behaviour

The sound of chickens coming home to roost

The sound of chickens coming home to roost

The issue of privacy, or more generally and accurately the issue of who owns what data, and the rights and obligations associated with the use of that data have clearly shot up the public agenda. A term that a few years ago would have been associated with what you could and couldn’t do or say in your own home is now the topic of daily discussion in the context of Google, Facebook, the NSA and GCHQ... »

Personal data, privacy and the internet – A big picture perspective

Personal data, privacy and the internet – A big picture perspective

Social psychologists have a neat equation that summarises the drivers that shape our behaviour: B = P x S where B=behaviour, P=person and S=situation What’s implied by this is that what we do and how we do it is partly driven by the kind of person we are: extroverted or introverted, generous or mean, nervous or confident and so on. That’s the individual psychology bit. But another large part is dr... »