This week is National Privacy Awareness week. Privacy is a thing I think about a lot in our line of work. It’s an issue that arises every day. In recent weeks several examples have arisen. I’ll blog on those over the next few days.

At a seminar on Accessibility, I spoke about Gov 2.0 issues including social media. Someone asked “We are watching what our students say about us through Twitter.  Is that ethical? “

My first reaction was that they are saying stuff about you in public – why wouldn’t you be watching.? I suggested that if you told them you were listening, you might get a lot more useful information.