How the tragic death of Do Not Track ruined the web for everyone
A decade ago, a simple browser setting – called Do Not Track – promised to make it easy to protect […]
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Google adds DuckDuckGo as Default Search Engine Option
Google recently released version 73 of its Chrome browser that now includes pro-privacy search engine options like the popular DuckDuckGo. […]
Chrome will soon make it harder for websites to spy on you
A new feature coming to Chrome in the near future will allow users to limit the kind of data certain […]
Facial recognition: Apple, Amazon, Google and the race for your face
Facial recognition is a blossoming field of technology that is at once exciting and problematic. If you’ve ever unlocked your […]
Privacy essential to innovation and prosperity
Privacy, innovation and prosperity go hand-in-hand. However, the underlying foundation of them all is freedom. But let us begin by exploring […]
The US Government Will Use Facial Recognition In Top Airports
US Customs and Border Protection is scrambling to implement “biometric entry-exit system,” with the goal of using facial recognition technology […]
IBM used Flickr photos for facial-recognition project
IBM has been accused of using Flickr photos for a facial-recognition project, without the full consent of people in the […]
Legislation to improve cybersecurity of IoT devices introduced in Senate, House
Bipartisan legislation to improve the cybersecurity of Internet-connected devices will be introduced today in the Senate and the House of […]
The Netherlands DPA states cookie wall not allowed
On 7 March 2019, the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) created quite some buzz in the online Dutch (advertising) industry: […]
Google is making it easier for AI developers to keep users’ data private
Google has announced a new module for its machine learning framework, TensorFlow, that lets developers improve the privacy of their […]
Taxing your privacy
Data collection through mobile tracking is big business. For consumers, protecting yourself against the who, what and where of data […]
Encryption isn’t enough: Why conversational AI requires more
Personal data is not at its most vulnerable when in transit but rather when it is stored or displayed at […]