Questions We Need To Be Asking Before Deciding an Algorithm is the Answer
Across the globe, algorithms are quietly but increasingly being relied upon to make important decisions that impact our lives. This […]
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Pseudonymised data in scope of portability rules
Personal data that has been subjected to pseudonymisation will be in scope of new data portability rules, the UK’s data […]
Data Surveillance, Monitoring, and Spying
Much of the attention has been on how government collects data or uses surveillance, though there are also significant concerns […]
Extent of how Canadians’ online data used ‘very surprising,’ MP says
A member of the parliament’s standing committee on access to information, privacy and ethics says he and his colleagues “didn’t […]
NSA Spied On 534 Million US Calls In 2017
The NSA collected “call detail records” from over 500 million Americans’ phone calls in 2017, over three times the number […]
Ethically Scraping and Accessing Data: Governments Desperately Seeking Data
As cities get smarter, their appetite and access to information is also increasing. The rise of data-generating technologies has given […]
Facebook to introduce Clear History privacy tool in coming months
It’s like clearing your web browser history, but this time for Facebook’s wealth of data on your interactions. Facebook has […]
When Online Dating Met Facebook
At this week’s Facebook Developer Conference, or F8, the social network company announced that it will begin introducing online dating […]
NIST challenge targets better de-identification techniques for public data
One barrier to opening up valuable government datasets is making sure that all necessary personally identifiable information (PII) is removed beforehand — a […]
Russia’s Draft law proposes data subjects “choose processing purposes”
The Ministry of Telecommunications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation (‘Minsvyaz’) issued, on 25 April 2018, a draft Federal […]
Post-GDPR, Clients Will Own Data And Agencies Must Get Creative
The upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) provides impetus for brands to take a stronger hand in the stewardship of […]
Palantir Knows Everything About You
Peter Thiel’s data-mining company is using War on Terror tools to track American citizens. The scary thing? Palantir is desperate […]