Privacy Concerns

Talk about a rock and a hard place. Most of us want digital privacy, and most of us also want autocorrection that works, speech to text that is accurate, and smart systems that find all our selfies with Serena, or surface the most important emails we need rig…

Comment A nascent web API called getInstalledRelatedApps offers a glimpse of why online privacy remains such an uncertain proposition. In development since 2015, Google has been experimenting with the API since the release of Chrome 59 in 2017. As its name s…

Privacy concerns are pushing people to change their behaviour online, according to an international poll published on Wednesday that found one in three avoid specific search terms or web pages to elude tracking. More than seven in 10 respondents to a survey …

A spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that an officer has been removed from duty pending an internal investigation into the footage, which will determine whether the officer violated any department policies and if the act merits terminat…

In todays quintessential world of Internet and Social media, Tech giants watch our every move online. Comment on how that violate our human rights?Why this question: The argument by social media giants that data collection is inherent to the way the internet…

In the wonderful world of marketing technology (MarTech), the only constant is changeand 2020 will be no exception. Some trends will be the result of transformative technology becoming more accessible. On the other hand, data wont be as accessible as it once …

Sharing electronic medical records broadly could identify trends as well as mistakes, but it also poses privacy concerns. Metamorworks/Shutterstock.com The nation’s second-largest health system, Ascension, has agreed to allow the software behemoth Google acce…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A draft of a privacy bill written by Republican U.S. Senator Roger Wicker’s staff would set nationwide privacy rules and override state laws, including one in California set to take effect next year. Wicker, who chairs the Commerce Co…

NEW YORK - There’s a powerful new player watching what you buy so it can tailor product offerings for you: the bank behind your credit or debit card. For years, Google and Facebook have been showing ads based on your online behavior. Retailers from Amazon to…

In a new study out of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, health researchers make the case for using real-time cell-phone data to track and mitigate major disease outbreaks. Unfortunately, several barriers—including privacy concerns and a lack of data …