Expert on privacy issues in the digital age to speak at OU

On Thursday, March 31, Oakland University will welcome Helen Nissenbaum – professor of media, culture and communication, and Computer Science at New York University and senior faculty fellow of the Information Law Institute – to present a lecture titled "Contextual Integrity: A Theory of Privacy and its Value."

During her presentation, Nissenbaum will discuss how social issues and controversies related center not so much on the act of sharing information itself, but what people view as the inappropriate or improper sharing of information.

In her book, "Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy, and the Integrity of Social Life," she argues that public debate must focus on individuals' control over personal information and how it should be used within workplace, health care, school, familial and friendship contexts.

Sponsored by the SBA's Center for Integrated Business Research and Education, the SurPriSe, faculty learning community, the College of Arts and Sciences' Borders and Frontiers program, the Sociology and Anthropology Department, and the Decision and Information Science Department, the event will take place from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in the Elliott Hall Auditorium on the campus of Oakland University. Interactive and printable maps are available at oakland.edu/map.

For more information on Nissenbaum's lecture, which is free and open to the public, visit oakland.edu/sba or contact Tom Lauer at (248) 370-3278 or lauer@oakland.edu.