Apps Checking Covid-19 Symptoms Pose Data Collection Risks
Insurers and health tech companies developing mobile apps to let patients track Covid-19 symptoms and connect with doctors need to […]
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ICO Publishes Final Version of Its Age Appropriate Design Code
On January 21, 2020, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) published the final version of its Age Appropriate Design Code, […]
European cities share 10 principles for using citizen data
The guidelines outline key principles for using citizen data responsibly. They were developed with and includes real-world examples from several […]
Facebook is building more secure Instagram messaging app
Facebook is launching Threads, a new camera-first messaging app from Instagram for keeping up with your close friends in a […]
Design considerations for building privacy-protecting analytics services
If data is the new oil, then analytics are the new refinery without which any modern business is unable to […]
Romanian DPA fines UniCredit €130,000 for data protection by design failures
The National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing (‘ANSPDCP’) announced, on 4 July 2019, that it had fined UniCredit Bank […]
Données & Design: a platform to bring designers together on the topic of GDPR
Données & Design is a platform, created by French data protection authority CNIL, seeking to create spaces for collaboration and […]
Are users’ preferences about privacy relevant?
It is a well-documented fact that many users are willing to share information on social media and other platforms, also […]
Interface design: The who/what/where rule
Who/what/where is a simple mnemonic for user interface design. Every time that a user takes an action, there are three […]
Privacy UX: Better Cookie Consent Experiences
With the advent of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in May 2018, the web has turned into a […]
Study shows programmers will take the easy way out and not implement proper password security
In an experiment that involved 43 programmers hired via the Freelancer.com platform, University of Bonn academics have discovered that developers […]
Putting data privacy in the hands of users
MIT and Harvard University researchers have developed a platform, called Riverbed, that ensures that web services adhere to users’ preferences […]