It is time to overhaul Canada’s data protection
Opinion: A draft position by Canada’s privacy commissioner on the right to be forgotten shows how our inadequate laws are […]
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Fairness and Accountability Design Needs for Algorithmic Support in High-Stakes Public Sector Decision-Making
Calls for heightened consideration of fairness and accountability in algorithmically-informed public decisions—like taxation, justice, and child protection—are now commonplace. How […]
Chinese police are using facial recognition sunglasses to track citizens
China’s police have a new weapon in their surveillance arsenal: sunglasses with built-in facial recognition. According to reports from local […]
Data privacy chiefs wary of lagging EU states
EU data protection chiefs are worried member states won’t be ready when a new wide-sweeping general data protection regulation goes […]
GDPR Mastery Guide For Product Managers
When you collect data linked to a citizen of the EU, they are entitled to know what data is kept, […]
Tech Giants Back U.S. Bill Governing Cross-Border Data Searches
Microsoft Corp., Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Apple Inc. have thrown their support behind proposals in Congress to deal with cross-border […]
Seattle Pushes Forward as Data Privacy Leader
Seattle’s citywide privacy program is often recognized as a current leading effort among municipal governments to guard collected data, but […]
Newly Released Surveillance Orders Show That Even with Individualized Court Oversight, Spying Powers Are Misused
Once-secret surveillance court orders obtained by EFF last week show that even when the court authorizes the government to spy […]
Unfairness By Algorithm: Distilling the Harms of Automated Decision-Making
Analysis of personal data can be used to improve services, advance research, and combat discrimination. However, such analysis can also […]
Challenges ahead for the European Data Protection Board
The retiring Chair of the EU Article 29 Data Protection Working Party, Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, who is the President of France’s […]
Swisscom data breach: 800,000 customers affected
Swisscom has revealed its customer data systems have been compromised and information belonging to roughly 800,000 customers has been stolen. […]
The Guardian view on internet privacy: it’s the psychology, stupid
The ease with which giant databases can be queried and cross-referenced makes privacy vanish on the internet Privacy is necessary […]