Data Valdez n.— «Information brokers and the public now find themselves in a highly publicized pickle, Homeland Security Dept. privacy chief Nuala O’Connor Kelly said, likening data spills to oil or chemical spills in their capacity to...
data valdez n.— «“If we don’t see headlines in a bad way, if we don’t see a ‘data valdez,’ a ‘data spill,’ then we’ll know they’re doing their jobs well,” says David Steer, spokesman for TRUSTe, which certifies the reliability of e...
data Valdez n.— «Two articles on health insurer’s privacy problem (from Washington Post and SF Chronicle). Good example of a data valdez!» —“HMO Breaches Members’ Privacy” Usenet: alt.privacy Aug. 23, 2000. (source:...
phone club n.— «There exists truly in New York what’s known as a phone club and you simply call up and say, “Are you free tonight?’ The other individual on the other side says “Yes,” and they say, “Fine. Plaza...
dragback n.— «Dragback. A man or woman who has been brought back to a house in Dewey for some lovin.” For people who live in houses with 20 other part-time renters, privacy is not always there. So waking up to your roommates ragging...
digital dust n.— «In a 2003 privacy paper sponsored by ID World Magazine, Mr. Krull first coined the term “digital dust” to describe the thousands of transactions residents of developed countries initiate each month in...