Dr Ian Brown

Profile

Since 1998 Dr Brown has variously been a trustee of Privacy International, the Open Rights Group and the Foundation for Information Policy Research and an adviser to Greenpeace, the Refugee Children’s Consortium, Amnesty International and Creative Commons UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, the International University of Japan and the British Computer Society, a senior member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), and has consulted for the US Department of Homeland Security, JP Morgan, Credit Suisse, Allianz, McAfee, BT, the BBC, the European Commission, the Cabinet Office, Ofcom, the National Audit Office and the Information Commissioner's Office. Previous projects include Pilot Interactive Mobile Multimedia System (PIMMS), Control and Prediction of the Organic Solid State (CPOSS), CLEF (Integrating Information for the clinical e-Scientist), Fair Tracing, e-Curator and the Cambridge-MIT Institute's Critical Infrastructure Protection working group.

Dr Brown's work has been covered by the BBC, CNN, CBC and numerous newspapers and magazines. He has written for the Financial Times, Daily Telegraph and Guardian. In 2004 he was voted as one of the 100 most influential people in the development of the Internet in the UK over the previous decade.

A full list of pre-2007 articles is available from UCL.

Email: firstname.lastname at oii.ox.ac.uk

Research interests

privacy, copyright, e-democracy, information security, security, networking, healthcare informatics

Positions held at the OII

• Senior Research Fellow, January 2009 -
• Research Fellow, July 2007 - December 2008

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Research

Current projects

• Future Home Networks and Services

  May 2011 - April 2014

  This project is addressing home network and service security by researching and developing security frameworks for sharing between networks and devices, protocols to connect devices with cloud services, and security analysis of remote management systems.

• FRESNEL: Federated Secure Sensor Network Laboratory

  January 2010 - December 2012

  FRESNEL aims to build a large scale federated sensor network framework with multiple applications sharing the same resources, where reliable intra-application communication is guaranteed, as well as a scalable and distributed management infrastructure.

• IMSK: Integrated Mobile Security Kit

  March 2009 - March 2013

  IMSK integrates information from legacy and novel sensor technologies into common operational picture where information is fused into intelligence, in a mobile system suitable for rapid deployment at venues which temporarily need enhanced security.

• Internet Governance

  October 2004 -

  A programme of seminars, forums and conferences informing our research on Internet governance.

Past projects

• SUBITO: Surveillance of Unattended Baggage and the Identification and Tracking of the Owner

  July 2009 - October 2011

  SUBITO is designed to research and further develop automated real time detection of abandoned luggage, fast identification of the individual responsible and his/her subsequent path and current location.

• Towards a Future Internet

  December 2008 - April 2011

  The Internet Futures project will produce a single preferred vision of a 'Future Internet' for Europe by researching possible social, psychological, technological and economic options for its further development and their likely socio-economic impacts.

• Privacy Value Networks (PVNets)

  October 2008 - December 2011

  Privacy Value Networks (PVNets) is producing an empirical base for developing concepts of privacy across contexts and timeframes, addressing a current lack of clarity of what privacy is and what it means to stakeholders in different usage scenarios.

• e-Curator Project

  October 2007 - September 2011

  e-Curator explores the use of 3D colour scanning and e-Science technologies to capture and share very large 3D colour scans and detailed datasets about museum artefacts in a secure computing environment, to assist curators and conservators.

• Fair Tracing Project

  October 2006 - September 2009

  The aim of the Fair Tracing project was to support Ethical Trade by implementing IT Tracking and Tracing Technologies in supply chains to provide consumers and producers with enhanced information.

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Publications

• Articles
• Books
• Chapters
• Conference papers
• Presentations
• Reports
• Working papers

Articles

• Hess, M., Simon Millar, F., Robson, S., MacDonald, S., Were, G. and Brown, I. (2011) Well Connected to Your Digital Object? E-Curator: A Web-based e-Science Platform for Museum Artefacts. Literary and Linguistic Computing 26 (2) 193-215.
• Brown, I., Brown L., Korff D. (2011) The limits of anonymisation in NHS data systems. British Medical Journal 342:d973.
• Brown, I. (2010) Communications Data Retention in an Evolving Internet. International Journal of Law and Information Technology 19 (2) 95-109.
• Brown, I., Brown, L. and Korff, D. (2010) Using NHS patient data for research without consent. Law, Innovation and Technology 2 (2) 219-258.
• Brown, I. (2010) Internet self-regulation and fundamental rights. Index on Censorship 1: 98-106.
• Brown, I. (2010) Data Protection: The New Technical and Political Environment. Computers & Law 20 (6).
• Adams, A. and Brown, I. (2009) Keep Looking: The Answer to the Machine is Elsewhere. Computers & Law 19 (6) 32-35.
• Brown, I. and Korff, D. (2009) Terrorism and the Proportionality of Internet Surveillance. European Journal of Criminology 6 (2) 119-134.
• Brown, I. (2009) Privacy is paramount. UK Health Informatics Today 58: 4-5.
• Hess, M., Were, G., Brown, I., MacDonald, S., Robson, S. and Simon Millar, F. (2009) E-Curator: A 3D Web-based Archive for Conservators and Curators. Ariadne 60.
• Kitcat, J. and Brown, I. (2008) Observing the English and Scottish 2007 e-elections. Parliamentary Affairs 61 (2) 380-395.
• Brown, I. and Adams, A.A. (2007) The ethical challenges of ubiquitous healthcare. International Review of Information Ethics 8 (12) 53-60.
• Brown, I. (2007) The law and economics of cybersecurity. Law Quarterly Review 123: 172-175.
• Brown, I. (2006) The evolution of anti-circumvention law. Law, Computers and Technology 20 (3) 239-260.

Books

• Brown, I. and Marsden, C. (2013) Regulating Code: Good Governance and Better Regulation in the Information Age. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
• Brown, I. (ed.) (2012) Research Handbook on Governance of the Internet. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
• Edwards, L. and Brown, I. (2012) Online Privacy and the Law: a European perspective. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
• Carlberg. K., Desourdis, R., Polk, J. and Brown, I. (2003) Preferential Emergency Communications. Vol. 744 in The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science.

Chapters

• Haddadi, H., Hui, P., Henderson, T., Brown, I. (2011) Targeted Advertising on the Handset: Privacy and Security Challenges. In Müller, J., Alt, F., Michelis, D. (eds) Pervasive Advertising. Heidelberg: Springer. ISBN: 9780857293510.
• Korff, D. and Brown, I. (2011) Social media and human rights. Chapter 6 in "Human rights and a changing media landscape". Council of Europe Publications. ISBN 978-92-871-7198-6.
• Mazanderani, F. and I. Brown (2010) Privacy as a practice: exploring the relational and spatial dynamics of HIV-related information seeking. In: S.Gutwirth, Y.Poullet, P.De Hert and R.Leene (eds) Computers, Privacy and Data Protection: An Element of Choice. Springer, pp. 251-268. ISBN: 9789400706408.
• Brown, I. (2009) Regulation of Converged Communications Surveillance. In: B.Goold and D.Neyland (eds) New Directions in Privacy and Surveillance. Exeter: Willan, pp. 39-73.
• Edwards, L. and Brown, I. (2009) Data Control and Social Networking: Irreconcilable Ideas? In: A.Matwyshyn (ed.) Harboring Data: Information Security, Law and the Corporation. Stanford University Press, pp. 202-227. ISBN: 9780804760089.
• Brown, I., Edwards, L. and Marsden, C. (2009) Information security and cybercrime. In: L.Edwards and C.Waelde (eds) Law and the Internet, 3rd edn. Oxford: Hart, pp. 671-692. ISBN: 9781841138152.
• Brown, I. (2008) Internet filtering - be careful what you ask for. In: S.Kirca and L.Hanson (eds) Freedom and Prejudice: Approaches to Media and Culture. Istanbul: Bahcesehir University Press, pp. 74-91.
• Robson, S., Brown, I., Hess, M., MacDonald, S., Ong, Y.-H. and Millar, F. (2008) Traceable storage and transmission of 3D colour scan data sets. In: M.Ioannides and A.Addison (eds) Digital Heritage, pp. 93-99. ISBN: 9789638046994.

Conference papers

• Wright, J., de Souza, T. and Brown, I. (2011) Fine-Grained Censorship Mapping: Information Sources, Legality and Ethics. FOCI'11 (USENIX Security Symposium), 8 August 2011, San Francisco.
• Marsden, C.T. and Brown, I. (2011) Regulating Code: Inter-disciplinary Empirical Case Studies in Governance and Regulation. Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Arlington, VA.
• Papoutsi, C., Anderson, J. and Brown, I. (2011) Why do Dual Case Note Systems for HIV Persist? Initial Findings from two UK HIV Outpatient Centers. Poster presented at the 6th International AIDS Society Conference, Rome, Italy, 17-20 July 2011.
• Wright, J. and Brown, I. (2010) Privacy Challenges in Delay-Tolerant and Restricted-Route Networks. Proceedings of the 2nd Extreme Workshop on Communication, Dharamsala, India, 4-10 September 2010.
• Mazanderani, F. and Brown, I. (2010) Making things private: exploring the relational dynamics of privacy. Paper presented at the 3rd  International Conference on Computers, Privacy and Data Protection, 29-30 January 2010 Brussels, Belgium.
• Papoutsi, C. and Brown, I. (2010) Technological Information Privacy Challenges in Healthcare. Poster presented at the IADIS International Conference e-Society 2010, 18-21 March 2010, Porto, Portugal.
• Papoutsi, C., Mazanderani, F. and Brown, I. (2010) Researching Privacy in HIV Care: An Ethnographic Analysis of Methods. Privacy and Usability Methods (PUMP) Workshop, British HCI 2010 Conference.
• Brown, I., Clark, D. and Trossen, D. (2010) Should Specific Values Be Embedded In The Internet Architecture? Proceedings of the Re-Architecting the Internet workshop, New York: ACM Press. ISBN: 9781450304696.
• Haddadi, H., Hui, P. and Brown, I. (2010) MobiAd: Private and Scalable Mobile Advertising. Proceedings of the fifth ACM International Workshop on Mobility in the Evolving Internet Architecture, New York: ACM Press. ISBN: 9781450301435.
• Richter, W. and Brown, I. (2009) Designing effective regulation for the 'Dark side' of the Web. Proceedings of the WebSci09 - Society Online Conference, Athens, 18-20 March 2009.
• Brown, I., Kleine, D. and Light, A. (2009) Understanding the provenance of ethically produced goods. Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Information Technology and Development 2009, Doha, Qatar, 17-19 April 2009.
• Robson, S., Brown, I., Hess, M., MacDonald, S., Ong, Y.-H., Millar, F. and Were, G. (2008) Traceable storage and transmission of 3D colour scan data sets. Proc. Virtual Systems and Multimedia, Cyprus.
• Millar, F., Were, G., Brown, I., Hess, M., MacDonald, S., Robson, S. and Ong, Y.-H. (2008) 3D Colour Scans for Object Assessment. Proc. Electronic Information, the Visual Arts and Beyond, London, pp. 125-134.
• Brown, I. (2008) Trust in Online Communities. Proc. International Conference on Information Culture, Seoul, pp. 236-253.
• Wallenta, C., Ahmed, M., Brown, I., Hailes, S. and Huici, F. (2008) We know what you did at 9am: analysis systems with dynamic user generated content. Proceedings of Multi-Service Networks, Abingdon, 10 July 2008.
• Brown, I. and Marsden, C.T. (2007) Co-regulating Internet Security: The London Action Plan. Global Internet Governance Academic Network Second Annual Symposium, Rio de Janeiro.
• Roberts, L., Blanshard, L.J., van Dam, K.K., Price, S.L., Price, L.S. and Brown, I. (2006) Providing an Effective Data Infrastructure for the Simulation of Complex Materials. Proceedings of the UK e-Science All Hands Meeting 2006, pp. 101-105.
• Brown, I. (2005) Who is Enfranchised by Remote Voting? Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC'05).

Presentations

• Brown, I. (2011) Information: universal or commercial use? 6th European Jurists' Forum, Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg, May 2011.
• Brown, I. (2011) Internet governance and the G20. Institut Francais, London, May 2011.
• Brown, I. (2011) What is identity anyway? Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation, London, May 2011.
• Brown, I. (2011) Constitutions and tussles in cyberspace. Internet ethics, Oxford, April 2011.
• Brown, I. (2011) Reducing systemic cybersecurity risk. Georgetown University, Washington DC, April 2011.
• Brown, I. (2011) Towards a Future Internet: Implications for the Digital Agenda and Framework Programme Eight. European Commission, Brussels, April 2011.
• Brown, I. (2011) Privacy by design. Security and Privacy in Implantable Medical Devices, EPFL, Lausanne, April 2011.
• Brown, I. (2011) Good Governance: The effective use of Information Technology. UK House of Commons Public Administration Committee, March 2011.
• Brown, I. (2011) Privacy, trust and biometrics. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, March 2011.
• Brown, I. (2011) Cyber Risks and Preparedness in the Private Sector. Cyber Security - An Assessment of the Threats to National, Economic and Individual Security. Jesus College, Cambridge, February 2011.
• Brown, I. (2011) Systemic cybersecurity risk. Towards an International Cyberpolitics? Sciences Po, Paris, January 2011.
• Brown, I. (2011) Privacy Attitudes, Incentives and Behaviours. Data Protection Governance Symposium, Amsterdam, 20 June 2011.
• Brown, I. (2011) Privacy Politics in the UK. University of Amsterdam, 21 June 2011.
• Brown, I. (2011) Privacy attitudes, incentives and behaviours. Data Protection Governance: Current Approaches and Future Directions, Amsterdam University, June 2011.
• Brown, I. (2011) Why do we protect privacy? Privacy and Data Protection, Dalian, August 2011.
• Brown, I. (2011) Mobile location privacy. Internet Governance Forum, Nairobi, September 2011.
• Brown, I. (2011) Internet Freedom: A Comparative Assessment. Global Internet Freedom and Human Rights Distinguished Speaker Series, George Washington Law School, October 2011.
• Brown, I., Powell, A. and Cooper, A. (2010) Mass Media Discourses of Net Neutrality - Agenda-Setting Functions. 25th European Communications Policy Research Conference (EuroCPR), Brussels, 29 March 2010.
• Brown, I. (2010) Constitutions and tussles in cyberspace. Future Internet Assembly, Ghent, December 2010.
• Brown, I. (2010) Social media and privacy. Privacy and the Law, London, December 2010.
• Brown, I. (2010) Towards a Future Internet: key messages. Final TAFI conference, European Commission, November 2010.
• Brown, I. (2010) Openness and innovation in the information society. European Media Days, Luxembourg, November 2010.
• Brown, I. (2010) Technology and adaptation among violent extremists. The Future of International Cooperation in Countering Violent Extremism, St Antony's College, Oxford, October 2010.
• Brown, I. (2010) Privacy by design. PRiMMA Mobile Privacy Workshop, London, September 2010.
• Brown, I. (2010) Net neutrality, citizenship and discrimination. Ofcom, July 2010.
• Brown, I. (2010) Making the voice of the citizen heard in security research. Societal Security Research, European Commission, July 2010.
• Brown, I. (2010) Systemic cybersecurity risks. OECD Future Global Shocks workshop, Paris, June 2010.
• Brown, I. (2010) Communications data retention in an evolving Internet. Security, Privacy and Data Protection, Spanish Data Protection Agency, June 2010.
• Brown, I. (2010) Designing privacy into smart meters. Consumer Focus workshop, London, June 2010.
• Brown, I. (2010) Internet governance and cybersecurity. European Parliament Industry Committee, May 2010.
• Brown, I. (2010) Cyberwar and Internet freedom. Internet Security, Internet Freedom, Princeton, April 2010.
• Brown, I. (2010) Monitoring and controlling the Internet. 29th Annual Police Conference, Cumberland Lodge, April 2010.
• Brown, I. (2010) The cyber terrain. Cyber-warfare, London, April 2010.
• Brown, I. (2010) Privacy politics in the UK general election 2010. Privacy Open Space conference, Oxford, April 2010.
• Brown, I. (2010) Discussion of "From security vs. privacy to identity: an emerging concept for policy design?" by Lusoli and Compañó. 25th European Communications Policy Research Conference, Brussels, March 2010.
• Brown, I. (2010) Three strikes: Regulatory Obligations on ISPs. Counterfeiting and Piracy Research Conference, Manchester, March 2010.
• Brown, I. (2010) Privacy tussles. EIFFEL Future Internet workshop, Louvain-la-Neuve, March 2010.
• Brown, I. (2010) Communications surveillance: justification and efficacy. Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association Annual Conference, London, January 2010.
• Brown, I. (2010) Controlling your digital identity, Digital identity: where next?. British Library, January 2010.
• Brown, I. (2010) Towards a Future Internet: Expert Workshop. Future Internet Expert Workshop for the Towards a Future Internet (TAFI) Project, 15 March 2010, MIT, Boston.
• Brown, I. (2010) Future Internet Expert Workshop: Notes. Future Internet Expert Workshop for the Towards a Future Internet (TAFI) Project, 15 March 2010, MIT, Boston.
• Brown, I. (2010) Towards a Future Internet: Final Workshop Notes. Towards a Future Internet (TAFI) Final Discussion Workshop, 17 June 2010, Brussels.
• Richter, W. and Brown, I. (2009) Designing effective regulation for the 'Dark side' of the Web [Presentation Slides]. Proceedings of the WebSci09 - Society Online Conference, Athens, 18-20 March 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Trust, privacy and biometrics. Biometrics Working Group, London, May 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Privacy, neuroimaging and public policy. Neuroethics, London, May 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Liberalism, democracy and privacy in Europe. European Parliament, April 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Database State. Privacy Open Space, Berlin, April 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Robust privacy protection for the Future Web. Web Science: Society Online, Athens, March 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Faraday cages, marbled palaces and Humpty Dumpty: the reality of Internet governance. Global Governance Challenges, Oxford, February 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Constitutions and tussles in cyberspace. EIFFEL Future Internet workshop, London, February 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) On the toxicity of personal data. Information Security Best Practices, Pennsylvania, January 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Cybercrime and data sharing. Fifth Annual Conference on Geospatial Intelligence, London, January 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Ubicomp challenges for privacy law. Ubicomp at a Crossroads: Art, Science, Politics and Design, London, January 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Information society research and sustainability. ICT for a Global Sustainable Future, Brussels, Belgium, January 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Changing behaviour to reduce energy demand. Cambridge University, December 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Protecting personal information in the public sector. Data Protection: The Way Forward, London, December 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Privacy and Social Networks. Internet Governance Forum, Sharm el-Sheikh, November 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Behavioural targeting, deep packet inspection and neurosciences - unfair commercial practices? Consumer Privacy and Online Marketing: Market Trends and Policy Perspectives, Brussels, November 2009.
• Brown, I. and Kleine, D. (2009) The Fair Trade Potential of New Media. Fair Trade Futures: Authenticity and Action, Oxford, November 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Data sharing and the database state. Battle of Ideas, London, October 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Securing the information society. The Information Intensive Society, London, October 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Whither the EU data protection regime? Society for Computers and Law Annual Policy Forum, London, September 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Security and privacy by design. ENISA Summer School on Network and Information Security, Crete, September 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Asking the right questions about cybersecurity. Cyber Security and Global Affairs, Oxford, August 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Digital Britain Report: a digital stimulus package? Worshipful Company of Stationers, London, July 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Human Rights and Internet Regulation. Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age, Seoul, July 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Privacy and public trust. Assessing Privacy Impact, London, June 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Where next for European data protection law? The Age of Digital Convergence, Hong Kong, June 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Dead or just resting? Reviving data protection law. SoGikII, Sydney, June 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) New challenges for data protection. Privacy Law Scholars' Conference, Berkeley, June 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Censorship: Can the Internet Still Route Around the Damage? Computers, Freedom & Privacy, Washington DC, June 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Privacy Value Networks. Digital Identity Forum, London, May 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Social networking and data control. Communications Futures Programme, Venice, May 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Floundering towards EU information law. Intermediaries in the Information Society, New York, March 2009.
• Brown, I. (2009) Towards a Future Internet: Interrelation Between Technological, Social and Economic Trends. Towards a Future Internet (TAFI) Project Presentation for the European Commission.
• Brown, I. (2009) Towards a Future Internet: Workshop Note. Scenarios Workshop for the TAFI Project, 9-10 September 2009, Brussels.
• Brown, I. (2008) Design principles from the European Court of Human Rights. Future Trends in Security and Privacy, Oxford, December 2008.
• Brown, I. (2008) Privacy and online advertising. Behavioural Targeting, London, November 2008.
• Brown, I. (2008) Can we censor prejudice on a free internet? No Frontiers? Free Speech and the Internet, Cumberland Lodge, November 2008.
• Brown, I. (2008) Cybersecurity threats: long-term solutions. National Security 2008, Brussels, October 2008.
• Brown, I. (2008) Social Utilities, Dominance and Interoperability: a Modest Proposal. GikIII, Oxford, September 2008.
• Brown, I. (2008) Rethinking media regulation (again). Legislating for Web 2.0, London, September 2008.
• Brown, I. (2008) DRM 2.0: ISP monitoring and blocking mandates. Legislating for Web 2.0, London, September 2008.
• Brown, I. (2008) Security technology and democratic legitimacy. European Security Research Innovation Forum, Brussels, September 2008.
• Brown, I. (2008) Activism 2.0. Amnesty International communications strategy workshop, London, September 2008.
• Brown, I. (2008) Retaining democratic control over surveillance technologies. International Crime Science Conference, London, July 2008.
• Brown, I. (2008) Internet Filtering in the UK. ACM Computers, Freedom and Privacy, Yale, May 2008.
• Brown, I. (2008) Politics and privacy engineering. Launch of Eindhoven Institute for the Protection of Systems and Information, Eindhoven University of Technology, April 2008.
• Brown, I. (2008) Involving citizens in assessing dilemmas of privacy and security. Towards privacy enhancing security technologies, Vienna, April 2008.
• Brown, I. (2008) Online opportunities for psychological operations and surveillance. Combatting Terrorism: The Role of International Regimes, Oxford University, March 2008.
• Brown, I. (2008) Cyberterrorism. Changing Character of War seminar series, Oxford University, February 2008.
• Brown, I., Kleine, D., Kundu, A., Light, A. and Montero, M. (2008) Global Social Responsibility, Technology and Consumer Choice: the EPSRC Fair Tracing Project. Department of Politics and International Relations, University of London Royal Holloway, 6 March 2008.
• Brown, I. (2008) Trust in Online Communities. International Conference on Information Culture, Seoul, Korea, June 2008.
• Brown, I. (2007) Privacy as a key system requirement for building trust. Public Services Summit, Stockholm, December 2007.
• Brown, I. (2007) Distinguishing consumer protection from rent-seeking. Intellectual Property and consumer rights, London, November 2007.
• Brown, I. (2007) Excel ate my election! St Andrew’s University, October 2007.
• Brown, I. (2007) Who 0wnz the Internet? Embedded, Networked and Distributed Systems seminar, Glasgow University, October 2007.
• Brown, I., Edward, L. and Marsden, C. (2007) Stalking 2.0: privacy protection in a leading Social Networking Site. GikII 2 - law, technology and popular culture, London, September 2007.
• Brown, I. (2007) Technologies for forgetting. Designing for forgetting and exclusion, Los Angeles, April 2007.
• Brown, I. (2007) Wild West or gulag: models for policing cyberspace. Patrolling and Controlling Cyberspace, NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, April 2007.
• Brown, I. (2007) Privacy, human rights and Location Based Services. Location and Timing Knowledge Transfer Network meeting on privacy, Cambridge, April 2007.
• Brown, I. (2007) DRM is dead - monetise ubiquity, not scarcity. Guardian Changing Media Symposium 2.0, London, March 2007.
• Brown, I. (2007) Privacy in the age of anti-terrorism. PRISE Users and Stakeholders Workshop, Copenhagen, January 2007.
• Brown, I., Chopra, A., Kleine, D. Kundu, A., Light, A. and Wallenta, C. (2007) Fair Tracing Report. EPSRC Bridging the Global Digital Divide Network Conference, Cambridge, 8-9 January 2007.
• Brown, I. and Light, A. (2007) Tracing premium food products. India International Coffee Festival, Bangalore, India, 23-25 February 2007.
• Brown, I. (2007) Fair Tracing. Doors of Perception 9: Food, Energy, Design, Delhi, India, 28 February-4 March 2007.
• Brown, I. (2007) Is user-generated content disrupting politics? Law 2.0: New Speech, New Property, New Identity, Society for Computers and Law forum, London, 17-18 September 2007.
• Brown, I. (2007) Current research. Oxford Internet Institute, 10 October 2007.
• Brown, I. (2007) Openness and innovation in the information society. i2010 High Level Group Review, European Commission, November 2007.
• Brown, I. (2006) Privacy and online data storage. Consumentenbond en CBP: je leven en internet: datapakhuizen en privacy (Dutch Data Protection Authority), Amsterdam, December 2006.
• Brown, I. (2006) Privacy-friendly security. Intelligent Transport Systems UK security meeting, November 2006.
• Brown, I. and Tsiavos, P. (2006) Wide and shallow vs. narrow and deep copyright sharing models. Keio University Open Research Forum, Tokyo, November 2006.
• Brown, I. (2006) Avoiding a police state in cyberspace. Cyberterrorism as a new security threat, NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Sofia, November 2006.
• Brown, I. (2006) Can we censor prejudice on a free Internet? International Conference on Communication, Mass Media and Culture, Istanbul, October 2006.
• Brown, I. (2006) Anti-circumvention and ISP liability provisions in Free Trade Agreements. Journees intellectuelles 2006, Yaoundé, Cameroon, August 2006.
• Brown, I. (2006) Is paper the answer to election integrity? Workshop on Trustworthy Elections, Cambridge, June 2006.
• Brown, I. (2006) How safe and reliable are information systems? Children: over surveilled and under protected, London, June 2006.
• Brown, I. (2006) The good, the bad and the ugly: security technology and human rights. EU Hitachi Science and Technology Forum, Warsaw, May 2006.
• Brown, I. (2006) Surveillance and homeland security. America: its enemies and its allies, Cambridge, April 2006.
• Brown, I. (2006) Can DRM achieve its security goals? Guardian Changing Media Summit, London, March 2006.
• Brown, I. (2006) Getting the social side of pervasive computing right. Invited speaker, Dartmouth College Institute for Security Technology Studies, February 2006.
• Brown, I. (2005) Is the Internet still a free medium? Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe panel discussion on Freedom of the Media on the Internet, Skopje, Macedonia, October 2005.
• Brown, I. (2004) The global protection of intellectual property: in whose interests? Global governance: scenarios for the future, Cambridge, October 2004.
• Brown, I. (2004) Would you prefer free beer or freedom? The Society for Computers and Law meeting on Open Source Software, London, June 2004.
• Brown, I. (2003) Communications surveillance briefing. FIPR parliamentary briefing, August 2003.
• Brown, I. (2003) A sceptical look at copyright and DRM. Lecture at the ICT Policy Training Programme, Budapest, August 2003.
• Brown, I. (2003) Should there be limits on access to information? Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Conference on Freedom of the Media and the Internet, Amsterdam, June 2003.
• Brown, I. and Anderson, R. (2003) FIPR response to the UK Entitlement Card consultation. February 2003.
• Brown, I. (2003) The trouble with Digital Rights Management. The Politics of Code, Oxford University, January 2003.
• Brown, I. (2002) FIPR response to the Cabinet Office's consultation on e-democracy. December 2002.
• Brown, I. (2002) The use and abuse of "cybercrime". Beyond the Backlash, London, November 2002.
• Brown, I. (2002) The march of the marketeers: invasive advertising and the Internet. British Association Festival of Science, Leicester, September 2002.
• Brown, I. (2002) Securing prioritised emergency traffic. IETF draft, May 2002.
• Brown, I. (2000) Communications security for journalists. Living with the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act: A Journalist's Guide to Surviving Cyber-Regulation, London, November 2000.
• Brown, I. (2000) The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. International Forum on Surveillance by Design, London, September 2000.
• Brown, I., Back, A. and Laurie, B. (2000) Forward Secrecy Extensions for OpenPGP. IETF draft, August 2000.
• Brown, I. and Gladman, B. (2000) RIP - technically inept. FIPR parliamentary briefing, July 2000.
• Brown, I., Perkins, C. and Crowcroft, J. (1999) Watercasting: Distributed Watermarking of Multicast Media. Networked Group Communication, Pisa, November 1999.
• Kirstein, P., Brown, I. and Whelan, E. (1999) Secure multicast conferencing. IDC, Madrid, September 1999.
• Brown, I. and Back, A. (1998) Non-transferable signatures using PGP. Work-in-progress, Usenix Annual Technical Conference, New Orleans, June 1998.

Reports

• Sommer, P. and Brown, I. (2011) Reducing Systemic Cybersecurity Risk. Report for the OECD/IFP Project on 'Future Global Shocks'. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, IFP/WKP/FGS(2011)3.
• Korff, D. and Brown, I. (2011) Opinion on the compatibility of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) with the European Convention on Human Rights and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. Opinion prepared at the request of the Greens/European Free Alliance group, European Parliament.
• Askoxylakis, I., Brown, I., et al. (2011) To log or not to log? - Risks and benefits of emerging life-logging applications. Report by the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA).
• Papoutsi, C. and Brown, I. (2011) Final Deliverable - Work Package 1.5. Privacy Value Networks Project EP/G002606/1.
• Korff, D. and Brown, I. (2010) New Challenges to Data Protection - Final report. European Commission: DG Justice, Freedom and Security.
• Dowty, T. and Brown, I. (2010) Unaccompanied Children Seeking Asylum: Privacy, Consent and Data Protection. Action on Rights for Children.
• Blackman, C., Brown, I., Cave, J., Forge, S., Guevara, K., Srivastava, L., Tsuchiya, M. and Popper, R. (2010) Towards a Future Internet: Interrelation Between Technological, Social and Economic Trends. Final Report for the Towards a Future Internet (TAFI) Project, European Commission. SMART 2008/0049.
• Anderson, R., Brown, I., Dowty, T., Inglesant, P., Heath, W. and Sasse, A. (2009) Database State. Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust. ISBN: 9780954890247.
• Brown, I. et al. (2009) State of the Art Report: Internet Development across the Decades. Part 1: Where Have We Come From? Report for the Towards a Future Internet (TAFI) Project. European Commission. SMART 2008/0049.
• Brown, I. et al. (2009) State of the Art Report: Internet Development across the Decades. Part 2: Where Are We Now? Report for the Towards a Future Internet (TAFI) Project. European Commission. SMART 2008/0049.
• Brown, I. et al. (2009) State of the Art Report: Internet Development across the Decades. Part 3: Where Are We Going? Report for the Towards a Future Internet (TAFI) Project. European Commission. SMART 2008/0049.
• Marsden, C., Simmons, S., Brown, I., Woods, L., Peake, A., Robinson, N., Hoorens, S. and Klautzer, L. (2008) Options for and Effectiveness of Self-regulation in the Information Society. European Commission DG Information Society and Media.
• Marsh, S., Brown, I. and Khaki, F. (2008) Privacy Engineering. Cybersecurity Knowledge Transfer Network white paper.
• Anderson, R., Brown, I., Clayton, R., Dowty, T., Korff, D. and Munro, E. (2006) Children's Databases – Safety and Privacy. Information Commissioner's Office.
• Brown, I. and Korff, D. (2004) Technology development and its effect on privacy and law enforcement. Information Commissioner's Office.

Working papers

• Brown, I. (2006) UK government surveillance powers. Research Note.
• Carlberg, K., Brown, I. and Beard, C. (2005) Framework for Supporting Emergency Telecommunications Service (ETS) in IP Telephony. RFC 4190.

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Teaching

Courses taught at the OII

• Internet Technologies and Regulation

  Exploring the interplay between social and technological shaping of the Internet, and associated policy implications. It outlines the Internet's origins and technical architecture and its embeddedness in a long history of communication technologies.

DPhil students supervised at the OII

Current students

• Alissa Cooper

  Thesis title to be confirmed.

• Mahmood Enayat

  Opening the Black Box of Internet Filtering in Iran

• Chrysanthi Papoutsi

  Integration of Electronic Patient Records and Information Privacy in HIV Clinics

Completed students

• Fadhila Haeri Mazanderani

  Information As Care: Reconnecting Internet Use, HIV and Health

• Wolf Richter

  'Better' Regulation Through Social Entrepreneurship? Innovative and Market-Based Approaches to Address the Digital Challenge to Copyright Regulation

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Webcasts

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  International Perspectives on Net Neutrality: A Policy Seminar

  Recorded on: 17 March 2010 Duration: 02:04:23

  This policy seminar provides three complementary assessments of the relationships between advocacy, rulemaking, and legislation around Net Neutrality, based on data from Canada, the United States, and the UK.

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  The Future of the Internet: Private Sheriffs in Cyberspace

  Recorded on: 19 May 2009 Duration: 01:10:29

  Jonathan Zittrain discusses the ways in which online life will be regulated largely by people and institutions bearing no badges or government affiliation. Do private sheriffs help avoid cumbersome and ill-considered government intervention?

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  Social Networking Conference. Session 2: Intimate Relationships and Online Social Networks

  Recorded on: 7 April 2008 Duration: 00:38:11

  A discussion of intimate relationships and online social networks, covering intimate relationships and online social networks: 'Netiquette within Married Couples' and 'Stalking 2.0. Social Networking and Privacy: Incompatible Ideas?'.

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  Gov 2.0, or Truly Transformative Government, Part 1

  Recorded on: 22 January 2008 Duration: 00:22:24

  Introduction. Does the contemporary Internet have lessons for why government and public services fail to engage people?

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News

• Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions

  28 November 2011 Parliament TV

  Ian Brown gives evidence to Parliament's Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions on the difficulties in stopping a specific piece of information appearing anywhere on the Internet.

• E-borders: 'poor, inefficient and over-hyped'

  23 November 2011 BBC Radio 4

  Is the technology introduced at entry points to the UK fit for purpose? Some immigration officers think it is not. Ian Brown contributes to the debate on the security of the UK's borders for Radio 4's Today Programme.

• Supreme Court case shows confusion over GPS tracking

  16 November 2011 New Scientist

  Is the use of GPS tracking devices without a warrant an unacceptable intrusion, or just another crime-fighting tool? As the US Supreme court considers the question, a profusion of GPS jammers risks creation of GPS–free zones. Ian Brown comments.

• Life-logging and online personal data; the effects on privacy, economy, society and people's psychology; in new report; "To log or not to log?"

  11 November 2011 European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA)

  Ian Brown is an author of the EU's cyber security agency ENISA's report on the future impact of life-logging and online personal data: "To log or not to log? Risks and benefits of emerging life-logging technologies".

• IT giants 'ripping off Whitehall', say MPs

  28 July 2011 BBC

  The Public Administration Committee (PAC) finds that "current arrangements have led to a perverse situation in which governments have wasted an obscene amount of public money" on big government IT projects. Helen Margetts and Ian Brown gave evidence.

• Newspaper phone-hacking scandal goes beyond voicemail

  12 July 2011 New Scientist

  As the extent of the phone-hacking scandal at News International is revealed, security and privacy expert Ian Brown tells New Scientist that British lawmakers were alerted to the risks from hackers and corrupt insiders, but chose to ignore warnings.

• The Report

  28 April 2011 BBC Radio 4

  Will this year's census be the last of its kind and do possible alternatives threaten privacy? Ian Brown comments that a mega-data base would be a dangerous threat to privacy and risks being misused.

• Apple iPhone tracks users' location in hidden file

  26 April 2011 Daily Telegraph

  iPhone users have been alerted to data held by Apple which tracks their movements. In a comment to the Daily Telegraph, privacy expert Ian Brown says the company should have been more open.

• NHS research system could breach patient confidentiality

  8 February 2011 ComputerWeekly.com

  Article on concerns over a new NHS patient database system mentions that Dr Ian Brown of the OII wrote to the British Medical Journal (BMJ) expressing concerns about privacy.

• NHS 'misleads patients' over sharing medical records with drug firms

  4 February 2011 The Telegraph

  Article on concerns over a new NHS patient database system mentions that Dr Ian Brown of the OII wrote to the British Medical Journal (BMJ) expressing concerns about privacy.

• China's Internet Spying

  24 January 2011 Asian Sentinel

  'Reducing Systemic Cybersecurity Risk' the study co-authored by Ian Brown is quoted in an article about allegations of Chinese government sponsored computer hacking, suggesting that attacks could be government originated, but not necessarily.

• Cyber war is unlikely, says Oxford study

  18 January 2011 Indian Express

  Coverage of the OECD study 'Reducing Systemic Cybersecurity Risk' coauthored by Ian Brown.

• Cyber warfare is unlikely

  18 January 2011 BBC Radio Oxford

  Coverage of the OECD study 'Reducing Systemic Cybersecurity Risk' coauthored by Ian Brown, on Joel Hammer morning news show.

• OECD Security Report: Cyber Attacks Will Be Weapon in Future Wars

  18 January 2011 Voice of America

  Coverage of the OECD study 'Reducing Systemic Cybersecurity Risk' coauthored by Ian Brown.

• Risk of devastating cyber attack still relatively low: OECD report

  18 January 2011 Vancouver Sun

  Coverage of the OECD study 'Reducing Systemic Cybersecurity Risk' coauthored by Ian Brown.

• Cyber attacks could create "perfect storm" - OECD

  17 January 2011 Reuters

  Coverage of the OECD study 'Reducing Systemic Cybersecurity Risk' coauthored by Ian Brown.

• Cyber Attacks Set to Increase

  17 January 2011 The Wall Street Journal

  Coverage of the OECD study 'Reducing Systemic Cybersecurity Risk' coauthored by Ian Brown.

• Hackers will not be deterred by UK cyber defences, report warns

  17 January 2011 The Guardian

  Coverage of the OECD study 'Reducing Systemic Cybersecurity Risk' coauthored by Ian Brown.

• OECD report outlines risks of cyber warfare

  17 January 2011 Computer Weekly

  Coverage of the OECD study 'Reducing Systemic Cybersecurity Risk' coauthored by Ian Brown.

• Study: unlikely there will ever be a pure ‘cyber war’

  17 January 2011 University of Oxford

  Heavy lobbying, lurid language and poor analysis are inhibiting government planning for cyber protection, according to a new report on Systemic Cyber Security published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

• Apocalypse in Cyberspace? It's Overdone

  16 January 2011 The New York Times

  Coverage of the OECD study 'Reducing Systemic Cybersecurity Risk' coauthored by Ian Brown.

• 2010, the year that privacy died?

  31 December 2010 BBC News

  After a year in which the attitude of both Facebook and Google to personal data and privacy has been in the headlines, Ian Brown predicts legal changes over the next few years to make service providers more liable for content.

• Wikileaks' struggle to stay online

  7 December 2010 BBC News

  Ian Brown is quoted on the difficulties in finding sources of denial-of-service attacks on the Wikileaks website. Joss Wright says that in any case the information has already been released.

• Risks of cyber war 'over-hyped' says OECD study

  17 November 2010 BBC News

  Coverage of the OECD study 'Reducing Systemic Cybersecurity Risk' coauthored by Ian Brown.

• Newshour on BBC World Service - Net Neutrality

  7 August 2010 BBC World Service

  Ian Brown says that there will be a real battle in Capitol Hill over Google retaining equal access to the internet or charging for faster connections: 'President Obama was elected on a platform of maintaining net neutrality.'

• Behind the Blackberry Ban

  6 August 2010 Al Jazeera

  Ian Brown comments on the ban of Blackberry Instant messenger function by Saudi Arabia pointing out that Research in Motion have already been persuaded to give countries like China and India the ability to look at traffic flow through Blackberry networks.

• 'Inside Story': The UAE suspends Blackberry services

  2 August 2010 Al-Jazeera

  Ian Brown discusses the UAE suspension of Blackberry services on Al Jazeera's 'Inside Story'. Are government concerns about threats posed by devices like the Blackberry legitimate and how much do such restrictions harm freedom of expression and privacy?

• £10,000 bill for friend to pay over Facebook paedophile 'joke'

  27 July 2010 London Metro

  Commenting on the High Court award of £10,000 in libel damages to a student accused of being a paedophile on Facebook by a former friend, Ian Brown suggests that people should be more careful who they allow to post pictures on their site.

• James Murdoch vs The British Library

  6 June 2010 The Guardian

  Ian Brown comments on challenges to copyright law.

• Facebook, Google and Twitter: custodians of our most intimate secrets

  25 May 2010 The Guardian

  Ian Brown quoted on the wealth of personal information held about us by online companies.

• Google admits wi-fi data collection blunder

  15 May 2010 BBC News

  Ian Brown expects law suits to follow Google error in Street View data collection.

• Where the parties stand on free speech

  22 April 2010 The Guardian

  Ian Brown questions party representatives on their attitude to the Digital Economy Bill.

• Innovation: Sending botnets the way of smallpox

  10 March 2010 New Scientis

  Ian Brown contributes to discussion on how to combat malware: 'Government-enforced inoculation programmes would be "enormously controversial", he says.'

• National: US scientists crack 'anonymous' datasets

  24 January 2010 The Observer

  Ian Brown comments on the successful de-anonymisation of 'anonymous' datasets: '[...] Epidemiologists say they could do interesting research if they had access to more anonymous data. This shows it is difficult to do that in a way that can't be reversed.'

• Analysis: Index's experts on Hillary Clinton's internet freedom speech

  21 January 2010 Index on Censorship

  Ian Brown: 'Hillary Clinton's support for online freedom is welcome. I hope it leads to a push for Internet companies to make that freedom meaningful.'

• Now, motion-sensing phones that predict your every move

  14 December 2009 Little About

  Comment by Ian Brown on a system that learns users' behaviour patterns to provide them with an enhanced cellphone service.

• Can creative industries survive digital onslaught?

  3 November 2009 Financial Times

  Ian Brown discusses the issue of how media businesses that provide content can survive against free online providers of news and other files. New business models are needed, he argues

• Beijing eases back on harsh plan for online censorship

  20 June 2009 The Globe and Mail

  Ian Brown comments on Chinese Government plans to install filtering software on all new computers. '"The reaction that the initial announcement elicited in China, it does seem to have caused the Chinese government to slightly back off,” said Ian Brown'

• Oxford Internet Institute Sets Out the Privacy Threats in 2009

  30 April 2009 New Media Knowledge

  Privacy and identity protection online is of constant concern to Internet users. New Media Knowledge speaks to Dr Ian Brown of the Oxford Internet Institute to get his diagnosis on the state of Internet privacy in the UK today

• Call to scrap 'illegal databases'

  23 March 2009 BBC News

  'A quarter of all government databases are illegal and should be scrapped or redesigned, according to a report by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust': Ian Brown is one of the authors of the 'Database State' Report

• Quarter of state databases "should be scrapped"

  23 March 2009 Reuters

  'A quarter of government databases in Britain should be scrapped or redesigned because they are fundamentally flawed and probably illegal, a report from a social justice think-tank said': Ian Brown is one of the authors of the 'Database State' Report

• Quarter of UK's databases are 'illegal'

  23 March 2009 The Independent

  'Researchers called for 11 systems assessed as "almost certainly illegal" under human rights or data protection law to be scrapped or substantially redesigned': Ian Brown is one of the authors of the 'Database State' Report

• Right to privacy broken by a quarter of UK's public databases, says report

  23 March 2009 The Guardian

  'A quarter of all the largest public-sector database projects, including the ID cards register, are fundamentally flawed and clearly breach European data protection and rights laws, according to a report published today': Ian Brown is one of the authors

• 10 government databases 'will break the law'

  22 March 2009 Times Online

  'At least 10 of the giant government databases built or planned by ministers unlawfully breach privacy, according to a report': Ian Brown is one of the authors of the 'Database State' Report

• One in four government websites illegal

  22 March 2009 The Telegraph

  'One in four Government databases are illegal under human rights or data protection and should be scrapped immediately, a panel of experts have warned': Ian Brown is one of the authors of the 'Database State' Report

• Data time limit stirs search engine debate

  11 December 2008 Financial Times

  'Ian Brown, privacy expert at the Oxford Internet Institute described Microsoft's pledge as a "positive step forward". "It's a real pity organisations such as Google have resisted reducing their retention rates further."'

• Google lehnt schärferen Datenschutz ab

  11 December 2008 Handelsblatt.com

  Dr Ian Brown comments on Microsoft's customer data pledge

• Russia and China accused of harbouring cybercriminals

  9 December 2008 Times Online

  'Russia and China are protecting gangs of criminals engaged in cybercrimes such as internet fraud, blackmail and money laundering, a study says today': Ian Brown is one of the authors of the annual Virtual Criminology Report

• Grant winners

  4 September 2008 Times Higher Education

  Dr Ian Brown wins research funding for Privacy Value Networks (PVNets) Project, which 'will generate a detailed understanding of individuals' and organisations' conceptions of privacy and identity across a range of contexts and time frames'

• Experts: Internet filtering and censorship rife

  21 August 2008 CNN.com

  'Believe the conspiracy theories: Out of sight and without your knowledge, governments truly are filtering what you see on the Internet': Jonathan Zittrain and Ian Brown comment on Internet filtering and circumvention

• How Big Brother watches your every move

  17 August 2008 The Telegraph

  'With every telephone call, swipe of a card and click of a mouse, information is being recorded, compiled and stored about Britain's citizens': Ian Brown comments on user data held by search engines and ISPs

• Why satnavs are a detective's best friend

  3 July 2008 New Scientist

  Ian Brown comments on data privacy: 'It seems likely that secure deletion of personal data will become a popular feature of this type of device sooner rather than later," he says.'

• Cybercrime agency faces cuts as computer raid threats grow

  4 December 2007 Times Online

  'Ian Brown, of Oxford University, one of the report's authors, said that attacks traced back to China have been found attempting to crack Whitehall passwords'

• MI5 alert on China's cyberspace spy threat

  1 December 2007 Times Online

  'Ian Brown, of Oxford University, one of the report's authors, said that attacks traced back to China have been found attempting to crack Whitehall passwords'

• Biometrics are definitely not the answer to the HMRC debacle

  29 November 2007 New Statesman

  Ian Brown and colleagues write an open letter to Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights

• Biometrics won't fix data loss problems

  27 November 2007 The Register

  Ian Brown and colleagues write an open letter to Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights, expressing their dismay at the way biometrics has been used as a magic wand which would have supposedly stopped Darling's great data giveaway

• ID cards criticised as 'fairy tale'

  27 November 2007 Computing

  'The national biometric identity card programme should be suspended until security fears have been eliminated, according to a group of academics'. Ian Brown and colleagues write an open letter to Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights

• Lost disc fiasco could scupper ID card scheme

  27 November 2007 Daily Mail

  'Leading academics have rounded on the Government's "fairytale view" of the technology needed to make the scheme work on its introduction in 2009.' Ian Brown and colleagues write an open letter to Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights

• Modern killers turn to video to get message out

  7 November 2007 Reuters

  Ian Brown comments on the posting on YouTube of a clip announcing a school shooting in Finland: '"New technologies like the Internet get used by a very wide range of people and unfortunately including in events like this," he said.'

• Burma's cyber-dissidents

  26 September 2007 BBC News

  Ian Brown on the Burmese government's control of Internet use: 'The Burmese government has a very repressive filtering regime... but it can be a bit inconsistent'

• Safety fears over new register of all children

  27 August 2007 Times Online

  'Ian Brown, a computer security research fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, said that the scale of the database posed huge risks'

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Blog

• Can the world agree on free speech principles?

  Ian Brown on 24 Jan 2012 23:39PM

  Prof. Timothy Garton Ash and his team at St Antony's College have just launched their fascinating new free speech project, FreeSpeechDebate:Ten draft principles for global free speech are laid out, together with explanations and case studies – all for [...]

• Giving evidence to Privacy and Injunctions Committee

  Ian Brown on 29 Nov 2011 18:38PM

  Yesterday I gave evidence to Parliament's Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions. I tried to explain the difficulties in stopping a specific piece of information appearing anywhere on the Internet, particularly in user-generated content and on social [...]

• Two workshops

  Privacy Value Networks on 24 Nov 2011 16:32PM

  As PVN draws to a close, we will be having two final workshops to disseminate some our results. Please join us! Anonymity, Privacy, and Open Data Wednesday 7 December 2011 16:00 – 18:00 Location: Church House Conference Centre, Dean’s Yard, [...]

• Internet freedom: EU v US

  Ian Brown on 12 Nov 2011 11:04AM

  A couple of weeks back, I was honoured to give the second seminar in George Washington Law School's distinguished speaker series on Internet Freedom and Human Rights. I discussed Europe's approach to this topic, on which there has been virtual silence in [...]

• Unconference on privacy and financial inclusion

  Privacy Value Networks on 7 Sep 2011 09:06AM

  PVN is organising an ‘unconference’ on 20th September at Birkbeck College in London. This will be an informal event whose theme will be ‘the role of privacy in achieving social inclusion through financial inclusion’. The aim of the day is to foster [...]

• Best Short Paper Award at British HCI Conference 2011

  Privacy Value Networks on 9 Jul 2011 14:00PM

  My short paper ‘The Internet as an Empowering Technology for Stigmatized Groups: a Case Study of Weight Loss Bloggers’ has won the Best Short Paper Award at the 25th BCS Conference on Human Computer Interaction HCI 2011. HCI 2011 is the leading conference [...]

• ENISA reform at the European Parliament

  Ian Brown on 26 May 2011 14:25PM

  This afternoon I'm giving evidence to the European Parliament's industry committee at an expert hearing on the future of the European Network and Information Security Agency. Here is the text of my prepared remarks:ENISA's role in light of current [...]

• Security and Privacy in Implantable Medical Devices

  Ian Brown on 6 Apr 2011 09:10AM

  Last week I was in Lausanne to speak at a workshop on Security and Privacy in Implantable Medical Devices. It was amazing to see some of the body sensors and actuators being developed by bioengineering researchers and companies. You can see my slides on [...]

• Privacy, trust and biometrics in Bangalore

  Ian Brown on 21 Mar 2011 06:03AM

  If you're near Bangalore, you might be interested in the talk I'm giving this afternoon at the Indian Institute of Science on Privacy, Trust and Biometrics. This is a hot topic in India right now, due to the government's plans for a high-tech national [...]

• Hillary Clinton's Internet Freedom 2.0 speech

  Ian Brown on 16 Feb 2011 11:50AM

  Hillary Clinton gave a second speech yesterday on the subject of Internet freedom. Here is my response, written for Index on Censorship:Hillary Clinton is right to say “the choices we make today will determine what the Internet looks like in the future”. [...]

• The Information Management and Technology Strategies of the NHS Executive

  Ian Brown on 15 Feb 2011 16:41PM

  This is a second document from Philip Virgo on the history of the NHS National Programme for IT.THE 1992 & 1998 INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIES OF THE NHS EXECUTIVE (PAC 1999-2000/38)Benefits The key high level statement in Information [...]

• Public Accounts Committee hearing on the NHS Information Management Strategy

  Ian Brown on 15 Feb 2011 14:44PM

  Philip Virgo has written an excellent summary of the continuing problems of the National Health Service's National Programme for IT. As useful background he has dug up the following evidence given to the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee back in [...]

• Reducing systemic cybersecurity risk

  Ian Brown on 17 Jan 2011 08:45AM

  The OECD has today published a study by myself and Prof. Peter Sommer on Reducing Systemic Cybersecurity Risk:The authors have concluded that very few single cyber-related events have the capacity to cause a global shock. Governments nevertheless need to [...]

• Learning for Change: the view from 1982

  Ian Brown on 20 Dec 2010 13:36PM

  My colleague Philip Virgo recently dug up his 1982 article on the implications of new-fangled computing technology for education. Through the magic of online OCR, the text is below. Do leave comments on where, with 30 years of hindsight, you think Philip [...]

• Updating the UK's communications law framework

  Ian Brown on 20 Dec 2010 15:09PM

  The UK government has been consulting over amendments to communications law as a result of recent EU activity. I've contributed to two consultation responses regarding lawful interception and the EU Electronic Communications Framework. Thanks to [...]

• Presentations from final workshop

  Towards a Future Internet on 23 Nov 2010 10:25AM

  Here are the team presentations from yesterday’s final project workshop: Colin Blackman Rafael Popper Lara Srivastava Simon Forge Ian Brown View more presentations from Ian Brown.

• Mike Nelson’s view of the future Internet

  Towards a Future Internet on 22 Nov 2010 11:05AM

  Prof. Mike Nelson gave a great keynote speech this morning at our final workshop in Brussels. He left conference participants with some recommended reading: David Bollier (2010) The Promise and Peril of Big Data, Aspen Institute The Digital Due Process [...]

• Communications Data Retention in an Evolving Internet

  Ian Brown on 21 Nov 2010 11:15AM

  The International Journal of Law and Information Technology has just published my new article, Communications Data Retention in an Evolving Internet. I hope this will prove useful for the debate coming any day now as the UK government relaunches its [...]

• Openness and innovation in the information society

  Ian Brown on 20 Nov 2010 12:15PM

  This week I've been in Luxembourg to speak at the European Media Days hosted by the Centre National de l'Audiovisuel. Here is my presentation:Openness and innovation in the information societyView more presentations from Ian Brown.

• Final Report available for comment

  Towards a Future Internet on 18 Nov 2010 22:24PM

  The Final Report for the study is now available. Thanks to all those who have participated in the study at workshops and in the Delphi survey. Comments below are most welcome.