The Powerful Global Spy Alliance You Never Knew Existed
It is one of the world’s most powerful alliances. And yet most people have probably never heard of it, because […]
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Ghostery browser extension for web privacy goes open source
Unlocking the browser extension’s underpinnings could attract outside improvements and dispel ‘conspiracy theories’ about data about users it used to […]
Data Protection Commissioner to investigate State CCTV schemes
The Data Protection Commissioner is to carry out a special investigation into CCTV schemes across the State, and the potential […]
Community CCTV schemes raise concerns over data protection
Community CCTV schemes, mostly funded by the Department of Justice, have expanded enormously in recent years, particularly in response to […]
Toronto smart city plan faces privacy concerns
Sidewalk Labs, the unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc. selected to help transform a parcel of land known as Quayside, […]
Palantir has secretly been using New Orleans to test its predictive policing technology
The program began in 2012 as a partnership between New Orleans Police and Palantir Technologies, a data-mining firm founded with […]
CCTV update: recording the balance
When, where, and in what circumstances it is appropriate to use CCTV monitoring is a much debated topic. An individual’s […]
How Tech is Failing Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
What technology risks are faced by people who experience intimate partner violence? How is the security community failing them, and […]
Nvidia taps AnyVision to create AI-powered surveillance technology
Nvidia has partnered with AI developer AnyVision to create facial recognition technology for “smart cities” around the world. The two […]
Are third-party macOS apps spying on you?
A recently discovered flaw in how macOS handles screenshot data could be used to spy on users and what they […]
UN Privacy Rapporteur releases Draft Legal Instrument on Government-led Surveillance and Privacy
On 10 January 2018 the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy, Joseph Cannataci, released the Draft Legal […]
EU Law Analysis: Data Retention is still here to stay, for now…
This post critically analyses the Court of Appeal’s judgment in Tom Watson and Others v Secretary of State for the […]