Bringing Geolocation Into Focus
With another Thanksgiving and another Black Friday having come and gone the holiday shopping season is in full swing yet […]
GDPR News
How much …? The rise of dynamic and personalised pricing
Cheaper croissants in the morning is one thing; being charged according to your credit rating is another. As Black Friday […]
Cybersecurity And GDPR: Where We Are Heading?
The European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) is leading to a change culture, which will increase not only data protection […]
Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about DPO but never dared to ask
As the entry into force of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) approaches, more and more companies are assessing whether […]
How Companies Use Personal Data Against People
Automated disadvantage, personalized persuasion, and the societal ramifications of the commercial use of personal information – Working paper. Source: How […]
We Can’t Trust Facebook to Regulate Itself
I led Facebook’s efforts to fix privacy problems on its developer platform in advance of its 2012 initial public offering. […]
Germany bans children’s ‘smart’ watches over surveillance concerns
Telecoms regulator urges parents to destroy the devices, which have been used to listen in on classroom lessons. Source: Germany […]
Google collects Android users’ locations even when location services are disabled
Android phones are tracking your location even if you actively turn off location services, haven’t used any apps, and haven’t […]
Australia could allow firms to buy access to facial recognition data
The federal government is considering allowing private companies to use its national facial recognition database for a fee, documents released […]
Uber’s use of encrypted messaging may set legal precedents
Top executives at Uber Technologies Inc used the encrypted chat app Wickr to hold secret conversations, current and former workers […]
UK class action accuses Google of unlawfully harvesting personal data
Lawsuit claims tech firm bypassed iPhone default privacy settings between June 2011 and February 2012, affecting 5.4m people. Source: UK […]
As mass data collection becomes the norm, concerns about surveillance are growing
As our urban areas expand at an alarming rate, mass data collection appears to be the only way of keeping […]