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<title><![CDATA[Exploring the Economics of Personal Data: A Survey of Methodologies for Measuring Monetary Value ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report takes an initial look at methodologies to measure and estimate the monetary value of personal data, which is creating economic and social value at an increasing pace. But measuring and estimating its value is difficult. This is because not only a huge amount of personal data is being generated, but also as it is used in many different situations and for numerous purposes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Protecting and Empowering Consumers in the Purchase of Digital Content Products]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[While consumer demand for digital goods has increased rapidly in recent years, a range of challenges undermine confidence in the market and require policy attention. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 15:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Egypt can use ICTs to drive public sector reform]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Egypt can use ICTs to drive public sector reform]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Insights: Stimulating competition through open access networks]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Even though the term “open access” is widely used in policy discussions surrounding broadband networks, there is little universal agreement as to what it means. A new OECD report helps to shed some light on this important concept by examining how and why open access policies have been implemented in communication markets around the world.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 13:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD broadband statistics update]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD has just released an update on broadband penetration rates as of June 2012. It finds that mobile broadband subscriptions have reached nearly 700 million in OECD countries. Switzerland and Korea continue to top the OECD ranking for fixed and wireless broadband. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Smart networks: Coming soon to a home near you]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In 2017 a household with two teenagers will have 25 Internet connected devices. In 2022 this will rise to 50, compared with only 10 today. In households in the OECD alone there will be 14 billion connected devices, up from 1.7 billion today and this doesn’t take into account everything outside the household and outside the OECD. All this leads to the smart world discussed in a new OECD paper.]]></description>
<link>http://oecdinsights.org/2013/01/21/smart-networks-coming-soon-to-a-home-near-you/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2013 14:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Improving the Evidence Base for Information Security and Privacy Policies: Understanding the Opportunities and Challenges related to Measuring Information Security, Privacy and the Protection of Children Online]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report provides an overview of existing data and statistics in the fields of information security, privacy and the protection of children online. It highlights the potential for the development of better indicators in these respective fields showing in particular that there is an underexploited wealth of empirical data that, if mined and made comparable, will enrich the current evidence base for policy making.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/science-and-technology/improving-the-evidence-base-for-information-security-and-privacy-policies_5k4dq3rkb19n-en</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[The Development and Diffusion of Digital Content]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Viewers are watching a growing share of video via Internet-based distribution systems. New digital content distribution services are having appreciable impacts on established media industries and network service providers in many OECD countries. This paper argues that convergence should be taken as the rule, rather than the exception. Careful application of best practices can address most policy concerns.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Cybersecurity: Managing risks for greater opportunities]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[While the nature of cyber attacks continues to include criminal activities motivated by financial gain, the main emerging threats are large-scale denial of service attacks, information leaks, targeted cyber espionage, and the disruption of critical infrastructures.]]></description>
<link>http://oecdinsights.org/2012/11/29/cybersecurity-managing-risks-for-greater-opportunities/</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 13:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD events at the Internet Governance Forum 2012 (Baku, Azerbaijan)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[OECD events at the Internet Governance Forum 2012 (Baku, Azerbaijan)]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[E-books: Developments and Policy Considerations]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report provides background on e-book markets and examines various policy issues. These include differing tax rates in countries between physical books and e-books, consumer lock-in to specific platforms, limitations on how users can read and share their purchased content, and a lack of transparency about how data on their reading habits is used. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/internet/e-booksdevelopmentsandpolicyconsiderations.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD Technology Foresight Forum 2012 - Harnessing data as a new source of growth: Big data analytics and policies]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The 2012 Technology Foresight Forum will focus on the potential of big data analytics as a new source of growth, which could help generate significant economic and social benefits]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/internet/ieconomy/iccptechnologyforesightforum-harnessingdataasanewsourceofgrowthbigdataanalyticsandpolicies.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Internet traffic exchange: 2 billion users and it’s done on a handshake]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Every day one exabyte of data is said to travel over the Internet – enough data to fill 300,000 of the world’s biggest hard disks or 212 million DVDs. And astonishingly, according to a new OECD report on Internet traffic exchange, most of the thousands of networks that exchange this traffic do so without a written contract or formal agreement.]]></description>
<link>http://oecdinsights.org/2012/10/22/internet-traffic-exchange-2-billion-users-and-its-done-on-a-handshake/</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 10:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[OECD launches online portal to boost product safety]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD has launched an online portal to give consumers, businesses and governments quick and easy access to the latest information on products recalled from the market in Australia, Canada, Europe and the United States.]]></description>
<link>http://www.oecd.org/internet/oecdlaunchesonlineportaltoboostproductsafety.htm</link>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Fixed and Mobile Networks: Substitution, Complementarity and Convergence (OECD Digital Economy Paper 206)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mobile providers have garnered a very large share of traditional services, such as telephony, over the past decade. Nevertheless, mobile networks are dependent on fixed networks and could not efficiently meet the rapidly expanding demand of users without the contributions made by fixed broadband networks.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[IT sector booms during downturn, says OECD]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Internet firms continue to drive growth and job creation in the IT industry, with fast-rising demand for mobile services helping to boost revenue and investment in research and development, according to a new OECD report.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Methodology for Constructing Wireless Broadband Price Baskets (OECD Digital Economy Paper 205)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The OECD has adopted a new basket methodology for benchmarking wireless broadband prices. It adds to the existing baskets for voice, leased lines and fixed broadband services and reflects the increasing importance of wireless broadband for laptops, tablets and smartphones.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Report on Consumer Protection in Online and Mobile Payments (OECD Digital Economy Paper 204)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An examination of payments issues is taking place in the context of the review of the OECD’s 1999 guidelines on e-commerce. This report looks at what might need to be amplified or revised to enhance consumer trust and adoption of new and emerging online and mobile payment mechanisms. It reflects contributions made by national delegations, business and civil society.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Universal Service Policies in the Context of National Broadband Plans (OECD Digital Economy Paper 203)]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[This report discusses the main areas in which national strategies to expand broadband networks affect universal service objectives, proposes criteria to rethink the terms of universal service policies, and shares the latest developments across a selected group of OECD countries.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Switzerland tops fixed broadband ranking, while Korea leads in wireless broadband]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Switzerland tops for the first time the OECD fixed broadband ranking, with 39.9 subscribers per 100 inhabitants, followed closely by the Netherlands (39.1) and Denmark (37.9). The OECD average is 25.6, according to new OECD statistics.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 11:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A Secure Internet as an Engine of Economic Growth]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Strengthening Cybersecurity is becoming “the new comparative advantage”, as companies and customers move to countries with safer and more reliable cyber-frameworks, said Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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