data

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May 26, 2022

The Era of Borderless Data Is Ending

Nations are accelerating efforts to control data produced within their perimeters, disrupting the flow of what has become a kind of digital currency.

May 24, 2022

Amazon and 3rd Parties Collect Voice Data from Smart Speakers

Amazon and third parties use data from smart speakers to sell you stuff, says report.

May 24, 2022

UK watchdog fines facial recognition firm £7.5m over image collection

Clearview AI hit with penalty for collecting images of people from social media and web to add to global database.

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May 24, 2022

Council of EU to push for “on the spot” biometric ID checks, inserting “all available data” in Schengen Information System

The Council is calling for new rules on with “on the spot” biometric ID checks with mobile fingerprint readers and face scanners.

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May 20, 2022

Researchers developed technique to protects privacy of online recommendations

MIT researchers developed a novel privacy-preserving protocol that could enable an algorithm that provides recommendations to guarantee a user’s privacy.

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May 18, 2022

Report spotlights vast scale of adtech’s ‘biggest data breach’

New data about the real-time-bidding (RTB) system’s use of web users’ info suggests Google and others are processing and passing people’s data.

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May 18, 2022

Europol gears up to collect big data on European citizens after MEPs vote to expand policing power

The EU Parliament has voted to legalise Europol’s processing of bulk datasets of personal data and endorsing research into predictive policing technologies.

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May 17, 2022

Some top 100,000 websites collect everything you type—before you hit submit

A number of websites include keyloggers that covertly snag your keyboard inputs.

May 17, 2022

Ireland enters Europe-wide deal to share facial data of suspected criminals

TDs and interest bodies have raised concern about the privacy implications of the new system, calling for independent oversight to be established.

May 9, 2022

Big Tech data harvesting comes under fire by world central bank group

A paper published by the world’s main central bank umbrella group has called for individuals and firms to be given more control over the data collected on them.