Privacy at the Margins
The International Journal of Communication has published new Special Section on ?Privacy at the Margins? with 10 articles from international […]
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What the GDPR will mean for companies tracking location
The tracking of people’s location is becoming an increasingly useful tool for many businesses, whether they want to use it […]
Vodafone to track users in Ghana to halt spread of epidemics
Vodafone is partnering with the government of Ghana to share the movements of its customers to help track and contain […]
Are third-party macOS apps spying on you?
A recently discovered flaw in how macOS handles screenshot data could be used to spy on users and what they […]
UN Privacy Rapporteur releases Draft Legal Instrument on Government-led Surveillance and Privacy
On 10 January 2018 the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy, Joseph Cannataci, released the Draft Legal […]
(Mis)conceptions About the Impact of Surveillance
Does surveillance impact behavior? Many remain skeptical while others believe any effects, if they are real, are only temporary or […]
Your smartphone location can be tracked – even if you’ve turned off the GPS
Religiously turning off location services may not save you from having your smartphone tracked: a group of IEEE researchers have […]
Company to Link Clothes to a Blockchain
In a test due to begin this year, L.L. Bean plans to ship clothing with sewn-in sensors that send data […]
Chinese police are using facial recognition sunglasses to track citizens
China’s police have a new weapon in their surveillance arsenal: sunglasses with built-in facial recognition. According to reports from local […]
Clamping Down On Email Panels: A GDPR Advisory
Warning to firms that monitor inboxes and aggregate data about message performance for customers: you could run afoul of the […]
Strava: When privacy opt-outs fail
When privacy laws are set to use a default that lets people “opt out” to protect their privacy, the opt-outs […]
A Wristband to Track Workers’ Hand Movements?
The e-commerce giant Amazon has won two patents for a tracking technology that can nudge a human hand in the […]