New Orleans Police Watchdog Warns of Dangers of Expanded Surveillance
In a stern warning to the New Orleans City Council, the city’s top police watchdog has criticized a plan to […]
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Bringing Geolocation Into Focus
With another Thanksgiving and another Black Friday having come and gone the holiday shopping season is in full swing yet […]
Germany bans children’s ‘smart’ watches over surveillance concerns
Telecoms regulator urges parents to destroy the devices, which have been used to listen in on classroom lessons. Source: Germany […]
Google collects Android users’ locations even when location services are disabled
Android phones are tracking your location even if you actively turn off location services, haven’t used any apps, and haven’t […]
Australia could allow firms to buy access to facial recognition data
The federal government is considering allowing private companies to use its national facial recognition database for a fee, documents released […]
As mass data collection becomes the norm, concerns about surveillance are growing
As our urban areas expand at an alarming rate, mass data collection appears to be the only way of keeping […]
Moscow says Twitter ready to store data on Russian servers
Twitter has agreed to store the personal data of Russian nationals on servers located within Russia in order to comply […]
ePrivacy: Why ‘prohibition by default’ cannot be an option
Until 1989, Germany was a divided country. East Germany was under communist rule. The powerbase of the communist government was […]
Big Brother isn’t just watching: workplace surveillance can track your every move
Employers are using a range of technologies to monitor their staff’s web-browsing patterns, keystrokes, social media posts and even private […]
CCTV Users at ‘Risk of Breaching GDPR’
Organizations that use CCTV systems could be putting themselves at risk of breaching GDPR data protection and privacy requirements by […]
NGOs Challenge UK Government Surveillance at the European Court of Human Rights
On Tuesday 7 November, three joined cases brought by civil liberties and human rights organisations challenging UK Government surveillance will […]
No, Facebook isn’t spying on you. At least not with the microphone.
The sheer volume of data Facebook has on you is difficult to comprehend, which makes it incredibly creepy – and […]