How AT&T’s plan to become the new Facebook could be a privacy nightmare
The unchecked power of telecom giants that want to compete with tech companies creates a perfect storm for privacy violations. While […]
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Health Insurers Tap Data Brokers To Help Predict Costs
Without scrutiny, insurers and data brokers are predicting your health costs based on public data about things like race, marital […]
EU and Japan agreed to create the world’s largest area of safe data flows
On July 17 the EU and Japan successfully concluded their talks on reciprocal adequacy. They agreed to recognise each other’s […]
Should we have any expectation of privacy in public spaces?
“I am sure that at some point we will have to do a more thorough legal examination of the implications […]
Anatomy of a malicious script: how a website can take over your browser
What can a site do to you, or to your device, without your explicit consent? What happens when you visit […]
Lithuania adopts new Law on Legal Protection of Personal Data
The Lithuanian Parliament finally passed the new Law on Legal Protection of Personal Data June 30. The adopted law came into […]
German court rules heirs can access Facebook account of deceased relatives
Heirs in Germany have the right to access the Facebook accounts of their deceased relatives, a court said in a […]
‘Data is a fingerprint’: why you aren’t as anonymous as you think online
So-called ‘anonymous’ data can be easily used to identify everything from our medical records to purchase histories. By analysing a mobile […]
Civil Liberties MEPs back stronger rules for EU institutions
Civil Liberties MEPs approved the deal reached with Council on new rules to strengthen data protection in EU institutions, bodies […]
US, EU must work together in wake of Facebook data breach
With investigations underway in both the U.S. and the EU following the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica data breach, American and […]
Walmart’s Newly Patented Technology For Eavesdropping On Workers Presents Privacy Concerns
Walmart just won a patent for audio surveillance technology that measures workers’ performance, and could even listen to their conversations […]
Are there risks of using public clinical trial data under GDPR?
Given that clinical trial documents contain personally identifying health information about trial participants, it is necessary to anonymize these documents. While […]