Privacy of London Tube Wifi Tracking
Users of public transportation are mainly interested in one thing: getting to the right place conveniently and fast . So […]
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Ahead of First Joint Review of Privacy Shield, Europeans Remain Skeptical as FTC Announces Enforcement Actions
On September 8, 2017, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced enforcement actions against three companies alleged to have falsely claimed […]
Is your customers’ data protected from your employees?
Access by employees to customers’ data has to be subject to stringent privacy restrictions and limitations according to a decision […]
Why The Sensitive Intersection of Race, Hate Speech And Algorithms Is Heating Up
How the debate about algorithms, programmers, and race dialogue reveals much about the social networks you use today. Source: Why […]
When Government Rules by Software, Citizens Are Left in the Dark
Agencies decline to release information about algorithms used for criminal justice, social welfare, and education. Source: When Government Rules by […]
Facial recognition is here. The iPhone X is just the beginning.
Apple’s new smartphone will unlock using face recognition, thanks to infrared and 3D sensors. This technology is spreading – and […]
Why do big hacks happen? Blame Big Data!
Equifax, one of the largest credit reporting agencies, revealed on Thursday that it was hacked back in May, exposing the […]
The Equifax Breach Exposes America’s Identity Crisis
Social Security numbers, which have been around since the 1930s, have only one intended purpose: to track US citizens’ earnings […]
What machines can tell from your face
Technology is rapidly catching up with the human ability to read faces. In America facial recognition is used by churches […]
Teralytics wants to tap telcos’ big data to help cities get smarter about Uber and Lyft
Big data is an expansive umbrella with startups of all stripes squatting under it. Even as the most successful and […]
The Equifax breach, response, and fallout
Consumer credit reporting agency Equifax announced late Thursday hackers had breached some of its website application software, potentially affecting the […]
European Court to France: DNA Database Violates Fundamental Rights
The European Court of Human Rights decided on June 22, 2017 that France’s DNA database for convicted criminals disproportionately interferes […]