In China, a Three-Digit Score Could Dictate Your Place in Society
China is taking the idea of a credit score to the extreme, using big data to track and rank what […]
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Managing Your Identity on Facebook with Face Recognition Technology
Facebook is announcing new, optional tools to help people better manage their identity on Facebook using face recognition. Powered by […]
You Give Up a Lot of Privacy Just Opening Emails. Here’s How to Stop It
Billions of emails are opened every day by people who have never consented to be tracked, but are being tracked […]
New AWS Paris region makes it easier for customers to follow France’s data privacy rules
Amazon Web Services launched a new region in Paris today to serve customers in the European Union. This is AWS’ […]
Siemens sees scale, data privacy as winners in digital race
Germany’s Siemens sees its broad industrial base and respect for customers’ data privacy as giving it the edge in a […]
EU sees data transfer deal with Japan early next year
The European Union aims to conclude a deal allowing businesses to seamlessly transfer personal data between the bloc and Japan […]
Employer liable for disgruntled employee’s deliberate data breach
WM Morrisons Supermarket plc have been held liable to 5,518 of their employees for a deliberate data breach by a […]
E-commerce tracking practices raise privacy questions
The attorneys who filed the “wiretapping” suit against online mattress firm Casper have launched three new challenges. Source: E-commerce tracking […]
E-mail Open Tracking Has Quietly Taken Over the Web
As recently reported in Wired , over 40 percent of e-mails are tracked, according to a study published last June […]
Canadian Position on Data Localization Rules in Trade Deals Revealed: Protection for Government Data Only
Data localization rules, which require data to be stored locally, have emerged as an increasingly popular legal method for providing […]
France orders WhatsApp to stop sharing user data with Facebook without consent
Messaging app has one month to comply or it will face sanctions for sharing user phone numbers and usage data […]
China collecting DNA, biometrics from millions in Xinjiang
Authorities in China’s far-west are collecting DNA samples, fingerprints, eye scans and blood types of millions of people aged 12 […]