DNA test kits threaten kids’ privacy in ways we can’t understand yet
You don’t have to be Orwell to understand that allowing a profit-driven company to analyze your genetic data comes with […]
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What if our personal data is less the ‘new oil’ and more like uranium?
Organisations are blundering about with our personal information with little idea of how to handle it safely, or even what […]
Top 10 data security predictions for 2020
Data classification firm Titus has unveiled its “Top 10 Data Security Predictions for 2020″ – timely insights based on surveys […]
Website privacy options aren’t much of a choice since they’re hard to find and use
Many sites offer the ability to ‘opt out’ of targeted advertisements, but doing so isn’t easy. Simplifying and standardizing opt-outs […]
The Risks Of Law Enforcement Use Of Facial Recognition Software
Facial recognition is truly a one-of-a-kind technology — and we should treat it as such. Our faces are central to […]
Inherently identifiable: Is it possible to anonymize health and genetic data?
Nearly 25 million people have taken an at-home DNA testing kit and shared that data with one of four ancestry […]
Consumer Data Privacy Rights: Emerging Tech Blurs Lines
Data privacy is a fundamental right for Americans – but new emerging technologies like drone, IoT and facial recognition are […]
UK’s DPA: police should think over live facial recognition technology
How far should we, as a society, consent to police forces reducing our privacy in order to keep us safe? […]
EDPB Issues Final Guidelines on ‘Necessary for the Performance of a Contract’ Legal Basis
The European Data Protection Board has issued issued final guidelines on the “necessary for the performance of a contract” legal […]
EBF publishes proposals on Cyber incident reporting
In order to ensure that financial institutions are able to quickly and effectively report cyber incidents without at the same […]
Tech firms know more about us than any spy agency says ex-GCHQ chief
Big internet firms know more about the lives of private individuals than any intelligence agency ever has and that is […]
Andrew Yang proposes that your digital data be considered personal property
The 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang published his latest policy proposal: to treat data as a property right. Announcing […]