It rests on our collective conscience to avoid the unnecessary exploitation of a generation who cannot yet spell the word privacy — let alone understand its importance.
We don’t exactly know how increasing permanent remote work will impact the workforce — though it certainly comes with a number of risks and faults. But if employers can implement healthy practices and anticipate the technological needs of their employees, it could be an evolution for the better.
Considering the number of people this program has the potential to help, the Fresh Start ushers us into the new year on a hopeful note. While it remains to be seen whether The Boston Globe will follow through with reforming its system for criminal reporting, it has set a necessary precedent for reexamining established journalistic practices.
To a certain extent, we do have control over the type of information that goes into cyberspace and out of our hands. When Facebook users agreed to participate in a survey from the Cambridge Analytica app, “This is Your Digital Life,” they agreed to release certain answers for the purpose of academic research. What they did not consent to was giving a politically motivated firm all of their personal information as well as access to all of their social network’s personal information.
Boston University Professor of Law Danielle Citron was named a MacArthur Fellow on Wednesday, an accolade awarded annually to U.S. citizens or residents working in any field that demonstrates “promise for important future advances” and “exceptional creativity,” according to the MacArthur Fellows website.
Mark Rothstein, the Herbert F. Boehl Chair of Law and Medicine at the University of Louisville School of Medicine, gave a lecture Tuesday afternoon on patient and health privacy in the 21st century....
