Mark Zuckerberg Thinks We’re Idiots
Tanks to the Cambridge Analytica revelations, we’re finding out that Facebook allowed a much broader and deeper prostitution of our […]
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The Next Hot Area Of Law: Privacy
The demand for lawyers who understand privacy is high — and will only get higher in the years ahead. My […]
Regression in human rights safeguards ‘likely’ post-Brexit
Brexit is likely to bring about a “significant regression” in human rights safeguards in the UK, the European Parliament has […]
Ansip: telecoms operators should be able to monetize the data
Andrus Ansip, the EU commissioner in charge of the Digital Single Market, said that all companies should be able to […]
Is It Possible To Protect Your Privacy On Facebook?
You might be asking this question after revelations that personal data were used by a firm tied to the Trump […]
Paul Ford: Facebook Is Why We Need a Digital Protection Agency
It’s time for a digital protection agency. It’s clear ethics don’t scale, and it’s not just Facebook’s problem. Over and […]
Are Cambridge Analytica’s psychometric insights all that insightful?
Facebook thinks I like snow and a small dog I’ve never heard of. What else has the data got wrong? […]
Data management isn’t just about compliance
The Australian business landscape is awash with new regulations and obligations surrounding privacy and data use. Between the mandatory data […]
The Guardian view on big tech: a new era needs new rules
Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon are too big and too powerful. Regulation has to catch up with the changing character […]
The Facebook scandal isn’t just about privacy. Your economic future is on the line
If data is the new oil, the wells are in the hands of a few billionaires, and we need to […]
Data Analytics, App Developers, and Facebook’s Role in Data Misuse
Facebook has come under increased scrutiny in recent months, the social media giant’s efforts to protect its users’ data questioned. […]
Facebook did not kill privacy, it was already dead
The death of privacy is a chronicle of a death foretold. One of my favourite cartoons is the 1970 Newsweek […]