Browsing by Author "O'Brien, David"

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    • Bridging the Gap between Computer Science and Legal Approaches to Privacy 

      Nissim, Kobbi; Bembenek, Aaron; Wood, Alexandra B; Bun, Mark Mar; Gaboardi, Marco; Gasser, Urs; O'Brien, David; Vadhan, Salil P.; Steinke, Thomas (Harvard Law School, 2018)
      The analysis and release of statistical data about individuals and groups of individuals carries inherent privacy risks, and these risks have been conceptualized in different ways within the fields of law and computer ...

    • Differential Privacy: A Primer for a Non-Technical Audience 

      Wood, Alexandra; Altman, Micah; Bembenek, Aaron; Bun, Mark; Gaboardi, Marco; Honaker, James; Nissim, Kobbi; O'Brien, David; Steinke, Thomas; Vadhan, Salil (Vanderbilt University, 2018)
      Differential privacy is a formal mathematical framework for quantifying and managing privacy risks. It provides provable privacy protection against a wide range of potential attacks, including those currently unforeseen. ...

    • Don't Panic: Making Progress on the "Going Dark" Debate 

      Gasser, Urs; Gertner, Nancy; Goldsmith, Jack L.; Landau, Susan; Nye, Joseph S.; O'Brien, David; Olsen, Matthew G.; Renan, Daphna; Sanchez, Julian; Schneider, Bruce; Schwartzol, Larry; Zittrain, Jonathan L. (Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School, 2016)
      Just over a year ago, with support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University convened a diverse group of security and policy experts from academia, civil ...

    • Elements of a New Ethical Framework for Big Data Research 

      Vayena, Effy; Gasser, Urs; Wood, Alexandra B; O'Brien, David; Altman, Micah (Washington & Lee University School of Law, 2016)
      Emerging large-scale data sources hold tremendous potential for new scientific research into human biology, behaviors, and relationships. At the same time, big data research presents privacy and ethical challenges that the ...

    • Governments and Cloud Computing: Roles, Approaches, and Policy Considerations 

      Gasser, Urs; O'Brien, David (Berkman Center for Internet & Society, 2014)
      Governments from Bogota to Beijing are engaging with emerging cloud computing technologies and its industry in a variety of overlapping contexts. Based on a review of a representative number of advanced cloud computing ...

    • Practical approaches to big data privacy over time 

      Altman, Micah; Wood, Alexandra B; O'Brien, David; Gasser, Urs (Oxford University Press (OUP), 2018)
      Key Points Governments and businesses are increasingly collecting, analysing, and sharing detailed information about individuals over long periods of time. Vast quantities of data from new sources and novel methods ...

    • Privacy and Cybersecurity Research Briefing 

      O'Brien, David; Budish, Ryan Hal; Faris, Robert M; Gasser, Urs; Lin, Tiffany C (Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, 2016)

    • Privacy and Open Data Research Briefing 

      Wood, Alexandra B; O'Brien, David; Gasser, Urs (Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, 2016)