UN human rights watchdog sends Apple letter over China VPN demands
The letter follows Apple removing VPN apps from its China App Store after a change in the country’s law. Source: […]
August 2017
The Guardian view on data protection: a vital check on power
The UK government plans to harmonise our data protection laws with the EU’s. This is necessary and sensible, too. Source: […]
Clear and universal – the right to privacy at the 120th Session of the Human Rights Committee
What do Honduras, Pakistan, and Switzerland have in common? They all happened to be under the scrutiny of the UN […]
This Shadowy Company Is Flying Spy Planes Over US Cities
It has tracked cell phones for military training and flown a camera that can watch over a city for hours […]
Five actions US Congress may take on self-driving cars
Lawmakers are exploring ways to speed up the deployment of self-driving cars as the auto industry and safety advocates clamor […]
Disney turns to AI to track filmgoers’ true feelings about its films
Movie studios have a long tradition of testing out new films to see how audiences react before launching them in […]
Blippar To Use Computer Vision To Improve Location Targeting
Engineers at augmented reality startup Blippar believe they have developed technology to improve marketing and ad campaigns by helping to […]
Reidentification ban is not a solution
When governments acknowledged that computer hacking is increasingly made by criminals, hacking techniques employed by criminals were simply banned. This […]
The right to be forgotten is the right to have an imperfect past
The data protection bill is about refusing to hand over ownership of our identity to Google and Facebook – because we […]
UK government publishes cyber security guidance for driverless cars
The UK government has issued new guidelines aimed at improving cyber protection for smart and driverless vehicles, ahead of planned […]
UK citizens to get more rights over personal data under new laws
New legislation will give people right to force online traders and social media to delete personal data and will comply […]
Apple files patent for screen with privacy-viewing options
Application describes technology integrated with a device display to restrict its angle of view. Source: Apple files patent for screen […]