Privacy
UK Police facial recognition technology only works 4% of the time
Police even scored a 100% misidentification rate in two separate instances.
Is Rankware the next Cambridge Analytica?
The Rankware scenario sounds eerily similar to the events that proceeded the Cambridge Analytica scandal.
The EU has quietly restarted its push towards mass data retention
The EU is trying to find away around the ruling that mass data retention is illegal.
Turkey is the latest country to fine Facebook for data privacy breaches
Turkey fines Facebook $270,000.
Mozilla says it’ll delete private data after last weekend’s add-ons disaster
Firefox is trying to earn back public trust after last weekend’s disaster.
UK: The Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation calls for evidence on online targeting
The UK government wants more details on the extent of online tracking.
If you delete your Alexa recordings, it doesn’t mean the transcripts are deleted
The data is deleted from Amazon’s “main” Alexa hub but still remains elsewhere on Amazon’s servers.
Data protection as a service – is it effective and should businesses be implementing it?
Data protection as a service can be difficult to wrap your head around.
Florida Judge rules, an IP address isn’t enough to identify a torrent pirate
Bad news for “copyright trolls”.
Amazon Echo Kids Edition is facing FTC complaints
Amazon is accused of violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.
The incestuous relationship between Google and publishers could be about to get worse
Publishers need to start cutting ties with Google’s advertising network in order to survive.
Don’t let tech CEOs redefine “privacy”
Data collection and privacy don’t go together.