On privacy impact assessment and leaking data of millions of users
Anonymizing location data is hard. If you absolutely need to do this, better consult someone knowledgable. Privacy impact assessments should […]
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Data Breaches Show it’s Time to Rethink Use of Social Security Numbers
The Social Security number — created in 1936 to track Americans’ social benefits — was never meant to be a […]
Copyrights and Privacy: What is the Irrevocable License and is it Really a Privacy Concern?
Due to the strength of copyright protections, and harsh penalties against those who violate them, language of Terms and Conditions […]
Publishers v. Privacy: Registration Is Coming
The introduction of ad blocking, browser-level advertising and browser-blocking of tracking and cookies should have heralded the beginning of more […]
FaceApp Reveals Huge Holes in Today’s Privacy Laws
Cameras are everywhere, and data brokers are vacuuming up information on individuals. But regulations have not kept pace. Facial recognition […]
Facebook’s face recognition software should worry us.
Facebook holds “the largest facial dataset to date”—powered by DeepFace, Facebook’s deep-learning facial recognition system. Policymakers and experts are now […]
Why Is America So Far Behind Europe on Digital Privacy?
Americans have been far too vulnerable for far too long when they venture online. It’s taken more than a decade […]
Longer Privacy Policies Are Better?
Everyone knows that most consumers don’t read privacy policies because they’re too long and confusing. Right? But maybe that’s the […]
The importance of consent and privacy when deploying voice biometrics
Whilst choice of voice biometrics for many companies operating large call-centres may the correct technological choice, its implementation doesn’t appear […]
Data collection leads to discrimination and self-censorship
Widespread data collection practices lead to self-censorship and discrimination even though most users are not fully aware of how much […]
Data collection leads to discrimination and self-censorship
Widespread data collection practices lead to self-censorship and discrimination even though most users are not fully aware of how much […]
Can Government Manage Risks Associated with Artificial Intelligence?
Artificial intelligence can help government agencies deliver better results, but there are underlying risks and ethical issues with its implementation […]