it. Bank accounts I didn’t Read More…
Data ethics: risk- versus respect-based concerns
Personal data. We walk around emitting little streams of it, from our browsing history and smartphone apps to our credit card purchases. Most of the time we don’t even think about it — it’s become as a natural and invisible a process as shedding skin cells. Meanwhile, various entities are out there hoovering up all Read More…