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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
No boundaries: Exfiltration of personal data by session-replay scripts
This is the first post in our “No Boundaries” series, in which we reveal how third-party scripts on websites have […]
Data breach management: how not to do it
The theft of personal data by malicious employees or third parties does not have to be a disaster. With appropriate […]
EFF launches Panopticlick 3.0
Today we’re launching a new version of Panopticlick , an EFF site which audits your browser privacy protection. Conceived to […]
How to address the challenge of monetizing personal data
Estimations of the value of the digital economy range from nearly 3 trillion dollars to 8 trillion on the high […]
How to manage risks of data breaches under GDPR
For many organisations, the headline news from the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) has been the substantially more significant sanctions […]