[Sigiii-l] Plaza (4)

[Nadia Caidi]

(student)

What in your opinion will be radically changed in your professional life 
and in your personal life as a result of the globalization of the 
information society?

In short, all things written and read. By that I mean to say that my 
data subjectivity is described by the symbols used to trace my 
activities, transactions, purchases, movements, communications, and all 
other manner of actions or promises; tracing and reading these records 
is determined in a global context by privacy legislation, regulations, 
guidelines, and best principles. These tracings comprise my identity, in 
whole and in part. Over and above these quantifiable metrics, I am also 
a being that exists as more than simply the sum of parts represented, 
which in this case are tracings of my humanity. This 
ghost-in-the-machine quality of me is affected by the impositions, roles 
and responsibilities that affect quantifiable metrics about me, such as 
when personally identifiable information is regulated by Privacy 
legislation.

 In a global context, laws and regulations protecting personally 
identifiable information are now roughly twenty to thirty years old. 
Nevertheless, much still remains to be worked out, such as international 
flows of data, use of personally identifiable information by third 
parties, re-use and inconsistent use of information collected for 
another purposes, what can be collected, or what can be sold without the 
knowledge or approval of the individuals to whom it pertains.

 Intending to work as an information professional means making the 
application and maturation of these guidelines, principles, regulations, 
policies and legislation fair, equitable and pragmatic. This means 
interpreting global trends, policies and legislation in an increasingly 
information-reliant global society.


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