Privacy International – Data Trail from This is Real Art on Vimeo.

Privacy International, the oldest surviving privacy advocacy group in the world, has just released their study “European Privacy and Human Rights (EPHR) 2010“, funded by the European Commission’s Special Programme “Fundamental Rights and Citizenship”. As part of the report’s release they commissioned this video from This Is Real Art which demonstrates how people’s data exhaust can allow them to be tracked without their knowledge.

If you would like to gain some insight into how your data exhaust is tracked, I suggest that you download Collusion, a Firefox add-on by Mozilla Labs employee Atul Varma. The add-on tracks sites you visit and their connections to advertising entities that engage in “behavioral tracking”. If you do not use Firefox, a demonstration of Collusion is available online.

A TED Talk from TEDGlobal 2011 that offers librarians plenty to think about regarding our role in ensuring that citizens maintain freedom of expression and privacy on the Internet.

In this powerful talk from TEDGlobal, Rebecca MacKinnon describes the expanding struggle for freedom and control in cyberspace, and asks: How do we design the next phase of the Internet with accountability and freedom at its core, rather than control? She believes the internet is headed for a “Magna Carta” moment when citizens around the world demand that their governments protect free speech and their right to connection.

Foursquare signed up their 6,000,000th member last week and have release this infographic to give an overview of the service in 2010. So, what will 2011 bring for location based services? Is your library doing anything with Foursquare or one of the many other services?

Another great video from Jess3, The State of Wikipedia

It is with great excitement that we present to you our newest installment in the “State of” series: The State of Wikipedia. This 3.5 minute video, narrated by none other than Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales, launches alongside the 10-year anniversary of the web-based encyclopedia.

The Twitterverse graphic was originally created by Brian Solis and Jess3. Oneforty has transformed it into an interactive map, so you can now click any application and learn about it. Fun!