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Workplace Selfies

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Selfies are now so popular (even presidents and the Pope are fans) that in some countries like Russia there is legislation governing selfie taking.   Selfies also seem to have crept into the workplace and can be quite obstructive affecting how employees carry out their duties. As good as selfies are at staff parties, meetings or boot camps, there is also the dark side of work place selfies.   Cases abound of employees taking selfies with clients’ details which are highly confidential clearly displayed in the background.   There are also cases of medical personnel taking pics of patients during surgery or under anesthesia (and heavens help you if you are a celebrity #Joan Rivers). This clearly draws an awkward line for employers in terms of policies put in place on paper but doing nothing to deter employees form violating them. Also the cost to the business in terms of “employer time” taken to strike the right pose for the perfect selfies (which is often a loooooong
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Basic Online Safety

We do practically everything these days online, from shopping to babysitting. How safe are we ? Or do we really care less about needed precautions or simply assume whatever omen internet may bring would always happen to the other guy, our distant or near neighbors, someone in La La Land but not us. How wrong are we. Internet safety is everybody's business from the large retailers to every household. I constantly receive emails in my private inbox from my banks notifying me on how to avoid phishing which are emails purporting to be from them but are spoofs or clones trying to gain access to my personal information like passwords and credit card numbers. A friend once had to shutdown his Facebook account when it was hacked into and sexually explicit materials were there for all to see. The Lord save you if you click on his page! These are some of our everyday life being affected by our daily presence online. To safeguard against this unwanted intrusion and headaches we need t
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Verizon High Speed Internet (DSL)

Hmmm, I finally heaved a sigh relief when I got on another internet provider-Cablevision Optimum. Initially, it was Verizon. Their offers always irressistably mouth watering with plenty of promises and usually cheaper than the rest. As hard as I tried to chose the right network on arriving the States from UK, I fell for Verizon's sugarcoated and persuasive advertisement when they promised $19.99 per month for their fast DSL internet connection. On top of that I added a landline package which brought my bill to a reasonable amount compared to their competitor. But after I was sent the DSL, I had problem getting it started. As hard as I tried, I could not. I had setup internet connections in the past in Europe on different occasions but this was not to be. They promised to get a technician to my house which they did. The technician passed a verdict that the DSL box was faulty and so they had to send me a new one. However as simple as this sound, it was a herculean task getting Ve
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Otelo's Verdict

Hi everyone, It is very encouraging when you see a system that works. The Office of the Telecommunication Ombudsman (Otelo) recently proved this to me by making Lycamobile, one of the various telecommunication companies in the United Kingdom to pay for their mistake. After purchasing a credit voucher of £5.00 on Lycamobile's website, a thing I often do, a message cameup informing me of "failed transaction". On checking my bank statement, I realised Lycamobile had been credited with the money but without the product. I called the company's attention to this, and in fairness to them, they profusedly apologised and promised to resolved the matter in no time. Days rolled into months and yet, I had not received the voucher but each time I called Lycamobile, they kept apologising. I resolved to report to Otelo, who found in my favour and ordered Lycamobile to credit me with £20.00 and a letter of apology. I got the £20.00 but not the letter but was no longer in the UK
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Intro

Hi everyone, It is quite nice to have a blog where I can put down my opinions and share views with different readers. I am a Masters degree holder from one of the UK's leading mordern universities, Robert Gordon University Aberdeen, where I studied International Information Technology Law (LLM). It will be interesting for me to share different topics on ICT and its effects on legislation as this tends to be a major challenge to different countries in the world and the developing nations in particular. Your comments will be welcome.
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