Privacy-keen Germans push back against plans to ‘duplicate the US data chaos’
Proposals that German firms could start scooping up more than just essential personal data have been met with anger by […]
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Web Census Notebook: A new tool for studying web privacy
As part of the Web Transparency and Accountability Project, we’ve been visiting the web’s top 1 million sites every month […]
Yellow Printer Dots Reveal Identity of NSA Leaker
Ars Technica reported (thanks Dave Ries) last week on how NSA leaker Leigh Winner was identified. When reporters at The […]
Irish Court Reviews U.S. Surveillance Developments
The Irish High Court has reviewed recent decisions by the U.S. surveillance court and a federal appeals court for a […]
European Privacy Officials Push for Answers on Status of US Privacy
The Article 29 Working Party , an expert group of European privacy officials, is pressing the European Commission to closely […]
Court Rules Secret Scoring of Teachers Unconstitutional
A federal district court has held that firing public school teachers based on the results of a secret algorithm is […]
Social media intelligence and profiling in the insurance industry…
…it’s not only the price you pay that will be affected. Source: Social media intelligence and profiling in the insurance […]
Is “I forget” a valid defense when court orders demand a smartphone password?
The answer seems to be yes and no. But one suspect on Tuesday gets 180 days jail. Source: Is “I […]
Ransomware-as-a-service schemes are now targeting Macs too
While most desktop ransomware targets Windows, simply because it is the most widely used operating system, some ransomware has also […]
Belgian DPA Issues Recommendation on DPO Appointment under GDPR
Recently, the Belgian Privacy Commission (the “Belgian DPA”) released a Recommendation (in French and Dutch) regarding the requirement to appoint […]
Identity theft can be thwarted by artificial intelligence analysis of a user’s mouse movements
A machine-learning algorithm could spot liars in 95% of cases. Source: Identity theft can be thwarted by artificial intelligence analysis […]
How Big Data Mines Personal Info to Craft Fake News and Manipulate Voters
Political operatives used fake news, Big Data and Facebook to suppress the vote and rile up racists in 2016. It’s […]