Reminder: Looking forward to Meg's talk on Tuesday! Hopefully the weather will work with us.
On Fri, Feb 8, 2019 at 2:58 AM Philip Garrison <phili...@cs.washington.edu> wrote: > Please join us for Change next Tuesday (Feb 12) at noon in CSE 203, with a > talk by Meg Young. > > If UW operations are suspended (https://emergency.uw.edu/), the talk will > be canceled. > Last week's canceled talk (Cliff Schmidt) has been rescheduled to March 5. > > *Who:* Meg Young > *What:* Data Ownership is Not Dispositive: Data Ownership and Access in > Outsourced "Smart City" Data Programs > *When:* Tuesday, Feb 12, 12-1pm > *Where:* CSE 203 > > *Abstract:* > Recent and intensifying interest in how companies govern user data has > been met with an emphasis on users' rights with respect to their own data. > However, a closer look at how data "ownership" works in practice reveals > that ownership does not ensure that data is governed as owners (and > subjects) intend. In this talk, I argue that data ownership is not > determinative of the rights and obligations that the metaphor suggests. I > draw on examples from three data sharing configurations in my dissertation > fieldwork on access, accountability and proprietary systems in outsourced > local government data programs: (1) ORCA card readers, (2) transit agencies > providing first- and last-mile service to transit stations, and (3) a > UW-based "data trust" for cross-sector data sharing. In each case, I > explore what "work" data ownership does in practice, and find that it is > not indicative of who can access data and for what purpose. > > *Bio:* > Meg is a PhD Candidate in the UW Information School and a member of the > Tech Policy Lab, Critical Platform Studies Group, and Data Lab. She > primarily conducts ethnographic work on technology policy and smart cities > programs. > _______________________________________________ > change mailing list > change@change.washington.edu > https://changemm.cs.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/change >
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