News and Research articles on Informational self-determination

Flawed cloud architectures and the rise of decentral alternatives

Primavera De Filippi, Research and Studies Center of Administrative Science (CERSA/CNRS), Université Paris II (Panthéon-Assas)
PUBLISHED ON: 1 Nov 2013 DOI: 10.14763/2013.4.212

Currently dominant cloud services raise challenges in terms of security, privacy and user autonomy. Decentralisation, advocated by civil society, may overcome some of the drawbacks.

Consent under pressure and the Right to Informational Self-Determination

Julian Staben, Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG)
PUBLISHED ON: 17 Dec 2012 DOI: 10.14763/2012.4.265

Name, address, location: In order to use internet services one easily agrees to the processing of personal data. But what is the future value of a quickly checked box?