Forbes Technology Council weighed in on whether a "smartphones off" policy will work and, if so, whether it will spread beyond French schools.
The facts are that the Internet and the World Wide Web are not the same thing, that Moore's law is actually about the number of transistors in a computer chip and not in a smartphone, and private policy does not necessarily mean that companies keep the information they collect on users.
Most schools have some sort of policy regarding smartphone use, amid concerns over cyberbullying and online pornography.
The Tateuchi Center in Bellevue, Wash., is expected to open in 2014 with a policy of smartphone laissez-faire, as a bet that allowing technological engagement will draw younger audiences.
In a statement, Ms. Harris's office said that only 5 percent of mobile apps offer a privacy policy, leaving smartphone owners in the dark about what developers, advertisers and analytic services do with their "location, contacts, identity, messages and photos".
Forty-seven per cent agreed with the statement: 'university policy regarding smartphone usage in medical education would be beneficial' (students 60%, residents 29% and faculty 51%).
There are a number of travel insurance smartphone apps that allow you to review your policy and contact your company in an emergency.
There are companies that try to do this, but it creates a tyrannical work environment, and, besides, the spread of smartphones renders such a policy increasingly unenforceable.
Few companies have formal policies about smartphone use in meetings, according to Nancy Flynn, the executive director of the ePolicy Institute, a consulting group in Columbus, Ohio.
Very few companies have policies on smartphone use in meetings, which leaves it up to employees to feel their way across uncertain terrain.
