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 […]
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ING Belgium Sees Opportunities for ‘Secret’ Sharing of Encrypted Data
Johan Smessaert, head of IT platform services at ING Belgium, tells CIO Journal that the technology would give the bank […]
Judge questions lawyers for US government over non-compliance with data restrictions
Issues around collection of personal data from EU-US data transfers at heart of case. Source: Judge questions lawyers for US […]
Body cameras are key for police accountability. We can’t let them erode privacy rights.
Police body cameras give possibility to better investigate police incidents. However, they pose also privacy issues. Source: Body cameras are […]
EU could give police direct access to cloud data in wake of terror attacks
Described as an ‘extraordinary measure for extraordinary threats’, direct data access is one of three proposals to speed up investigations. […]
Spanish court rules doping tests don’t violate privacy
Spain’s Supreme Court has ruled against an appeal by runner Marta Dominguez which claimed that blood-doping tests had violated her […]
Survey: 61 percent of companies have not started GDPR implementation
Is your company getting ready for the General Data Protection Regulation? If so, it might be in the minority. That’s […]
Homomorphic Encryption Signals the Future for Socially Valuable Research on Private Data
Encryption has become a cornerstone of the technologies that support communication, commerce, banking, and myriad other essential activities in today’s […]
OneLogin security chief reveals new details of data breach
Two breaches in as many years. Is the trust gone? Alvaro Hoyos, the company’s chief information security officer, answered key […]
I Paid to Find Out Everything a Data Broker Knows About Me
Data brokers collect and sell people’s personal information. How accurate is what they find? Source: I Paid to Find Out […]
Fieldfisher Publishes its GDPR App
On June 06, 2017, European law firm Fieldfisher launched mobile app: “A Complete Guide to the GDPR”. The app provides complete guide […]
Study: Most dementia apps lack a privacy policy
Mobile health apps targeting dementia patients lack appropriate privacy policies, according to researchers, raising concerns about the possibility of privacy […]