The tyranny of algorithms is part of our lives
Credit scores already control our finances. With personal data being increasingly trawled, our politics and our friendships will be next. […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Vodafone to track users in Ghana to halt spread of epidemics
Vodafone is partnering with the government of Ghana to share the movements of its customers to help track and contain […]
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 […]
(Mis)conceptions About the Impact of Surveillance
Does surveillance impact behavior? Many remain skeptical while others believe any effects, if they are real, are only temporary or […]
Company to Link Clothes to a Blockchain
In a test due to begin this year, L.L. Bean plans to ship clothing with sewn-in sensors that send data […]