How the Internet has changed and the law hasn't - a Reality Check! Andrew Scott-Howman Partner

Where we started: Web 1.0 Access to Internet was a novelty Propensity for mischief was constrained Inappropriate content was our focus

Access to Internet was a novelty

Propensity for mischief was constrained

Inappropriate content was our focus

Where are we now: Web 1.0 Still some lingering problems … (viral emails, pornography) … and some new hurdles … but the real story is Web 2.0

Still some lingering problems … (viral emails, pornography) … and some new hurdles … but the real story is Web 2.0

Web 2.0 A change in the way that people use the internet  social, attitudinal New threats and new opportunities

A change in the way that people use the internet  social, attitudinal

New threats and new opportunities

What we’ll do today:

Social Networking

Facebook Some history Some statistics

Some history

Some statistics

Facebook – how it works: Creation of “profile” Establishing “friends” Joining “groups”

Creation of “profile”

Establishing “friends”

Joining “groups”

Facebook – how it works: News feed Hosting and attending “events” Other applications  Employer can’t monitor!!

News feed

Hosting and attending “events”

Other applications  Employer can’t monitor!!

Data-mining Prospective hires (embarrassing info?) Opinions of friends Were you really ill?

Prospective hires (embarrassing info?)

Opinions of friends

Were you really ill?

Big Brother

Candidate targeting and recruitment Creation of group for recruitment Headhunting Alumni

Creation of group for recruitment

Headhunting

Alumni

Union use Organising and campaigning Discrimination?

Organising and campaigning

Discrimination?

What about HR use? Creation of bespoke network Interaction, communication  experiment at HRCapitalist.com

Creation of bespoke network

Interaction, communication

Social Networks: the issues Your employees are using : but you can’t monitor For you? Data-mining, candidate targeting And what about for your own organisation?

Your employees are using : but you can’t monitor

For you? Data-mining, candidate targeting

And what about for your own organisation?

Blogs What are they? How do they work?

What are they?

How do they work?

What are the threats? Getting “Dooced”? Kaikeri t/a McDonalds v Davis

Getting “Dooced”?

Kaikeri t/a McDonalds v Davis

What about opportunities? Getting comments from staff on intranet Wikis : New Zealand Police A public profile?

Getting comments from staff on intranet

Wikis : New Zealand Police

A public profile?

What else is out there? Video resumes

Video resumes

What else is out there? RSS feeds Google Reader

RSS feeds

Google Reader

Some final thoughts Time-wasting Bandwidth theft Update your policies

Time-wasting

Bandwidth theft

Update your policies

How the Internet has changed and the law hasn't - a Reality Check! Andrew Scott-Howman Partner