privacy
EU reveals proposals to regulate AI technology
AI systems that pose a clear threat, including those that manipulate human behaviour, opinions or decisions or enable 'social scoring' will be prohibited under the guidelines
Would you pay to use a search engine? A UK startup is betting you will
Better Internet Search seeks a new ad-free funding model
Has GDPR failed because of a lack of will to enforce it?
'The Commission is not serious about it; the member states are not serious about and activists aren't serious about it either' says Johnny Ryan of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties during a roundtable debate
Rights groups seek ban on biometric surveillance
'Biometric mass surveillance brings Internet-style omnipresent tracking to the offline world' say campaigners
Tiny favicons can be utilised to track users' movements online
Favicons can store a unique ID which is not easily cleared by a user and which can bypass VPNs and other privacy tools
Berners-Lee's Inrupt releases first commercial offering, the privacy-preserving Enterprise Solid Server
ESS offers a route to 'inclusive capitalism', says CEO John Bruce
Trust in the tech giants is falling as we enter 'the era of choice'
Consumers to start to question and demand more when it comes to their data
Governmental mass surveillance is illegal, says top European court
National security concerns do not exclude the bloc's members from the need to abide by EU laws, says the EU Court of Justice
Please, I'm Ben Todd and there's only one of me: The case for a unified identity
We need a single digital identity to authenticate us at work, prove who we are to our energy company, and let us log in seamlessly to our favourite news site
Government's test-and-trace programme is illegal under GDPR
The government skipped essential data privacy impact assessments in its rush to get the system up and running
Why companies don't need to turn to surveillance technologies to push for remote-working productivity
There are ways to promote collaboration without having to resort to micromanaging or using intrusive surveillance tools
Scrutiny is key to the success of digital immunity passports
Is the convenience of a digital coronavirus immunity document worth the privacy concerns and investment, asks Emma Wright of law firm Kemp Little
Five technology design principles to combat domestic abuse
Measures technologists can take to ensure the products they create are resistant to coercive control
IBM will no longer develop or sell facial recognition software
Big Blue says it's worried about racial profiling and mass surveillance
Lifting lockdown: the emerging role of the contact tracing app
The NHSX contact tracing app is currently being trialled on the Isle of Wight, but has the government picked the best approach for privacy and effectiveness?
Covid-19 and contracting for AI: don't skip the fine print in the rush for solutions
AI is different. Contractual mistakes now could have critical and expensive consequences, both in terms of human health and business viability
Xiaomi is tracking users through browser and other apps, security researchers claim
The Chinese firm is currently among the world's top four smartphone manufacturers by market share
Fairphone partners with /e/OS for a privacy-enhanced version of its FP3 smartphone
/e/OS is a 'de-Googled' fork of Android with trackers removed
Privacy experts express serious concern at NHSX COVID-19 contact tracing app
A letter signed by over a hundred privacy experts and academics following a meeting of the Parliamentary Science and Technology Committee as they debate the app, has been published with almost 200 signatories
Covid-19: the race to create privacy-focused contact tracing tools
As authorities seek technological solutions to the pandemic, experts fear the consequences for civil liberties
How to mitigate the privacy issues of video conferencing platforms
Legal experts from Kemp Little explain what individuals and organisations should do to mitigate some of the many privacy concerns inherent in some of the major video conferencing platforms available today
Zoom promises to resolve security and privacy issues in its video-conferencing service
The company says users are utilising the app in myriad unexpected ways
Zoom hit with class-action lawsuit for allegedly sharing user data with Facebook
The lawsuit claims that Zoom has violated the California's Consumer Privacy Act
Do we really want Palantir embedded in the NHS?
Beware bad policy made in haste because of coronavirus, say campaigners
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