Sidewalk Toronto commits to Privacy by Design principles amid citizen concerns
Members of the Sidewalk Toronto team echoed the principles of Privacy by Design, the framework of Ryerson University’s expert in […]
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Africa needs tough consumer data privacy laws like EU
Across Africa, where many nations either don’t have or enforce comprehensive data safety laws, there are legitimate concerns about how […]
Even privacy advocates are tracking you online
Each time someone visits Californians for Consumer Privacy’s website, software gleans what information it can about that visitor, then sends […]
GDPR compliance deadline is approaching: 10 things to do right away
The GDPR will be enforceable on May 25, 2018, yet many businesses are not ready. Here are 10 things your […]
Facial recognition system had 7 percent hit rate at 2017 Champions League Final
NEC system trialled at UEFA Champions League Final by South Wales Police produced almost 2,300 false positives. South Wales Police […]
Austria accused of undermining GDPR
Most EU states have yet to pass the national laws needed to equip authorities with the resources to enforce the […]
GDPR: These companies are getting killed by Europe’s new data protection law
New tough data protection rules are set to come into effect in Europe later this month, forcing some tech companies […]
A Right to Be Forgotten in Canada?
Should Canada adopt its own version of the “right to be forgotten”? The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada […]
How Countries “Outsource” Electronic Surveillance And Threaten Privacy
Intelligence sharing partnerships are “completely shrouded in secrecy, making it impossible to know how much data is being shared.” Depending […]
Platforms That Fail to Prioritize Privacy Will Pay the Price
It looks like we’ve reached a tipping point in online and mobile privacy: Regulators are itching to step in—not just […]
Police can request communications data even if crime is not ‘serious’
EU law permits communications data laws to be enforced by the police and other authorities even when they crimes they […]
Facial Recognition Tech Is Creepy When It Works—And Creepier When It Doesn’t
It’s a powerful tool, but recent incidents have shown that there’s no winning with facial recognition. For an extreme example […]