Politech: Stanford talk on Mar. 14: customized Web sites that protect privacy [priv]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Peter is a good speaker and a very smart fellow. His site is here:
http://wayner.org/books/

-Declan



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: talk at Stanford Mar 14: How to Offer Highly Customized Web 
Sites Without Building a Privacy Nightmare
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 13:50:55 -0500
From: Peter Wayner <p3 () wayner org>
To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>



Declan--

If you think the politech list might be interested in this talk, feel 
free to pass along the abstract. And if any of the list members are in 
the area and interested in meeting for a drink, tell them let me know. 
I'll be in Palo Alto for the week.
-Peter
p3 () wayner org




http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/events/archives/peter_wayner.shtml


Peter Wayner
March 14, 2005

How to Offer Highly Customized Web Sites Without Building a Privacy 
Nightmare


Monday March 14, 2005
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Room 271
Free and Open to all!
Lunch Served

Many of the stores and websites defend their huge collections of 
personal information by arguing that the data is a necessary part of 
offering personalized, customized service. This assumption is wrong. It 
is possible to build a database that answers useful questions without 
keeping any useful information in it. This talk will offer a few 
demonstrations like:
* a library that thwarts deadbeats without tracking reading habits

* a store that offers almost all of the features of top flight stores 
like Amazon without keeping any personal information around
* a site where parents can book babysitters without keeping any 
information that might be useful to stalkers, thieves, kidnappers and worse.


Peter Wayner is a programmer and author of 13 books including, 
_Translucent Databases_, an introduction to building databases that do 
useful work without storing useful information. A second edition of 
the 	book will be published this Fall.
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