In #DataCartels erläutert @SarahLamdan den Plattformkapitalismus im Vergleich zum "Gilded Age" Ende des 19. Jhr., wo großer technischer Aufschwund mit enormen sozialen Verwerfungen einherging und der Aufstieg der Tycoons mit politischer Korruption des spoils system verbunden war. Sieht so aus, als hätten wir jetzt das komplette Set-Up beisammen.
Das Gilded Age war übrigens eine Phase großer Einwanderung und der Präsident hatte wenig Einfluss im Vergleich zum "deep state" der Seilschaften.
Organisierte Verantwortungslosigkeit bei #DataCartels - @sparc hat 200 Third Parties bei #SpringerLink gefunden: "In addition, the SpringerLink Privacy Policy explicitly states that SpringerLink is not responsible for the data collected by third parties through trackers placed on its own website. This policy decision leaves library workers and users without meaningful recourse on how these third parties handle personal data collected from their use of SpringerLink."
Navigating Risk in Vendor Data Privacy Practices: An Analysis of Springer Nature's SpringerLink documents a variety of practices that undermine library privacy standards. SpringerLink provides a case study in the encroachment of the broader surveillance-based data brokering economy into academic systems. Combined with our 2023 report on Elsevier’s ScienceDirect platform, this analysis illustrates the wide range of privacy risks inherent in the business models and practices in the academic scholarship marketplace. Among other findings, the report documents risks related to the 200 named third parties that are allowed to collect information from users of the site (along with what appear to be additional unlisted companies found only in our public website analysis). While the specific privacy concerns posed by SpringerLink are different, our analysis reiterates the findings from our ScienceDirect report: that user tracking that would be unthinkable in a physical library setting now happens routinely through publisher platforms. While this analysis and recommended actions are grounded in the library context, these findings will raise pressing issues for faculty, administrators, and policymakers to consider as well. The report closes with suggested actions that libraries can take over both the short and long term to address vendor privacy risks.
💻Webinar of interest: Penn State Libraries is hosting a talk by Sarah Lamdan, author of Data Cartels, called "Data Cartels and Commercial Barriers to #OpenAccess" for #OpenAccessWeek on Thursday, Oct 24, 1:30-3 pm EDT.
The video teaser and Zoom registration link are at: https://psu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/Open%20Access%20Week%202024/1_kk47lu1x @SarahLamdan #OA #OAWeek #DataCartels
You had an abortion? #ThomsonReuters sells it everywhere.
Meanwhile in other news, a reminder that libraries do business with vendors who sell personal data to ICE - https://theintercept.com/2023/06/20/lexisnexis-ice-surveillance-license-plates/
Reading Data Cartels by Sarah Lamdan is an eye opener to a problem I already knew about. We all knew about. And yet, we knew nothing about at the same time. It makes you wonder why so many state governors are so anti #TikTok when US companies are currently mining data just as well, and just as dangerously. #Data #Information #DataAnalytics #RELX #ThomasReuters #ebook #affiliatelink #DataCartels #LibraryLife
Yes! My copy of Data Cartels just arrived. So ready to drive into this during the weekend. I listened to Library Punk's recent episode with Sarah Lamdan TWICE with my jaw on the ground for much of it.
The way our data is used by data brokers for profit is unbelievable.
#DataCartels #databrokers #data #privacy #lexisnexis #librarypunk
Jetzt hat sich also wieder jemand die Finger verbrannt. Bald werden solche Systeme wahrscheinlich nicht mehr im Schaufenster liegen, aber immer mehr im Backoffice werkeln. Zur Erinnerung: Elsevier arbeitet daran, Peer Review durch AI erledigen zu lassen. Dann sind Forschende aus der Entscheidung, was relevant für den Diskurs ist, verdrängt und stören nicht mehr.
Für die Wochenplanung: Nächste Woche findet die PrivacyWeek des @c3wien statt, und wir sind dabei! Wir wollen mit euch über Data Cartels und surveillance advertising reden und freuen sich auf eine spannende Diskussion - schaut vorbei!
(26.10. 18:00 Uhr)
Hier gibt's mehr Infos über mehr coole Talks, u.a. mit @kattascha: privacyweek.at
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