Privacy violations by free VPN service providers
VPNs are generally regarded as a way to bypass censorship, both in developed and developing nations, and the concept of […]
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How can a Chief Data Ofiicer tackle conflicting data demands?
The world has become so digitally interconnected that the role of the CDO has shifted from being about meeting operational […]
There is No Middle Ground on Encryption
Encryption is back in the headlines again, with government officials insisting that they still need to compromise our security via […]
How AT&T’s plan to become the new Facebook could be a privacy nightmare
The unchecked power of telecom giants that want to compete with tech companies creates a perfect storm for privacy violations. While […]
Health Insurers Tap Data Brokers To Help Predict Costs
Without scrutiny, insurers and data brokers are predicting your health costs based on public data about things like race, marital […]
EU and Japan agreed to create the world’s largest area of safe data flows
On July 17 the EU and Japan successfully concluded their talks on reciprocal adequacy. They agreed to recognise each other’s […]
‘Data is a fingerprint’: why you aren’t as anonymous as you think online
So-called ‘anonymous’ data can be easily used to identify everything from our medical records to purchase histories. By analysing a mobile […]
US, EU must work together in wake of Facebook data breach
With investigations underway in both the U.S. and the EU following the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica data breach, American and […]
Walmart’s Newly Patented Technology For Eavesdropping On Workers Presents Privacy Concerns
Walmart just won a patent for audio surveillance technology that measures workers’ performance, and could even listen to their conversations […]
Are there risks of using public clinical trial data under GDPR?
Given that clinical trial documents contain personally identifying health information about trial participants, it is necessary to anonymize these documents. While […]
How Fracking Companies Use Facebook Surveillance to Ban Protest
Oil and gas companies are discrediting activists using social media to justify banning their protests. Three companies are currently seeking injunctions […]
Lack of access to personal data does not unmake a joint controller
The Court of Justice of the EU decided in Case C-210/16 Wirtschaftsakademie that Facebook and the administrator of a fan […]