Facial scanners now in use at customs in Halifax airport
International travellers arriving at Halifax Stanfield International Airport will have to use new facial scanning technology to declare themselves at […]
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Engineering for Privacy Requires Standards
Common sense guidelines and standards are needed to help engineers create products that respect privacy and give users the rights […]
How much …? The rise of dynamic and personalised pricing
Cheaper croissants in the morning is one thing; being charged according to your credit rating is another. As Black Friday […]
New York City Takes on Algorithmic Discrimination
Invisible algorithms increasingly shape the world we live in, and not always for the better. Unfortunately, few mechanisms are in […]
Consumer injury and the challenge of IoT data security
The FTC is hosting a workshop on “informational injury,” asking about the “qualitatively different types of injuries” consumers experience “from […]
Microsoft Offers Product To Help Firms With GDPR Compliance
Microsoft has debuted Compliance Manager, a tool to help firms meet GDPR requirements and manage their compliance processes. Source: Microsoft […]
Can A.I. Be Taught to Explain Itself?
As machine learning becomes more powerful, the field’s researchers increasingly find themselves unable to account for what their algorithms know […]
Consumer groups warn of potentially dangerous toys
Internet-connected products can be used to eavesdrop on families or even communicate with children. Source: Consumer groups warn of potentially […]
What Amazon Echo and Google Home Do With Your Voice Data
Like the idea of Amazon Echo and Google Home, but feel uneasy about all that recording? Here’s what they listen […]
Facebook discloses its advertising principles
Laying out the principles that guide our decision making when it comes to advertising across Facebook, Messenger and Instagram. Source: […]
5 Russian-Made Surveillance Technologies Used in the West
Privacy activists are battling to stop Western surveillance technology from filtering out to oppressive regimes. But Russia is also hard […]
Apple to users: Here’s why our data gathering doesn’t invade your privacy
Apple explains how it can tell, say, which emojis users type into iPhones without seeing which users typed them. Source: […]