Michael Hawes

Privacy pro, travel enthusiast, and (per the NY Times) a “career data nerd”

[Data Foundation @data_foundation]

TOMORROW: Join us for the first of a 3-part series to discuss the vision of #privacy protected use of data under the #EvidenceAct! Hear from:
🔹@uscensusbureau's @mbhawes
🔹@ICPSR's @MCLevenstein
🔹@futureofprivacy's @SheaSwauger
https://t.co/ufvNeKNFQX @RWJF

[Michael Hawes @mbhawes]

Truth! It’s even more challenging when you try to find secure smart bulb versions for each different type!

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

A reminder today that we can all be gruntled, ruthful, mayed, ept, couth, kempt, feckful and full of gorm.

Each is a lost positive from the dictionary, just waiting for a comeback.

[Future of Privacy Forum @futureofprivacy]

"The @FTC showed that identity theft disproportionately impacts marginalized communities. #Data minimization plays a key role in making sure marginalized communities are safer online," says FPF's @BMLeeJR at today's @EnergyCommerce hearing.

Tune in here:
https://t.co/8Q1wvbGxMd

[Michael Hawes @mbhawes]

Just about time to don the lucky shoes! #duke #bluedevils #gthc

[Michael Hawes @mbhawes]

.@ameliaivance Your #studentprivacy expertise is really unparalleled! Can’t wait to see what’s in store with the new direction you’re taking it!

[Amelia Vance @ameliaivance]

Exciting news: after 5 incredible years at @futureofprivacy, I have started Public Interest Privacy Consulting (https://t.co/lg9ekQN5hd), focusing on all things #childprivacy and #studentprivacy 🎆

Read more here: https://t.co/xIiIMpGtrg

[Nick Hart, PhD @NickRHart]

Hawes: "for any given data release there is an inevitable tradeoff between access and privacy..." but it's not linear. In most cases "there is substantial room for improvement" when it comes to access and protection.

[U.S. Census Bureau @uscensusbureau]

We’re proud that the 2020 Census Disclosure Avoidance System was recognized by the 2021 Tech Spotlight at Harvard Kennedy School’s @BelferCenter for demonstrating a commitment to minimizing technological harms and protecting privacy.

Learn more: https://t.co/WhLHt8oVmL

[“Mark Berman” @markberman]

Honestly, I am just so impressed with all of the people who were epidemiology experts a few months ago and suddenly are election law experts now, the work and training these folks are putting in before confidently declaring Takes on twitter, it just leaves me in awe

[Michael Hawes @mbhawes]

LOL. Election night woes!

[Mark Horowitz @MarkHorowitz]

Just back from the liquor store and the line was around the block with a two-hour wait.

[Antonia @Flaminhaystack]

*THREAD*

After buying a house with his wife, who suffers from allergies, Tom Ogren wanted to get rid of anything on his property that might trigger an attack.

He began examining the neighbourhood when he noticed something unusual
Every single tree was male

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[Michael Hawes @mbhawes]

Truth! But boy do I feel great when I have the 40hrs in 8hrs days!

[Sasha Perigo @sashaperigo]

With ADHD I have exactly three types of work days:

✔️ Get absolutely nothing done
✔️ Get 4 hours of work done, at a random time of day
✔️ Get 40 hours of work done in 8 hours

[maeve @maevet1]

Sometimes u go for a run but the run does not go for you

[Michael Hawes @mbhawes]

Interested in #differentialprivacy? Check out my article in the current issue of the Harvard Data Science Review "Implementing Differential Privacy: Seven Lessons from the 2020 United States Census" @TheHDSR #2020Census https://t.co/UxKHs9qlGD

[Amelia Vance @ameliaivance]

Heartbroken to hear about @jreidenberg. A really great man and an incredible privacy scholar, studying how #studentprivacy was playing out in state and local policies way before most people started paying attention. He is and will be missed.

[Michael Hawes @mbhawes]

@jrstrauss @EJSbrocco Strictly speaking, yes, 4/1 is the reference date. That said, people have been completing the Census for weeks already, so it’s not quite that definitive.

[Michael Hawes @mbhawes]

Struggling to understand Differential Privacy? Try watching this video from @minutephysics https://t.co/i4H8a91rAp

[Michael Hawes @mbhawes]

This was one of my most popular FERPA presentations over the years. Thanks @FERPASherpa for recording it!

[Student Privacy Compass @SPrivacyCompass]

What do you do when your dog is trying to take over the #edtech world? Analyze his proposed privacy policy! Check out this fun example of good and bad clauses under FERPA in this video with @usedgov: https://t.co/AP3zxW1HYe #studentprivacy

[Techni-Calli @Iwillleavenow]

The two kinds of privacy policies:

1) This is ten thousand words and most of them require a legal dictionary and engineering degree to understand.

2) This policy is two paragraphs long, called me bro, and told me to chillax about my data because “they got this.”