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Tech advances are accelerating the use of facial recognition as a reliable and ubiquitous mass surveillance tool, privacy advocates warn.
Interesting paper: "Open Data, Grey Data, and Stewardship: Universities at the Privacy Frontier," by Christine Borgman: Abstract: As universities recognize the inherent value in the data they...
The majority of users would stop interacting with a brand after a breach.
A proposed bill calls for executives to be jailed for not protecting consumers' data, or at least for lying about it.
The head of Apple on Wednesday endorsed tough privacy laws for both Europe and the U.S. and renewed the technology giant's commitment to protecting personal data, which he warned was being...
Tim Cook's warnings about an "industrial data complex" have been met with accusations of hypocrisy from Facebook's former security supremo.
Each time you upload a photo of yourself online, your personal data – including age, ethnicity, gender and more – is subject to exploitation by third-party companies without your consent....
Failings Leading to Cambridge Analytica Scandal Earn Sharp Rebuke From RegulatorFacebook has been slammed with the maximum possible fine under U.K. law for "a very serious data incident" that...
Adoption of the Internet of Things continues to explode but it could be even more transformative, a new F-Secure survey finds. The consumers most eager to purchase new connected devices tend to...
Jack Wallen outlines the ideal combination of Firefox extensions to prevent browser tracking.