Facebook’s Push for Facial Recognition Prompts Privacy Alarms
Facebook is working to spread its face-matching tools even as it faces heightened scrutiny from regulators and legislators in Europe […]
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DNA Tests on Separated Migrant Children Raise Privacy Issues
The Trump administration’s decision to use DNA testing to help reunite children separated from their parents at the Mexican border […]
AI spots legal problems with tech T&Cs in GDPR research project
An experimental European research project applied machine learning technology to big tech’s privacy policies — to see whether AI can […]
Google delay on ads standard for EU privacy law creates compliance mess
Google’s delayed entry into a consortium of advertising technology companies has spoiled the members’ push to comply with a new […]
Blockchain Could Solve the Data Privacy Problem
Blockchain technology creates counterfeit-proof information on a network we can trust. Instead of sharing our date of birth again and […]
Against privacy defeatism: why browsers can still stop fingerprinting
Because of differences in operating systems, browser versions, fonts, plugins, and at least a dozen other factors, different users’ web […]
How will the changing environment shape cookie collection?
The EU General Data Protection Regulation will transform the way businesses collate, store, process and analyze consumer data, including a […]
EU Cybersecurity Plan Aims to Create Single Product Certification
Companies could get products like smart medical devices and connected cars certified by the same standards across all European Union […]
Facial recognition software is not ready for use by law enforcement
Facial recognition technologies, used in the identification of suspects, negatively affects people of color. To deny this fact would be […]
Google unveils new security, privacy features for Android
The company is offering users personalized recommendations designed to help them to improve the security of their account. The new settings […]
Thermostats, Locks and Lights: Digital Tools of Domestic Abuse
Internet-connected home devices that are marketed as the newest conveniences are also being used to harass, monitor and control. Abusers — […]
How to approach DPIAs under the GDPR
The guiding principles of the General Data Protection Regulation stimulate organizations to address the issue of compliance with an approach […]