Why companies want to mine the secrets in your voice
The voice is highly personal, hard to fake, and it contains surprising information about our mental health and behaviors. The […]
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UK to investigate bias of algorithmic decision-making
The potential for bias in the use of algorithms in crime and justice, financial services, recruitment and local government will […]
Autonomous cars rise privacy questions
When fully autonomous vehicles begin circulating on public roads they will have to be able to detect when people enter […]
Europe introduces IoT Cybersecurity standard
ETSI, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute has released a new cybersecurity standard for consumer Internet of Things devices in February […]
Silicon Valley – Not Governments – Will Kill Encryption
It is Silicon Valley that will roll back the protections of encryption, not for the needs of governments to combat […]
Can AI Be a Fair Judge in Court? Estonia Thinks So
Estonia plans to use an artificial intelligence program to decide some small-claims cases, part of a push to make government […]
With facial recognition, shoplifting may get you banned in places you’ve never been
There are hundreds of stores using facial recognition – none that have any rules or standards to prevent abuse. With […]
Personal information management systems: A new era for individual privacy?
PIMS, also referred to as personal data stores, personal data spaces, or personal data vaults, are systems that allow people […]
A New Age of Warfare: How Internet Mercenaries Do Battle for Authoritarian Governments
Sophisticated surveillance, once the domain of world powers, is increasingly available on the private market. Smaller countries are seizing on […]
MoviePass founder wants to use facial recognition to score you free movies
PreShow is developing an app to earn you free movie tickets – to any film in any theater – if […]
Think about privacy the next time you ask Alexa the weather
More and more people are starting to think twice before asking Alexa for the daily forecast. According to a recent […]
EU Advocate General Issues Opinion on Consent for Cookies and Intersection with the GDPR
On March 21, 2019, Advocate General Szpunar released his opinion in the Planet49 case, currently pending before the Court of […]