Uberveillance - Privacy Horizons: Terra Incognita
Citation: MG Michael and Katina Michael, “Uberveillance: 24/7 x 365 - People Tracking and Monitoring”, Privacy Horizons: Terra Incognita, 29th International Conference on Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (29th Conference internationale des commissaires a la protection des donnees et de la vie privee), 25-28 September 2007, Montreal, Canada, http://www.privacyconference2007.gc.ca/workbooks/pres_wrkshop1_01_michael_e.pdf (Accessed 1 October 2007). Invited talk by Canadian Privacy Commissioner, Ms Jennifer Stoddart.
Uberveillance: 24/7 x 365
People Tracking and Monitoring
MG Michael and Katina Michael
Presenter biographies:
Dr MG Michael
Dr M.G. Michael PhD, MA(Hons), MTh, BTh, BA is a theologian and historian with cross-disciplinary qualifications in the humanities. Michael brings with him a unique perspective on Information Technology and Computer Science. His formal studies are in Ancient History, Theology, Philosophy, Political Sociology, Ethics, and Government. He has studied at Sydney University, the Aristotelean University (Greece), the Sydney College of Divinity, Macquarie University, and more recently at the Australian Catholic University.
Presently he is an honorary fellow in the School of Information Systems and Technology, at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He is the former coordinator of Information & Communication Security Issues and since 2005 has guest-lectured and tutored in Location-Based Services, IT & Citizen Rights, Principles of eBusiness, and IT & Innovation. The focus of his current research extends to modern hermeneutics and the Apocalypse of John; the historical antecedents of modern cryptography; the auto-ID trajectory; and more broadly the system dynamics between technology and society.
Since 2006, Michael has presented papers at numerous IEEE conferences including the International Conference on Mobile Business, the International Conference on Mobile Computing and Ubiquitous Networking, RFID Eurasia, the International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology, and Cultural Attitudes Towards Technology and Communication. He has guest edited the December 2006 volume of Prometheus on the theme of the “Social Implications of National Security”, and co-edited the proceedings of the First Workshop on the Social Implications of National Security on Citizens and Business. He has written papers for Quadrant, Prometheus, the IEEE Symposium on Technology and Society, and the Bulletin of Biblical Studies. He is currently co-authoring a book for an American publisher titled, Innovative Automatic Identification and Location-Based Services: From Bar Codes to Chip Implants. Alongside Dr Katina Michael he has introduced the concepts of ‘überveillance’ and ‘electrophorus’ into the privacy and bioethics literature.
Michael is a member of the Research Network for a Secure Australia (RNSA), the American Academy of Religion, and an associate member of the Association Internationale d’ Études Patristiques. Michael has been the recipient of a number of scholarships and awards.
Dr Katina Michael
Dr Katina Michael PhD (UOW) 2003, BIT (UTS) 1996, Senior Member IEEE '04. Katina is on the IEEE Technology and Society Magazine editorial board, and is the technical editor of the Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research. Her research interests are in the area of location-based services, emerging mobile technologies, national security, and their respective socio-ethical implications. Katina is currently a senior lecturer in the School of Information Systems and Technology, Faculty of Informatics, University of Wollongong, Australia. She teaches eBusiness, strategy, innovation and communication security issues, and is the research administrator of the IP Location Based Services Program. Katina has authored over 40 refereed papers and is currently working towards the completion of her second book. Katina is also studying towards a Masters of Transnational Crime Prevention in the Faculty of Law. She has held several industry positions including as an analyst for United Technologies in 1993, Andersen Consulting in 1996, and a senior network and business planner for Nortel Networks (1996-2001). In her role with Nortel she had the opportunity to consult to telecommunication carriers throughout Asia.